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24.May
MAY 24. TO ABKHAZIA!
23 May
- 2014 -
Author
Andis Pikāns
It’s sunny again! We meet a traveler with BMW R1200GS Adventure. This guy is followed by a crew in a bus. He is on his way from Vladivostok to Turkey. The Turks are already aware of the situation on border and consider entering through Dagestan or Azerbaijan. They explain us why it won’t be possible to cross the sea to Trabzon by ferry: a few days ago, Turkey has closed its ferry line with Russia as an answer to the activity in Ukraine.
We decide to take in the Caucasus from this side, to go to Dombay and later to Elbruz. From a road leading from Armavira to Teberd and enter Karachayevo Cherkessia. We are stopped at the blockpost. The policeman checks our papers and points out the immigration cards, which have run out. He has every right to fine us 800 rubles each, but, having heard our story and reasons, he lets us go, warning that we might not be understood at the next block post.
The empty, curved road leads us in the direction of the snow capped mountains, the weather is brilliant and we finally start to cope with or situation. Approximately 50 km from Abkhazian border we stop at an empty camping site, where the caretaker Viktor tells us about life on the border and the weird safety regulations during Sochi Olympics. 470 km covered yesterday.
