{"id":1625,"date":"2011-07-04T19:21:41","date_gmt":"2011-07-04T15:21:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onmytodd.org\/?p=1625"},"modified":"2015-03-10T15:55:58","modified_gmt":"2015-03-10T14:55:58","slug":"kutaisi-surami","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onmytodd.org\/?p=1625","title":{"rendered":"Kutaisi – Surami"},"content":{"rendered":"

Not an eventful day. The road, S1 connecting Kutaisi with Tbilisi, was mostly in good condition but a bit hilly at times. Must have crossed the river Dzirula a thousand times. It winds and ziggzaggs between the hills and the road tries to follow it for a long time.<\/p>\n

The original plan was to go as far as Gori, but that turned out to be a bit too much. Temperatures peaked at 42\u00b0C (in the sun). Decided to stay in Khashuri. Unfortunately, there’s no hotel there, so I had to backtrack a few kilometers to Surami. The hotel here doesn’t deserve the name. Dirty, unfinished, smelly, expensive for what’s on offer.<\/p>\n

Surami is a mix of rotten Soviet-era industrial complexes and ramshackle residential areas.<\/p>\n

It felt a bit strange to be cycling alone again. The past two weeks of traveling with Alex were a good and fun time.<\/p>\n

No police trouble today.<\/p>\n

Cycled: 111km
\nMax. speed: 61kph<\/p>\n