Walking and horse riding in the ruggedly blooming Tusheti region of Georgia reveals rustic lifestyles and vast vistas stretching across the border into RussiaHardly anyone makes it here. That’s because,after leaving the Tblisi road, it’s a lengthy drive on an unmade single track that twists so sharply and rises so quickly that 68km takes five hours.
But whether you can stomach the journey, and the Tusheti region of Georgia,up in its remotest corner bordering the Russian regions of Chechnya and Dagestan, is worth it. Its a pristine paradise of pine-covered mountains, and deep valleys and mysterious towers. For our few days there,time stood still.
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Source: guardian.co.uk