We said a late goodbye to the delightful Tamara, at the Red Fox GH, and headed for the hills...
Once clear of the Tbilisi sprawl, the scenery steadily improved, as the road started to snake up into the mountains.
Stopped for a coffee, and Jeremy tried his Georgian on ... she spoke perfect English, so that was that.
And then the road just got better and better ... and higher and higher.
Finally at 2000 meters, we found a petrol station, and I started to look for my hotel. I knew it was close, as was in the middle of a ski resort, and I could see the empty ski-lifts. Of course, without snow, is was hard to envisage the place at the height of the season.
So checked in and waved Goodbye to Jeremy as he was staying in the next village, 40 km on. The studio room was very well appointed, but I could already see why it was cheap ... everything around was closed.
Once clear of the Tbilisi sprawl, the scenery steadily improved, as the road started to snake up into the mountains.
Stopped for a coffee, and Jeremy tried his Georgian on ... she spoke perfect English, so that was that.
And then the road just got better and better ... and higher and higher.
Finally at 2000 meters, we found a petrol station, and I started to look for my hotel. I knew it was close, as was in the middle of a ski resort, and I could see the empty ski-lifts. Of course, without snow, is was hard to envisage the place at the height of the season.
So checked in and waved Goodbye to Jeremy as he was staying in the next village, 40 km on. The studio room was very well appointed, but I could already see why it was cheap ... everything around was closed.
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| New Guadari Hotel |
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| The Studio room |
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| Sleeping in the clouds. |
For dinner, I did manage to find another hotel close by that was serving a buffet dinner to their hotel guests, and blagged my way into that. Just paid the hotel staff £5 in their hand ... no questions.
And then no other options ... bed by 9pm to catch up on some sleep. Russia tomorrow.