Tskaltubo & Okatse Canyon

This city is famous for the 20 Soviet built sanatoriums that have gone to waste since the early 90s when they pulled the plug on state funding. Now these buildings are standing empty except for the ones housing the displaced people from the Abkhazia war. Temporary substandard housing that has turned generational. The city is made of parks, it's super relaxing.

At spring 6, I go for a radon bath. Many people are here on doctor's orders, a long line for a 20 minute dip in water that makes your hair stand up with bubbles. I must be all aglow now.

Nice lunch of beef heart and liver at Nektari. These prices look ok in Euros, but they are Lari, divide by 3. This is the big meal of the day. Time to get some distance in. Rode a steep climb to reach Okatse canyon skywalk and another 30km into Martvili. Horses, pigs and cattle cross the roads, just normal obstacles in Georgian driving.Read more