Right now I am in the Caucasus mountain ranges which are the mountains separating Europe and Asia and in this post I’m going to try to give you guys a better look at this gorgeous region I’m in the north of Georgia right now in this town called Kazbegi (Stepantsminda) .
which is only 10 kilometers away from the Russian border and I came here yesterday evening and from every angle you can see these Caucasus mountains that basically separate Russia from this part of Europe.
Today I’m going
to this nearby village called Juta which is supposed to have a
really scenic hike going all the way up through the Chauki pass.
With me is Miguel from Spain. Saw him flying a drone and then we
were talking about gimbals and now he's joining me for this trek ,so the
last part of this road requires some bumpy off-roading it seems
like would be a little tricky to do this a normal car not a 4x4 we're
in Juta valley at the starting point of our trip and we gotta hike all
the way up and see some gorgeous views
This is quite the workout. The views are getting
better and better and we're starting to see first ever glimpses of the
snow covered mountains in front of us okay so we're in this valley
which is essentially called the Chauki pass and it's a pass that
basically goes through all the way to a different region through these
huge mountains but that's a two-day hike and we don't have time for
that. The good thing about being sort of in a valley is that it's not very
windy here and that's really nice when it's super cold
so there's all these little streams going past the
trail and they culminate in this bigger stream down there next to
the trail so we just saw some people riding horses on this trail which I
guess is an option but honestly when you go past that initial hike
where you have to go sort of uphill for a bit, this is really not
bad. It's like rocky at parts but it's pretty flat. It's a very enjoyable
hike
so it's almost 4 p.m. so we don't have too much time
to go further ahead because it's starting to get cold and it's gonna get
dark really soon. We're already in the shadows but this place is a
really cool spot because right now we're basically in the middle of
the mountains covered with snow in this grass field with a nice cute
little trail in the middle soaking in this gorgeous view of the mountains one
last time but now it's cold and time to go back home
so it's 10 a.m and I’m back in the town of Kazbegi and
today I’m going to try to hike up all the way to the mountains behind me
up there to this iconic church and hopefully I can do it before it
starts raining but first I need to get some breakfast. So for breakfast
today I’m getting this Georgian dish called khachapuri which is like
three times bigger than I expected it to be
so I don't know if I can finish all this. Looks like
it's basically just a lot of bread and cheese this costs like 14 laris
which is like roughly four dollars. It's like a pizza. It's hot it tastes
very cheesy. Okay done with breakfast time to get moving and get to the
church.
I think I’ve stepped on more manure in the last two
days here than the rest of my life combined so if you come here watch
where you're walking guys I guess the dog is joining me for the
hike. Hello doggo. Well this dog has
been basically walking with me for the last 20 minutes. It's going ahead
and then waiting for me.
okay so google maps is not always the best resource
for hiking around this part of Georgia at least. I think I came the wrong
way, like the way the cars come, so it took me like two and a half
hours to come seven kilometers laterally and climb an elevation of like
400 meters but I did finally reach the destination, Gergeti Trinity
church, behind me.
This is a 14th century church, a Georgian orthodox
church, which is still active but I think the coolest part about this
church, and most people probably agree, is not the religious significance
so much but the stunning backdrops of this church. I mean just look
at it man this weather is crazy. I was sweating in my t-shirt like 30
minutes ago
now my hands are like freezing off. I definitely have
to put my gloves back on. So the church itself has this really cool
balcony kind of area, this really nice vantage point of mount
Kazbegi over there but that seems to be completely covered in clouds
right now. Either way it's a pretty good place to come and see the region.
Right I think I’m done with this video. I’m gonna either hike back
down or try to hitch hike a ride back to the main part of town and then
catch a bus back to Tbilisi. If you like this video don't forget to
hit the like button.
I’ll catch you guys from the next one from probably
somewhere…
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