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RE: 2-day mountainbiking route - looking for advice

by hitchhikershandbook 07 May 2012

Hi Juri, We have recently published a guide on travelling in Georgia that might be useful to you. You can read it [here|http://hitchhiker…
RE: Suggestions for a 7000 mile walking trek...and no, I'm not crazy...

by donjojohannes 24 April 2012

@ rings of saturn, thanks for your interest. Russia > Georgia I've been following the relevant threads here on LP about 3rd-country…
East Turkey, Georgia and Israel in 3 weeks!

by pauljs77 10 February 2012

I'm flying to Trabzon in East Turkey at beginning of May and plan to head up to Georgia to see Tbilisi and the Caucusus mountains on the…
RE: So What is the Latest on Russia-Georgia Border?

by zashibis 08 February 2012

>This is the Georgian Military Highway and foreign visitors can now travel on what is reputed to be a very scenic road, for the first…
RE: So What is the Latest on Russia-Georgia Border?

by Chicagobest 08 February 2012

I think you can pass with a vehicle but not certain. This is the Georgian Military Highway and foreign visitors can now travel on what…
RE: So What is the Latest on Russia-Georgia Border?

by ilanzill 26 January 2012

Thanks for confirming that the border in indeed open for everyone (provided visas are in order, of course). Great news! The trek along…
Re: So What is the Latest on Russia-Georgia Border?

by Chicagobest 28 December 2011

This is big news in my view. The only country that has ever refused me entry was Georgia at the land border with Azerbaijan (northernmost)…
Re: So What is the Latest on Russia-Georgia Border?

by Chicagobest 30 October 2011

My feeling is WTO Rules are pretty flexible and perhaps Georgia can give Russia trouble. But who knows what is really going on. I think…
RE: So What is the Latest on Russia-Georgia Border?

by Chicagobest 28 October 2011

My own self-interest is showing here because I would love to take the Georgian Military Highway. The Financial Times clearly stated hat…
So What is the Latest on Russia-Georgia Border?

by Chicagobest 27 October 2011

The reason I ask this is there is an article in the Financial Times today stating that Russia is very close to joining the World Trade…
RE: Car rental and the Georgian Military Highway

by homemalarone 15 September 2011

I second the above answers. But you may also consider hiring a private driver. In May this year, we paid 100 lari (60 USD) for Tbilisi…
Car rental and the Georgian Military Highway

by soussia 09 September 2011

Has anyone driven the Georgian Military Highway in a rental car? What is the condition of the road? Can we do it in a car, or do we…
Re: Shatili (Khevsureti)

by AndrewSmith 16 June 2011

Not doable the whole way by public transport. Own transport (horse or 4wd needed) There are frequent marshrutkas from Tbilisi up the…
RE: Georgia and Armenia by own motorhome

by imre 28 March 2011

@envoyhostel and the black sheep: Thanks for the info. Is that also true for the Georgian Military Highway and Upper Svaneti in Georgia?…
RE: Local Bus Astrakhan to Siochi Via Chechnya and North Ossetia

by danielsprague 13 February 2011

Just to clear up a few things. Since Jan 2010, Russia no-longer stamps passports at the dispted borders with Georgia. That is, Psou /…
RE: Local Bus Astrakhan to Siochi Via Chechnya and North Ossetia

by alexey_vl 12 February 2011

"I should know this, but can foreign tourists now cross the border from North Ossetia into South Ossetia? That would allow us to by pass…
Re: Local Bus Astrakhan to Siochi Via Chechnya and North Ossetia

by Chicagobest 11 February 2011

Thanks for the many thoughts. Why is Tuapse such a cool place? We were in Abkhazia in July, 2008, a couple of weeks before the war. …
Re: skiing in Georgia

by AndrewSmith 17 December 2010

Gudauri North of Tbilisi on the Georgian Military Highway is the premier ski resort. Plenty of lifts, long runs, all accommodation ranging…
Re: 4 weeks in Georgia

by jp_in_the_sky 22 August 2010

Hi! I have just come back from a trip in the Caucasus. My highlight there was the trip up the Georgian Military Highway up to Kazbegi.…
Re: Abkhazia with a car

by guggigenf 23 June 2010

Hi Daniel, I was at the Verkhniy Lars border (Georgian Military Highway, Darial Gorge) on 4th of June 2010. It was NOT OPEN for foreigners.…
RE: Abkhazia with a car

by danielsprague 24 May 2010

Just to put a cat amongst the pigoens... I've just been in North (and South) Ossetia for a few days, and everyone here, KPP (border polic…
RE: Skiing in Georgia

by zashibis 07 December 2009

>In either place, its downhill skiing not x-country and you're best hiring kit rather than lugging it with you unless you're especally…
RE: Climbing Elbrus/Kasbek - situation in the region

by AndrewSmith 26 May 2009

Can't speak about Elbrus, but the route to Kasbegi from Tbilisi is easy. Straight up the Georgian Military highway, past Ananuri, Gudauri…
Re: Georgia Jan/Feb

by AndrewSmith 04 January 2009

Its cold in Jan / Feb. Lots of snow in the mountains. Main roads are open, including the main east-west highway Batumi - Kutaisi - Tbilis…
RE: current situation in Georgia

by zashibis 08 August 2008

Ignore #1, who apparently doesn't even know the difference between Adjara and Abkhazia. The situation in Georgia is extremely serious…