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24/09/2025

Georgia has many sulphur springs. White Springs was another small one. And again rafting on offer. Just a small walk.

White Springs
I don’t know why they built 2 ugly buildings for the water to exit
Snow on distant hills. The roads have wide verges where the livestock graze. We stopped late afternoon to fill with water and do the laundry and two cows started mooing, more of a bellow, at the neighbouring gate, until the owner let them in.
Houses are in large plots. Many laden apple, pear and persimmon trees

The main stop was Martvili. From the town we took the Soviet cable car up to a Monastery. £0.25 each! Built in 1986, single rope with a tiny manned cabin.

Supposed to carry 12 passengers!
The conductor kept the door open and Corrie was looking hopefully at the exit. J not happy either, so we walked back down

Good vibe at the peaceful monastery. A priest, then a lady, doing a reading so very atmospheric.

View on walk down
Martvili Monastery
Reuse for a gas metre. A lot of iron and steel gates and fences.

Tourist central at the Martvili Canyon. Car park attendants whistling and waving you into their car park. Tourist tat shops on the walk to the entrance. £5 pp entry. With Corrie we could not do the zip line or the 6 minute boat ride. Shame 😂. The walk had viewing platforms so we could see the spectacular waterfalls and gorge. When you weren’t being elbowed by other visitors! No opportunity to do a longer walk, so we were out within 30 minutes.

Martvili Canyon

We are heading north now, but had to turn back when the road became a track. Re-routed to orange roads, a bit of a zig zag, but passable. Just the usual livestock to avoid. Overnight is another gem … fab view of the Engiri dam.