I spent a night in the inexpensive Lion Hotel in the center of Kazbegi – they charge 15 lari for bed and breakfast. Shared facilities, cold water only but you can see the traffic movement throuh the window: is there anybody coming from the open pass???
At 11 am we decided to try to cross the pass for the trird time. The check point was open. Climbing up to the culmination we overtook about a dozen lorries and smaller cars not strong enough to manage diffucult conditions of the road… Good luck boys! Thanks to the high skills of our driver at midday we reached the pass and started the descent to the valley enjoying beautiful views… We passed picturesque 16th century fortress at Ananuri – overlooking the river. We reached Tbilisi in the late afternoon. No snow here but it is raining… I decided to take night train to Batumi on the coast of the Black Sea trying to escape the bad weather. The sleeper cost just 11 lari… We will see…
