Tag: hiking adventure

The Absolute Best Hike in Cappadocia

The Absolute Best Hike in Cappadocia

While researching how to fill our time in Cappadocia, one thing was immediately apparent: it is a beautiful landscape to see by hot air balloon, but it must also be spectacular to explore by foot! Although online articles about hiking Red Valley and Rose Valley…

A Four Day Trek in the Caucasus Mountains: Mestia to Ushguli via Tsvirmi

A Four Day Trek in the Caucasus Mountains: Mestia to Ushguli via Tsvirmi

Mestia to Ushguli is a four-day hike in the Caucasus Mountains in NW Georgia, near the Russian border. These are actually the highest mountains in Europe, but the trek has pretty manageable elevations. Garan and I decided to do this hike in July 2018 after…