Earthlooping and Mount Ushba
3 days spent in the High Caucasus and a couple of trekkings in the area to be sure that this is one of the best mountanious landscapes in Europe.
In the last post we were going to Mestia from Zugdidi. It was a 3 hour trip by Marshrutka driving through a really impressive road. As you were getting inside the Svan land and the road was twisting, your eyes were enjoying the High Caucasus. High mountains, snow and to the left an ice-blue river flowing through the mountains that reminded me to the Norwegian fjords. Everything a pleasure for the eyes.
We had one stop on the road to eat a bit. We had Kachapuri, a kind of round bread filled with cheese or meat. In there we could also prove that Svan people are really friendly, as a guy invited to a couple of glasses of Cha Cha. Cha Cha is the Georgian equivalent of Italian grappa. And it really were two full glasses that you had to drink at once. It was a nice introduction to the Svan country: getting drunk before even getting to the destination.
We had one stop on the road to eat a bit. We had Kachapuri, a kind of round bread filled with cheese or meat. In there we could also prove that Svan people are really friendly, as a guy invited to a couple of glasses of Cha Cha. Cha Cha is the Georgian equivalent of Italian grappa. And it really were two full glasses that you had to drink at once. It was a nice introduction to the Svan country: getting drunk before even getting to the destination.
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