North of Kutaisi, we wanted to visit a canyon cut into the karst mountains, before we were on our way back to Kutaisi and taking the highway to Tbilisi, where we came past Chinese roadworks. The hike starts at the Okatse Canyon visitor center in Gordi village, where you get your tickets. From there, a 2 km …
Tsqaltubo is known for its radon-carbonate mineral springs, whose natural temperature of 33–35 °C enables the water to be used without preliminary heating for balneotherapies. The “Spring No. 6”, the largest thermal bath and still open, was built in 1950 exclusively for Joseph Stalin, leader of the Soviet Union at the time. The spa was especially popular in the Soviet era, attracting around …
After spending the night at a lake near Nikortsminda, we were ready for our first Georgian church. But on the way to Kutaisi we had to stop at another important monastery and at Kutaisi we parked next to the cathedral – more than 3 churches in a row – we expect that this is just …
When we saw the first sun rays coming through the fog in the early morning, we didn’t wait any longer and left Mestia in direction of Ushguli. We knew we would only have today, as rain was predicted for the next day again. And if everything would go well, we wanted to continue over a …
The forecast predicted rain, but when we saw some sunshine coming through the morning fog, we decided to go on the hike to the Chalaadi Glacier, and drove the dirt road up to the start. You first cross the river over a hanging bridge and then walk through the forest, until after a bend, the …
We were checking the weather, trying to find out where to go next. In the end we decided to go to Mestia, as the weather forecast was not too bad, and we didn’t think that it would get much better, closer to winter. The Enguri Dam is one of the highest concrete arch dams in the world with …
We had spent the night at a parking, which probably every camper uses in Batumi, close to the beach and the center, but at the same time quiet enough. We still needed some spare parts for the shocks, getting our washing done and a haircut, but we also wanted to visit 2 museums and the …
