The post is not very punctual, but I figured it should be written anyway. Our October trip to Borjomi National Park was lovely, complete with wildlife, campfire, and ancient fortresses. We began early, but evidently not early enough, as the Marshrut we needed left by the time we got to the proper metro station. We ended up finding a place on a marshrut with a neighboring destination and proceeded west off into the morning only after an hour of waiting for the arguments about seating, why we weren't going, why the driver didn't have change, etc. to subside. About two hours later, Dan and Liz, our neighbors, and Sora and I arrived at the ranger station. A quick check-in and
Anyway, we left from Likani and went to Queviskhebi. After a steep initial hike, we came to a clearing suitable for camping. we intended to climb a summit if water and daylight allowed, but stayed the night. After breaking camp next morning and heading down out of the park, I took several photos of the mountians and flora around us. Sora and I had to geta photo in a clearing.
On the way down we happily stumbled upon a serene meadow. The gradiet was more preferable than the steep, loose dirt of what we came down.
Of course, we had to get a group shot.
There we found an apple tree with some yummy apples. Very few were wormy, which made a nice treat for lunch.
As we went further into a system of meadows, tall pillars of rock began to rise above usfrom the surrounsign forest.
And on one such pillar were the remains of a fortress, a testament to the history and resilience of this region.
We began to see more wildlife as we descended to the villiage:
And some not-so-wild life:
A great, long trip; and Dan & Liz's first! Now if only those passing by would happen to have space for us...
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