Hi! Just arrived from Abkhazia, the mass of impressions, both positive and not very much:) But everything - in order!
I've never been on the Black Sea, and I'm wondering was to go to our south, the requirements for accommodation are as follows: clean sea, nature, and, if possible, less people:) On the Internet site abkhazia visitors hotels and reviews, after some hesitation stopped but na "Nart" in Gagra. Bought a ticket which was 3 days before the date of commencement of stay, although we were told that it was a great success, vouchers must be booked for 2-3 months, this is later confirmed in the Nart.
decided to go by car because I wanted to travel in Abkhazia, to see how people live, and do not want to drag a train in the heat for two days. They came out early in the morning, six o'clock, to check into Room 30 hours left in the Nart settlement and check-out at 12 o'clock. Is the weather was not very much, a drizzling rain, but the mood was upbeat, I like to travel :).

Road to the sea

; route from Nizhny Novgorod, was this: Paul, Navashino, Moore, Kasimov, Ryazhsk, Lipetsk, Voronezh, Rostov, Dzhubga and along the coast, through Lazarevskoye, Sochi and Adler to the border with Abkhazia. The road to our area is normal, after Kasimov - not so, the rate had 100-120, if riding on a good car, you may be driving more slowly, and the VAZ 21043 suspension is three thousand, so do not be sorry:) So, let's go slowly, all the while the rain, riding up to the village Shilovo I had to guard, but I want to get faster, there is still 1600 km, dropped speed to 80, Kachus little by little, I see a turn ahead, marked by the sign. A right turn there seems to be a smooth trajectory and a large radius abruptly rounded at 90 degrees and I recently put a perfectly flat, wet asphalt jump into the field:) Runs a local guy and said that they have here are constantly dumped, he asked me whether to have an Help? The question of where to find the tractor, he says: Take forward along osnvnoy road, there path laid by her go out on the pavement, there are a number of services. Shyla some! They've got everything worked out:) chosen independently on the road, assess damage: bent axle lower left arm, dented left front fender, nothing serious, but could not go. Whip to the service time of 11 hours. I fly around and send the parts. While pacing in this shilnomu Shilov, until bought Arm Assembly, came into service, the time has come to 12, all piled up at lunch to 13.
We decided to also have a snack sandwiches: (. By 12.30 brother went mechanic who inspected the car and drove me to repair! Still, the world is not without good people:) After an hour machine was again ready for battle! But still had to make the alignment: a machine tangibly led to the left, as they stand zaglyuchil such. Train Shilov, decided to make the collapse somewhere down the road. Left Shilov at 14.00, stopping along the road at all coming across the services, but then, it really all all sharply broken, that is just Saturday?:) As a result, the collapse made through the 200 km in Lipetsk.
; road in the Voronezh area is close to ideal, four lanes with a separation barrier, rode out there 140, but it is constantly on duty traffic police with radar, so that all weave at speeds of 90km/h, a couple of times where I braked, off with a single receipt at $ 100. In Krasnodar Territory, the road is good, but all follow the rules like crazy:) Almost nobody beats in the wrong places, observe speed limits. The local traffic police armed with cameras to computers, so hard to argue with them, I caught it once.
So, the adventure went to sea in the area Dzhubga at 12:00 of the second day, although at this time should have already been settled, but there is still 200 km of mountain serpentine:) At the border came about four o'clock, the border took about 40 minutes, nothing complicated: fill in the declaration, checked the numbers, looked trunk. A sledge were 17.00.

