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| Holy Trinity Church |
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| Kev’s Restauarnt |
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| Stunning views |
We'd aimed to head back down the mountain ( including our 2,400 metre pass) but first planned to visit the amazing 14th C Holy Trinity Church perched on top of the nearby Kazbegi hills. The Monastery is profiled against the towering Mt Kazbek at 5,000 + metres with one of the best views in all of Georgia !
This was truly outstanding !
We'd planned on getting away on time but with the stunning views and Kev thinking that I was singing in the church choir when in fact I was waiting in the cold weather next to our hire car, we got away much later than planned !
With time now a priority and the weather closing in, we bade farewell to the Gergeti region and travelled back down the mountain pass and through the infamous sinkhole filled tunnel from yesterday.Once again we passed hundreds of trucks !
We finally picked up Georgie's main road the E60. The posted speed limit of 110 kms was completely ignored by high end European cars that went past us like we were standing still !
We eventually cut inland off the expressway passing through the amazing Soviet style town of Chiatura. This town was a former Soviet mining colony built in the 1800s. Apart from extracting manganese and other important minerals and being one of Stalins favourite Stalinist towns in the 1950s, Chiatura claim to fame was its network of cable cars
The cable car system was originally designed to move miners from the town to the various mines on top of the gorge. These cable cars were often referred to as "coffin boxes"because of their size and shape. Our fleeting glimpse on our way to Katskhi was stunning enough to ensure that we'd be back again tomorrow
15 mins past Chiatura we finally reached our farm style accommodation by way of a "bomb cratered" lane ! Despite its shit entrance lane, and the farms uniquely sparse design it provided a fabulous view of the Katskhi Pillar !
Some more exploring to be done in the mo ring !
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