Thursday, 27 July, 2017 --- Day 10 -- From 6 km bf mountain top To Akhaltsikhe

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Thursday, 27 July, 2017 --- Day 10

From 6 km bf mountain top To Akhaltsikhe
Stats
Day dist: 58.66 km
Riding time: 5 hours  32 mins
Avg speed: 10.65 km/hour
Max speed: 51.85 km/hour
End day odo: 2,089 km
Dist covered so far: 389 km
Coordinates: 41.643191N 42.92-930E
Altitude: 1,063

We left at 7:30. Steep uphill and dirt road. It was not easy but made it to the top. It was 9:00 and had covered 6.54 km. Alt: 1880 41.63335 N 42.510986 E

The arrival

There a couple of tourists there at the small coffeshop that was at the top. Two of them were hikers from the Czeck Republic and were very friendly. As we were sipping our tea another biker arrived. He was Alex, an Englishman, who actually was headed in the same direction as we, so, he joined us.

As we were sitting, all of a sudden we were invaded by a herd of cows that even went to our bikes

After lunch we started the great descent

Avery unusually looking mosque

And there you, as we startedd our descent there goes Alex;s tire. It was kind of difficult to fix, as we did not have all the tools but we did manage to fix it.

As we were working on the bike, more bikers came from the wrong direction. It was a Russian couple and they were very friendly.

All together

It was downhill, which was great!! At the same time it was still a dirt unmaintained road and one could not speed and had tobe very careful.

The road down

Finally at an altitude of 1,200 we met with the paved part of the road, finally!

The ride was pleasant now but I was too tired to enjoy it.

Cows take over

Alongside the river

Roadside stop

The never ending road

Entering Akhltsikhe

We lodged at the guest house called Mimino

ΕΙ ΘΕΟΣ ΥΠΕΡ ΗΜΩΝ, ΤΙΣ ΚΑΘ’ΗΜΩΝ; Προς Ρωμαίους 8:31

IF GOD BE WITH US WHO CAN BE AGAINST US? Romans 8:31