{"id":1914,"date":"2011-07-25T23:57:35","date_gmt":"2011-07-25T19:57:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onmytodd.org\/?p=1914"},"modified":"2013-05-20T17:48:41","modified_gmt":"2013-05-20T15:48:41","slug":"telavi-akhalsopeli","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onmytodd.org\/?p=1914","title":{"rendered":"Telavi – Akhalsopeli"},"content":{"rendered":"

Managed to leave the guesthouse after an extended breakfast at 12pm and went to Guram’s place to say good bye. Well, I was force-fed with more bred, egg, cheese, melon … Took a fare-well picture of the family and myself and finally left their place at 2.15pm(!).<\/p>\n

The first 10km were a pleasant down-hill ride into the Alazani valley. Then the road turned east and I followed the Alazani river, which flows towards Azerbaijan.<\/p>\n

In the village of Akhalsopeli I stopped because it is going to be my jumping-off point to the confluence of 42\u00b0N and 46\u00b0E. That point hasn’t been visited so far.<\/p>\n

I asked for a hotel (ok, that question was fake, I knew there wouldn’t be any in Akhalsopeli). The first guy I asked, owner of a car repair shop, offered me a bed at his place. I tried to explain from the start that I was going to hike to the mountains tomorrow, and that I’d like to stay another night after my return, and he partially understood, I think.<\/p>\n

In town I met Heather from New Zealand and Stu from Scotland, a cycling couple on their way to Baku. Chatted with them briefly and exchanged phone numbers before Sura, my host, took me to his father’s place were a supra was held for\/with me and I was drunk before I could resist. No further comments other than this: Georgia is awesome (to some degree ;) !<\/p>\n

Cycled: 55km<\/p>\n