Stepansminda: Day 61 to 66
August 14th 2023 At the end of the Georgian Military Highway, my stop was at Stepansminda (also called Kazbegi).
At an altitude of 1,700 meters, the climate was much cooler than the hot weather in Tbilisi. Named after the Saint Stephan, who helped people in the area from avalanches by moving them further south, this is an area close to the Russian border (about 10KM).
The town is famous for the Gergeti Trin
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