The three of us walked up a seldom used bush track to be
met with wonderful views. The third chapel was perched on a cliff
near the hilltop. The outside corner was overhanging the cliff and the
drop was about 5m.
The
priest lit candles inside and asked us about our religion. He could
not comprehend the enormity of the fact we said we had no religion.
Finally
leaving him to his tranquillity we turned downhill and onto the other
road out. The mud puddles got bigger and longer the more we crossed
so decided to turn back and traverse the road we already knew.
Arriving
back in the village the street was blocked by a front end loader with
no driver visible. I
went walking down the street looking for someone to shift it. Our map
did not show another route to bypass the tractor.
A
guy walked up behind and said he’d show us a way. So with me
sitting on the center console and a large man in the passenger seat
we turned and headed for a by pass. The friendly helpful fella didn’t
smell too good!!!
Out
of the village and towards Azerbaijan.
Detoured
up a windy road to visit a fort city at Sighnaghi, Had a lunch which
took ages but was quite nice. Very touristy so had a quick walk down
the wall and back to the vehicle. A few people were dreaming about EC
and traveling so spoke to them for a while.
Put
the last of our local currency into the tank and prepared for the
border crossing.
This
good luck sign was a ambiguous - were they wishing us good luck for our further travels or do we need good luck to enter Azerbaijan?
Well
luck was with us and we crossed out of Georgia without problems
although I did have to leave the vehicle but at least no long
corridors to walk down.
Azerbaijan
border staff were friendly. It took a while to get the car sorted as
our registration paper is not what they are used to. They ask for the
cars book?
A
friendly local helped us with the language as he was renewing his
insurance too. He had his wife and 3yr old son with him. We gave the
boy a kangaroo which he would not let go of. We
also had to pay a road tax.
Finally
In. Another country and they are getting more interesting and
friendly as we go East.
The mosque minarets are a bit different here!
Drove
about 13km to get away from border and drove out through a village to
a river. Here we parked on the higher river bank as the forecast was
for a wet night.
Drovers
came past with their stock and were very friendly. One informed us
to be careful as the river may flood with all the rain. But we would
be OK with where we were parked.
A
quiet night with just the river burbling past.
120km
120km