Stepantsminda. Georgia. September 22

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The clouds have cleared as quickly as they appeared, the plan was to walk back down to the town, along a country road.

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I left my ladies to it and took the taxi back down, walking is not my thing if there is bugger all to see.

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Here is a cow, an interesting cow, correctly using the pedestrian pavement. The town is a bit of a backwater, with nothing really of outstanding interest.

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Who cares? I certainly don't I am seeing places and things that I didn't even know existed

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Here is a dog, a friendly dog who didn't try to bite me when I petted him.

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Apparently in Soviet times this building was a base station for a cable car service extending to the Trinity Church located on the top of the mountain across the village. Long dismantled and abandoned.

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The mural "Twin towers" was created and signed by David Paul Kay. https://davidpaulkay.com/home

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The town mainly caters for hikers in the summer and skiers during the winter.

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A gorgeous setting in the mountains, the majestic Mount Kazbek, that sits near the Russian border.

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I wandered in to the post office, for no reason other than to get some stamps and postcards, there were neither postcards nor stamps, it was empty.

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Before the days of the mobile phone one could pop in here and use the intercity telephone.

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Shops and services that have seen better days. 20 years ago it was just a little village, I think it still is

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NOW I WAS NOT EXPECTING THAT!!!!

Sadly for me, I had no time to go in and eat. My stroll had taken a couple of hours, I should have come here first. To me this is the beauty of Wanderlust, get off the beaten track see things very few people see and try the local cuisine.

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I saw some dead trucks

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I saw some dead people.

My time here is done, I must regroup with my ladies.

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