Georgia - all year round: from ski season to summer rafting.

11 May 2010 Travel time: with 09 May 2010 on 09 May 2010
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Georgia, pierced by the mountain ranges of the Greater Caucasus and marked by riverbeds and rivulets, is truly a country of contrasts. And tourists from this only a plus! With such a relief and an abundance of sun, they ride on the snowy slopes from December to April and raft down turbulent and muddy rivers from May to October. The events we are talking about here are not one, but a couple! There was a worthy reason to get together: on Victory Day, May 9, the winter season in Gudauri was closed and summer rafting on the Aragvi River was opened. The initiators of these promotions for active travelers are Tebulo Tour from Tbilisi, the Gudauri Hotel and the Georgian Rafting Federation JOMARDI. It was they who shared with us a photo joke under the code name "Zima-Leto Super Season in Gudauri". Participants of the performance in a raft in the snow: Georgians, Ukrainians, Russians, Bulgarians. For the uninitiated: *Gudauri is a dynamic run 120 km from Tbilisi along the Georgian Military Highway of excellent quality; ski area from 1990 m to 3300 m; prepared tracks - 13 km, hotels - from $40/person/day. * Aragvi - a mountain river along the Georgian Military Highway, difficulty category 2-3, rafting with an instructor on a section 15 km long. In addition to outdoor activities, in those parts you can: - explore the medieval fortress in Ananuri, - taste trout and eat khinkali in a roadside tavern, - arrange a photo shoot on the shore of the Zhinvali reservoir. The beauty! In confirmation - a photo series about the road to the places of events: to the Zhinvali reservoir, to the Ananuri fortress and monastery, to the ski village of Gudauri or further, through the tunnels and the Cross Pass - to Kazbegi. However, that's another story. . .

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По встречной, от Жинвали...
Вид на долину Арагви и крепость Ананури.
Плотина
Из долины Арагви - в горы, под Казбек.
Начало пути  из Тбилиси до Казбеги и виды из окна нашего минибусика Mercedes Sprinter.
Перформанс от организаторов закрытия сезона лыж - открытия летнего сплава.
Водная гладь Жинвальского водохранилища радует глаз, а, чуть съехав с дороги, хорошо бы присесть и раскрыть корзину для пикника :)
Каменная резьба главного храма Ананури
На пути к Гудаури
Укрепления крепости Ананури
После весенних дождей и таяния снегов
Купол колокольни Пантелеймоновского храма виден далеко окрест.
Позади - Крестовый перевал.
Грузия - круглый год: из  лыжного сезона в летний сплав.
Грузия - круглый год: из  лыжного сезона в летний сплав.
Модный курорт - яркие картинки!
Апрельский снег в Гудаури
Почти у цели - нижняя линия курорта.
Придорожные рынки сувениров
Ущелья вдоль Военно-Грузинской дороги
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