Taco Taco

Posted on

You are currently viewing a placeholder content from Google Maps. To access the actual content, click the button below. Please note that doing so will share data with third-party providers.

More Information

When I got ready to leave, Jemal was there to wave me off and give me hot water for my tea:

TLW-20181015-091306

Then another gentleman appeared with what seemed like a bottle of cola, a cup of either water or vodka, and a very relaxed mood:

TLW-20181015-091338

And then I got on the road.

One thing that had become clear by now was the fact that Georgia had a dog problem. They seemed to be roaming the land in even larger numbers than in Azerbaijan or Iran (but this could have been just an error in perception on my part). Either way, some of them were pretty mean.

This one seemed mean at first, but it turned out he was a big fluffmeister who was just hungry AF:

TLW-20181015-093059

The road was quiet. I crossed a river once and saw a fisherman:

TLW-20181015-101931

And then, when I stepped out of the forest, I saw the mountains that the road was leading to:

TLW-20181015-114047

At this point I had pretty much made my decision – I was going to try the hard way and go up the serpentine road to Sighnaghi. There was a monastery there, a historical town center, and on top of that: a Mexican restaurant!

“A Mexican restauraaaaaaaant!” I told Heather and George from the UK, who were riding their bikes through the Caucasus:

TLW-20181015-135116

They said they had passed it on their way, but alas! they had not tried it. I said I would go there and eat all the things, so it would be okay.

When I reached the little town of Tsnori, which was at the foot of the mountain that I would have to go up in order to reach Sighnaghi, I was greeted by smiling old men:

TLW-20181015-145448

I stocked up on water and bread, and I also bought a sausage and a yoghurt drink. Then I walked through the little town:

TLW-20181015-151506

And then the serpentine roads began:

TLW-20181015-174504

It was difficult, comparable to the hard pass near Shamakhi in Azerbaijan a few weeks earlier, or to the uphill battle near Chaman Bid in Iran many months ago.

We (the Caboose and I) climbed until darkness fell:

TLW-20181015-182941

And then we climbed some more, until the shape of Sighnaghi appeared in the distance:

TLW-20181015-184325

And then we were there:

TLW-20181015-190143

We went straight to the Mexican restaurant, which was tiny and had only three tables:

TLW-20181015-205252

The Caboose stayed outside while I found a seat and ordered something like an enmolada with two tacos on the side:

TLW-20181015-194633

And a mojito:

TLW-20181015-193155

And then another mojito.

It was perfection.

Daily video:

You are currently viewing a placeholder content from YouTube. To access the actual content, click the button below. Please note that doing so will share data with third-party providers.

More Information



Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *