Mestia - Kutaisi, 6/6; 4th September
4th September
I woke up to a few large droplets of water landing on my face. I thought it would start raining so prepared to put the outer of the tent on — since Charyn canyon in Kazakhstan, it has been warm enough at night to sleep without one.
I waited a half a minute or so to see if the rain would get heavier — it was unusual as I couldn’t see any clouds — then realised the condensation that had formed on the tree above us was getting heavy and falling down.
A small stray puppy then came and snuggled up next to our tent. He barked a few times, I guess demonstrating that he was protecting us. It seemed like he’d gotten into a fight recently as he was limping. A short time later a cow appeared, and some other stray dogs tried to bark it away. This cow obviously knew the tactics and simply charged at the dogs so they could keep grazing.
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After packing up we cycling through some small villages as people we letting out their animals for the day. We saw geese and many pigs on the side of the road, the latter lying in mud to cool down or munching on fallen apples.
We arrived in Kutaisi around lunchtime. As we entered the city on the south side there were rows and rows of housing blocks from the Soviet times — later, the Kutaisi walking tour guide would explain this was a very industrial area with many factories operating pre 1991, all of which are now closed.
After dropping by a bike shop to try and fix our pannier (the guy did have the spare part), and buying some all weather lube (the dry lube I bought in Tbilisi washes off quickly in rain, by design), we found a comfortable B&B and unpacked and hung out tent to dry and did laundry.
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