Subject: Post: <p>Today we moved back to the mountains, passing through the spectacular (well, it would be without the clouds) Georgian Military Highway mountain road. Our plan was to visit the Svetitskhoveli Cathedral next to our hotel in the morning, drive to Gudauri ski resort area for some downhill action and end up to Kazbegi in the evening.</p><p>However, there was extremely thick fog and clouds in Kazbegi area which is high on the mountains, and we saw no point in trying to ski in zero visibility. The plan was modified a bit, and we drove to Kazbegi already in the afternoon and continued directly up the mountain, all the way to the beautiful Gergeti Trinity Church.</p><p>The church, built in 13th century has somewhat become a symbol of Georgia, together with the nearby Kazbegi mountain peak. The church stands alone on a high mountain top, where a bad, iced and steep road leads from the village of Stepantsminda.</p><p>While we were turning towards the church from the village, one of the local taxi drivers approached us to tell that the road is very bad and we should take a local transport there. That was one more reason for me to take the challenge and drive all the way up.. Which was actually surprisingly easy.</p><p>Some Georgian guys ahead of us were not so successful, they had managed to get their 4x4 car pretty deeply stuck in snow and we tried to help them a bit. They only had a too weak rope with them that snapped every time we tried to pull the car out of the snow, so we had to leave them to search for other assistance. Half an hour later they managed to get up to the mountain too.. :)</p><p>As a funny coincidence a couple came to ask us if they can ride back to the city with us, as they had walked all the way up to the hill already. Soon I noticed they were talking Finnish to each other.. So, more Finns here. :) </p> Latitude: Longitude: Security Code:
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