Mt Shkara & Enguri headwaters

A 9km ride on dirt brings me to a cafe near the base of the Shkara glacier where most people hike to. I intend to discover the headwaters of the Enguri river that fills the reservoir I cycled by a few days ago. At this point the Enguri is just a strong creek, while it was a wild and roiling river before entering the reservoir from where it flows in the Black Sea.

I get close and on another day I would have climbed all the way, but the body is mildly complaining of fatigue after 5 effortful days. The ankle I rolled in Belgrade is also whispering.

All in all another splendid day in the mountains with amazing weather, the best they have had all summer apparently, it has been raining a lot here.

Dinner on the covered deck in the setting sunshine of the day. Met a few Dutch hikers and in the movie Dede which was filmed in Ushguli there were 10 Dutch and later a few Finnish folks. Good for laughs.Read more