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Originally Posted by duibhceK
omg, they paved the road up to Gergeti Trinity Church ?!?
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I was surprised to find a paved road switchbacking steeply up the hillside all the way to the church...where several large parking lots full of spit-shined Mitsubishi Delicas awaited. Fortunately, there are enough unpaved roads remaining elsewhere for those with a craving. There's a nice side trip in a valley running right up to the South Ossetia border just ten or twenty km south of Kazbegi where the Delicas all park as soon as the track gets rough, leaving their passengers to walk further on foot if they choose. Just watch out for the large dogs along the way, who definitely take their sheep-safety responsibilities seriously.
Worth noting: the church shown is not the one above Kazbegi; it's the one just a couple of hundred yards short of the Russian border, right along the paved highway.
I generally don't click on links provided by posters whose main message is "Don't forget to subscribe to my YouTube channel." Maybe I'm just not suited to ten-minute videos which offer no context or personal process. I'd love to hear from the OP his thoughts about his journeys, which appear extensive and varied. On the other hand, I recognize that this is not always easy, particularly when English is a secondary language.
Mark
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