Lost in the Mountains

I've been pretty busy the last week and a half and its about to get even more hectic with school starting in less than three weeks.  Let me bring you up to date with what I've been busy with:

A few weekends ago I went on a overnight camping trip with some of the other G13 and G12s here in Georgia. Our training manager Tengo planned the trip and took us to the Khevsureti area of Georgia. This area was one of the most beautiful most unreal places I have ever seen! The mountains are so tall and numerous that you feel like they could easily be swallowed up into them. Also it is impossible to capture such a sight on camera though I did attempt to do it. I left on Friday and stayed the night in Tbilisi so I could be ready to meet our tour marshutkas that were leaving around 7am on Saturday. On our trip we saw some of the oldest establishments in Georgia. We saw Shatili and Musto….those were the biggest highlights of our trip. Shatili is this old fortress from the medieval century. It was so cool because it was like a maze trying to explore all the building because they were all connected to each other in some form or fashion. Mutso is an old fortress with more than 30 something fortified towers

Below are some pictures of Shatili  and Mutso and a Wikipedia link about each of them too.

Shatili Info and Mutso Info

Datvisjvari Pass (the area that separates Southern and Northern Khevsureti)

Lebaiskari (small abandoned village)

Shatili, an old town-museum, built between 
the 7th and 13th centuries

More Shatili pics

Anatori crypts (a dead village with the history of the Black Death)

Our campsite for the night...we hiked up to the abandoned village in the top left of this pic

Mutso, 30 medieval fortified towers arranged on vertical terraces and overlooking Mutso-Ardoti gorge

After this weekend trip I went to Lagodekhi Nature Reserve with my sister Mari to go explore the park's hiking trails and waterfalls. My friend Aaron works at the park and he was kind enough to be our trail guide for the day.

My sister Mari on our day hike

Aaron proud of his falls

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