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The Georgians have made little effort
The road from Ardahan diminishes to a narrow ribbon. It snakes up through stunning treeless meadows dotted with herdsman and their woolly charges. Clumps [link widoczny dla zalogowanych]of snow remain from the previous winter.At Posof, the Turkish border point for entry into Georgia, only five people remain on the bus. Two drivers,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], one attendant and two passengers -- myself and a middle-aged woman who seems to be on first-name terms with everyone.
It takes a while for the Georgian customs people to fire up the scanner, a rusting hulk of a machine which looks and sounds capable of ingesting my pack and her mountain of overstuffed plastic[link widoczny dla zalogowanych] bags in one giant gulp.In less than 15 minutes we are through with passports stamped and bags reloaded.The Georgians have made little effort to impress new arrivals to their country. The road is a rutted track running through largely abandoned villages. Once pretty wooden houses are either boarded up or left to rot.
We drop down into the Mtkvari River Valley and things improve. Cows graze sleepily in perfect tree-lined pastures. Fishermen cast into the fast flowing river. New alpine style-cafes are[link widoczny dla zalogowanych] open for business. Must be a getaway spot for weary Tbilisians and their families.
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