Covered in snow for half the year, this mountain track is the only way to access the mythical
region of Tusheti in Georgia. We take on Georgia's death road. This is Louis and the rover risking
their lives. This is us. We just got married and now we are traveling to Central Asia
with our Land Rover Defender and Labrador Louis. It was early morning. We camped at the beginning
of the track. Louis started his morning routine just the way he likes it. After a quick breakfast
and bath, we could finally start with this awesome track. We deflated our tires to two bars
for a more comfortable drive. Okay so today we're driving Abano Pass or the so-called
death road of Europe and it's really steep. It's really narrow and it's pretty long because we go
to three kilometers in height and it's a beautiful track. It only opened six days ago because of the
snow and for us it's a beautiful track but for the locals it's just the only way to get up there
to that really isolated area. Abano Pass leads to the fascinating region of Tusheti in the heart
of the Caucasus. This is one of Europe's most isolated areas and there were a lot of memorials
that reminded us of what could happen here. Do you remember our last episode from Vraslovani?
I don't want to go past them too loud because they might jump off the cliff or something
it's pretty hard to pass them. They don't really go out of their way. All the herds are now being
transported from Vraslovani in the winter to the Tusheti region in the summer. How's it going?
Scary? We went higher and higher into the pass because we started so early. Luckily there was
not much traffic yet. We saw a lot of dead horses along the road. This is the period that all the
snow melts so the rivers and waterfalls are full of water. Isn't this one epic road? All above the
clouds. The big old trucks really struggle here. Luckily they always help you to find a spot where
you can overtake them. And after two hours of driving we reached the top of the pass.
Made it! You made it! Here we are at the beginning of the Tusheti region. Next week we will show you
the epic overland adventure of Georgia and you will not regret watching it.
Thanks again to Socia ICT, Rapid Logistics and Visser for supporting our journey.
