Georgia Part 4.

Richard and Jude’s travels continued

We set out of Tbilisi early and headed north skirting the Russian controlled area of South Ossetia and winding our way up into the snow capped Caucus mountains to the Russian Border with much to stop off and have a look at along the way. The road is one of the many well known scenic routes in Georgia and passes through Stepantsminda / Kazbegi which is where we spent the next two nights allowing ourselves a full day of hiking up the Kazbek mountain trail.

Mt Kazbek is 5,054 mts high and the trail to the top takes 3 days, crossing into Russia, with mountain huts along the way. We will only walk part of this trail which passes another famous Georgian landmark, the spectacularly located medieval Gergeti Trinity Church perched on another mountain overlooking the town of Stepantsminda.
Stepantsminda is now a hub for hiking and other outdoor activities with a few restaurants and lots of eager taxi drivers looking to take you to the many trail heads or other activities in the area.

Next we make our way south to the border with Turkey….
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Richard and Jude

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