Georgia

Tim Burford (unraveltravel.org) studied languages at Oxford University. In 1991, after five years as a publisher, he began writing guidebooks for Bradt, firstly on hiking in east-central Europe and then on backpacking and ecotourism in Latin America. He has now written ten guides for Bradt, stretching from Uruguay to Uzbekistan, and including five editions of the guide to Georgia. He also leads hiking trips in Europe's mountains. Burford first went to Georgia in the late 1990s and found it possessed the authentic charm that Romania had in 1991 but soon began to lose. Happily, Georgia's authenticity has been preserved in many ways by a passionate national commitment to its food, drink and customs. These are exactly the things that Burford enjoys discovering when he travels, as much at home as abroad - any excuse to get on a bike and explore.