I’ve finally left that
cubicle that got me stuck for the past weeks to head out to Georgia for 3 weeks! My
partners in crime for this trip are my dad and Babiche. I am flying with my dad
from Montreal to Amsterdam where we were supposed to catch up with Babiche.
After enjoying a bit
too much that characterize the driving scene around Montreal on a Friday
afternoon, we eventually made it to the airport.
Since my dad really
likes to get to the airport quite in advance, we had some time to kill. I
figured that 12$ for a beer was too much, but walking around the liquor store,
we got the idea of buying a bottle of wine from the duty free shop and drink it
on the spot. It worked flawlessly! Keep this in mind for your next trip!
We didn’t sleep much
in the plane so when we got to Amsterdam, we badly needed a coffee. We figured
the same idea that we had in Montreal and snapped a full bottle of Bailey’s
during our connection.
This time, I certainly
didn’t need much help to sleep!
We got to Tbilisi
early at night just to get a short taste of the city. It old but well preserve
look certainly got us excited for our following touristic day!
The city lived up to
its reputation of being a not to be missed place by any whom travel to Georgia.
We spend much of our days walking around the twisting streets and enjoying it
as much as a non-city lover can like it!
Since Tbilissi lays stuck in between Middle East, Russia and Turkey, you can imagine that there has been a great mixture of influence over the years. The city reflects quite well this heritage.
We had in mind to
leave the following day to go to Gudauri, which is the main ski destination of
Georgia. As we woke up, it was pissing rain! It was raining so much that we
even got fully Gore-tex suited up with our skiing gear to get to the restaurant
to have breakfast! Don’t have to tell you that we got some weird looks from the
locals!
Since Gudauri is not
very far from Tbilisi (about 120km), we thought that we might have some problem
to get to our destination. After some quick checking with our hotel tenant, we
got the confirmation, that the road was clear and in somewhat good conditions.
As we thought, the
road got really bad as we were gaining altitude. Our taxi driver lost the
control twice but manage to keep the car on the road even we he spun 270
degrees in the middle of the road!
Surprisingly, we
reached Gudauri without any other major lost of control!
We had some trouble to
find a hotel room since most of the places we have thought about before coming
here were full. We were all quite surprise about that!
After finding one that
fitted my dad’s expectation, we head out for a short walk out to discover the
village. It seems that the current storm have left about 1 feet and a half to 2
feet of new snow. Everything was crumbling under that new snow!
Don’t have to tell you
that we were quite excited about our first day on the slopes!
We woke up under a
perfect blue sky with almost no wind! That certainly looked as a perfect day!
Even we were all pumped, there was no need to rush since the lift don’t open
before 10h00!
Gudauri, is certainly
way more modern that what I’ve heard about! All the lifts are modern and have
been installed with the state-of-the-art standard.
The terrain is a bit
flat to cope up with the amount of snow that just dumped but 2 of the tops
chairlift give access to some great terrain.
We had a few quick
picture-less run to enjoy the epicness of the moment!
The sun came out harsh
on the south faces and quickly turned the new snow into a more heavy state.
Since one of the top
chairlift never open, the terrain quickly turned quite skied-out.
With endless terrain
for backcountry use around the resort, we are quite stoke about the coming
days!!!
This is really a
perfect way to start a ski trip!
Cheers,
evans
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