Day 14: Back into the Big Mountains I slept like the dead with the sound of the raging river right next to my head. When the alarm went off at 05h30 I was NOT ready to come back into the land of the living. The plan was to set off at 06h00 to beat the…
Day 13: Of Graves, Garbage, Boiling Heat & Bees Oh my, how to explain today? It was hot from the get go. Very hot and humid. I had little appetite for breakfast (most unlike me) and felt pap on the bike. The ride out of Zugdidi took us via a depressing succession of old, dilapidated…
Day 3: ROSHKA TO SHATILI Today basically consisted of 8 km back down a mine shaft to the turn-off, then 20km straight up Bear Crossing Pass (Swartberg Pass is a pimple by comparison) and 20km down the other side -1500m elevation gain, thunder, lightning, heavy rain & hail, a very well-timed coffee stop in the middle of…
Day 2: Korsha to Roshka The day began with a massive climb up to the little village of Roshka, here we unloaded our bags and continued on up a very sketchy hiking path towards the “3 lakes”. After a while Steve turned back, thinking it was madness, but Kati and I pressed on. A short…
Cycle Georgia: Abano Both Ways We had grown quite attached to our “home” for the last 4 nights at Shina Guest House. It was great to unpack and spread out for a while and after the first night, Kati considerately moved from our triple room to a single, giving us a chance to, as she…
Cycle Georgia: The Road to Dikolo So we set off at 10h00 for another restful day excursion. Within the first 5 mins we were headed down a mine shaft – eish, this does not bode well for the return trip…at the bottom was another, longer, steeper shaft up – so much for a rest day!…