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Trans   Kausian   Trail

At the Border to Russia

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Georgia  Kaukasus

8/31/2021

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 2021 09 trans Georgia trail day 5
Lashas uncle and ant had treated us like kings and queens we could wash some clothes and shower, with solar heated water . Afters breakfast of fried potatos and eggs, cheese pizza, tomato's,cucumbers
And bread rolls and coffee, we rode on the gravel road towards the last village in the valley. From there we climbed on a hiking trail up to the pass, into the next valley. Descending we run into the broken down winter village of the people, from there we followed and old sled trail to the summer village. With oxen the had brought hay down in the winter for their cows, sheep and horses. 1940 the Russians forced the mountain people to abandon their traditional way of life, with the result that those winter homes and after the Russians had left also the summer villages where abandoned. Up till now those villages are only accessible by horse, and the few roads that were built, only connect the most important of mountain villages. From there we climbed on a hiking trail up to the pass, into the next valley. Descending we run into the broken down winter village of the people, from there we followed and old sled trail to the summer village. With oxen the had brought hay down in the winter for their cows, sheep and horses. 1940 the Russians forced the mountain people to abandon their traditional way of life, with the result that those winter homes and after the Russians had left also the summer villages where abandoned. Up till now those villages are only accessible by horse,and the fiew roads that were built, only connect the most important of mountain villages.
We reach the first village and that is where the dirt road ends that they call streets here. We follow the road down the mountain and reach the next village passing broken houses from 200 or even 300 years ago. The mountains here are slate rock and all the houses are made from that material. The doors and windows are tiny, the reason for that if a not welcomed guest would enter through the door head first, you could chop it off easily. Between the 15 and 17 century they built towers to flee into and defend themselves against invading and local enemies.
We reached a world heritage cite with such towers and enjoyed the warm beer they were serving in that tiny villageof50 people during summer only. 3 hours later We reached the village that we had aimed for to get the permit for entering the state park. It had been a hot day and we were happy to find a guesthouse that had a shower. We met some Belgian hikers and enjoyed a meal together.
 
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