A very early start and off to Georgia, the route climbed high into the mountains with small villages dotted over the grassy hills;
Eventually we dropped down to the Turkey/Georgian border - a tiny little border crossing on a fairly minor tarmaced Turkish road. It took us an hour to get through the Turkish and Georgian formalaties, but soon we are off on our way into Georgia - this is the route from the border crossing;
The ride from the Georgian border to Tibilis took us around 160km, initially through some very rundown and almost abandonded towns;
We passed many closed and abandoned fuel stations, cafes, shops and hotels. Many of them looked as if they had been used within the last few years - so a fairly recent abandonment.
The roads were very bad - potholed and gravelly, the driving even worse...
Thanks for your fab blog. I'm Chris Dalrymple's better half and as he's not a computer bod relying on the the rest of you who are to see something of the trip. Great pictures gives us back at home some idea of what you're all up to. Happy riding.
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Wendy,
ReplyDeleteThanks for the comments - glad you are enjoying the blog. I think internet access will become less available the further we travel, so the updates may be fewer.
Russ