North Caucasus - Russia
A Hidden Land amidst Czars and Monarchs
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The Tower Abayev overlooking the Balkariya Valley. Could have been Rapunzel's tower…
Mountains are each unique, ever changing in texture and color, yet they are still mountians.
Our seasons of life are each unique, swirling and blending into the next, yet they are still life.
Verkhnyaya Balkariya
The mountains surrounding the Paradrom Chegem, in Eltyubyu, Kabardino-Balkaria
The guest house at the Paradrom
Magical “snow flowers”
Overlooking the town of Nizhniy Chegem in the Kabardino-Balkaria Valley.
Pereval Aktoprak - Far over misty mountains cold to dungeons deep and caverns old we must away, ere break of day, to find our long-forgotten gold. -Tolkien