Georgia
Highlight of the hike!
Third and final day of hiking, 20km - Glacier and a river-crossing on horseback.
20km of beauty
Save the best for last, they say right? Well, that's truly the case for this hike. Autumn colours turned brighter each day, the sun was out and there were barely any other people out on the trail. At times, it felt like walking through a painting.
And then there was a glacier
One of the highlights of the hike was witnessing the Adishi glacier - so incredible to see the bright white glacier in the midst of lush greenery! Once you reach the glacier, there is an icy cold river you need to cross in order to continue the hike. There were a few others who took off there shoes and braved the water with their bare feet, but after seeing their pained expressions, we decided to get some assistance of the locals, who carried us across on the back of their horses. We were happy our feet stayed dry (and warm) and they were happy as they earned as much money in 5 minutes as they would usually in a whole day.
To make the most of our time, we had arranged for a driver to meet us in Iprali late afternoon, and drive us to our next destination (around 4h).
On the road to Kutaisi via Ushguli
You can technically still walk a fourth day (from Iprali to Ushguli), but we had heard the trail wasn't as nice and ran along a busy road for a fair distance, so we decided to head to our next stop. On our way to Kutaisi area we luckily still got a chance to see the UNESCO town of Ushguli.
