Vaella Laella

Two weeks has passed in Georgia and we have got into many adventures; in addition of visiting in Kwemo Kwaloni Public school and home, made an exiting journey to north Georgia’s Svaneti mountains and all the time have been followed by the policemen. All in all, there has not been too much chances of missing Turkey or anything else but to be here and now, in Georgia.

Since leaving Nana’s place in Khobi we have always had police companion. They want to guarentee our safety, so they are following us and parking beside us. But oh so polite: they dont force us to leave or hurry us up in the traffic, but they are just there, like ghosts… Well in the beginning it was actually quite annoying, they were parking just two meters from the bus door listening loud russian techno. It seemed to be nature education for policemen too: to make them spend nights in the nature just because of some crazy caravan tourists.

Gabriel and Georgi cutting garlic

Guarding us got even more active when we entered to the area of Svaneti mountains which is remote area in north known of the tourist robberies . So 24 hours Big Brother was watching us. Reaching Svaneti mountains and remote village of Mestia was a bit of challenge itself beacause of the holes in the narrow montain road.

Making the better wooooorld  …. or at least road suitable for Ossi kjih:) with police companion

Police was trying to suggest us to either stay in the yard of the police station or reach a camping place after more holey road, but we insisted to get to stay in the nature and so we did, with our guardian police men, Goba and Robert. They were kind and even gave us lift 15kilometers to Mestia (to where the road was impossible for the Bus).

with Roberto and Goba in Svaneti

Mestia has a long history and strong religious background. Something very touching in the landscape with many many watch towers here and there.

Georgian nature has offered Amazingly beautiful waterfalls with mountain views and lovely rivers and a lot of green!! It seems to be rain and sunshine in nice balance in the springtime here…

This Im writing in our camp after mountain journeys, back to Khobi area by a strange abandonded factory area with thousands of frogs making noise and the police cars just some tens of meters of us. I guess we will be guarded until the boarder of Azerbaizan so some weeks more

Making the road movie on police car:)