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Svaneti: Mestia and Ushguli
After a long and strenuous drive on a newly built mountain road in the Caucasus we reach the town of Mestia situated at 1400 m a.s.l. at the foot of the Ushba mountain. From there we set out on a journey to Ushguli, which is probably the highest permanently inhabited village in the world (2100 m a.s.l.). The lack of paved roads is becomes negligible thanks to the breathtaking landscapes and the ubiquitous ancient defensive ...
Day 11 - Georgian Mountain Madness!
Day 11 found us driving 250km up twisting and winding mountain roads to Mestia, one of the most interesting and charming little towns in the Northern-Svaneti region. Watching out for cows on the road, and they are everywhere!, we passed over rickety bridges, through dark tunnels, and past evergreen forests, crystal blue lakes and snow-covered mountaintops.
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Georgian countryside
... cheese and oil, it tasted fine, if not a little saltier than our cheese, but great with bread dipped in it. for all her efforts, we walked out of there paying only a few euro each, so it was inevitable they would recieve a few boxes of cigarettes too.
The rest of the drive went without a hitch, the roads were sketchy, but not impossible, the people we met were easy to laugh with and fantastically helpful.
We stopped in Borjomi for lunch ordering the famed khachapuri, ...
A White Christmas
... evening!
I hung around with Soso for about an hour, as my ride was not turning up just yet. He was in a way sort of disappointed that I had found a ride going up, as he had wanted me to be his guest for the night, and spoil me with some over-the-top Georgian hospitality. But - he was very proud that he had been able to help me get what I wanted.
We were just sitting there, when an old van rolls by and pulls up beside us. "this is it!" he tells me. I look in the ...
All-russian olympiad in Zheleznovodsk
We stayed in Zheleznovodsk in the last week of April. The teams of regions live in 3 hotels, but all solemn actions were in Palace of Culture(old soviet cinema).In this olympiad took part 226 pupils from 66 regions of Russia Federation. The olympiade consist from 2 different parts: Theory and Practice. ...