D/o Nart

area is not very big, but sufficient, many palm trees, cypresses, magnolias, all very uyutnenko, the sea just 50 meters from the buildings. In the permanent duty three policeman, and not just sitting at the entrance, and it constantly bypassed, even during the day! Four buildings, the second and fourth produce a very good impression, the first - was built in 1976, as well as the dining room: columns, front entrance from the sea with steps to the side, which is very inconvenient to constantly cut zigzags instead of just go, or exit.
Come located: the room was in the first case on the ground floor of two rooms, double with European style, with a refrigerator and outdoor fan! for 800 p per person per night, including breakfast, lunch and dinner. In fact, renovation is the plastic door with glazed on the balcony and in the tile in the bathroom, wallpaper a little frayed on the parquet floor a decade ago, the type of panel flooring, ceiling protected by a plastic foam "false ceiling" in the bathroom all tile adopted, bluish color, shower , sink, toilet, but for some reason there is no ventilation! So they had to keep the door open, water on the floor evaporates very slowly, if not do not evaporate:) Both doors to the balcony were always open, while someone was inside.
Beds fresh, new mattresses, sheets with some strange smell, apparently, the water they have such? Two towels per person. Were cleaned every other day, linen changed after five days. Hot water periodically shut down, once it was not two days. Those who traveled to Egypt or Turkey, of course, will be hard. But we do not come here for that:)
Having disassembled things went for supper and dinner from 19 to 20, all strongly or earlier for five minutes or later. Probably why all the people striving for an open canteen, and for 10-15 minutes until the end has no one, and if we come at this time, almost no one was not, however could not be ordered dishes. Power system poluzakaznaya - they give you the menu on the day after tomorrow, and there you can choose from two or three paragraphs alone, for example at breakfast: snack - butter, sausage n-k, cottage cheese and sour cream, baking, sour cream. All this is crossed, all give a piece of butter. 1-e dishes - goulash with noodles, fish in Russian with mashed potato souffle tvorozhennoe here already, you can choose all the reason to choose fish, 2 nd meals - tea with sugar, pancakes cabbage, rice porridge, then of course clover :), tea is on a separate table in teapots, is a perfect pour. In view of the mass entering the canteen, formed a small queue for tea. Selected dishes delivers on the trolley is very friendly waitress. Food is normal, but the portions are very small. Poisoned impossible not stay hungry, but do not get satisfaction. A typical holiday home of the sample in 1985:)
fruit in the form of apples gave a couple of times for lunch in an amount of one piece per person. Fortunate enough to taste the wine once for dinner in an amount of one glass per person. And since we went everywhere by car, I perepal just one sip. Apparently the fruit in Abkhazia are not growing and wine there at all, but brought from abroad is expensive:) It is rumored that the "Samsheetovoy grove is constantly eating fruits and wine!
At the same time, in a boarding house there is a cafe where you can very tasty and relatively inexpensive to eat what your heart desires, including the taste of local homemade wine! Meals are very tight for two with wine costs p 700-750. The only herd - nowhere rye bread and tomato juice! Even the waitress of the cafe she said she constantly keep asking, but it seems very difficult to bring, because up to Russia as much as 22 km:)

Tours

; Well, okay, I was ready for this, I more interested in nature, and nature there is amazing. Luxury branchy palm trees, flowering magnolias with an incredibly pleasant sweet smell of the huge flowers, and of course the mountain! I do not regret a single minute that drove 2000 km on the car, we went to the mountain villages, in which hardly anyone travels of the tourists just to see how people live, went to Gagra on Pitsunda, all along the coast.
Tourist Routes standard: Lake Riza, Gegskie waterfalls, alpine meadows, and the monastery of New Athos Cave, everywhere the standard price 500 rubles per person. We also traveled to Lake Riza, in Novy Afon, Sukhumi go, neighbors on the table there were, say there's a lot of destruction and watch nothing special. The lake itself Rizza road on a valley along the mountain river makes an unforgettable impression, and the lake somehow not very: well, the lake and the lake. On the shore a lot of cafes, some working, some still repairing. The lake is very large, opaque water, some muddy, we do better in the Volga:)
Athos Cave staggering in their size, according to their age! In the monastery there is nothing to watch, to visit the only open temple itself, but it is only one room, well on the temple walls, of course, though, the murals and all. True view from the monastery on the beautiful sea.

Sea

The site says: "The sea water here is crystal clear and transparent. The quiet cozy beaches, you can disconnect from the hustle and bustle of big cities. " The beaches really cozy and clean, people very little, though people throw cigarette butts anywhere. And what about the crystal clean and clear water can be argued. Visibility under water meters 1,5-2 and whoever wrote this probably never seen a crystal clear and transparent water. It is, of course, pure, but not transparent. In the Red Sea underwater visibility of 40 to 80 meters! So that made a mask with tubes is not useful:) Watch the water does not work:)
We went by boat to meet the dolphins for an hour for them to ride until the attack on a flock of 5.4 dolphin, they swam and jumped next to the boat about two minutes, happiness was! Made a couple of pictures of normal, and when the dolphins have realized that the fish we do not give them, they sailed on her way to catch your own breakfast. Edward, who drove us on the boat said that the frozen fish, they do not eat fish that was caught more than three hours ago, too. He tried to catch something to feed the dolphins, but it did not: (If there was a fish in his words, they would have jumped out of the water here asking for the fish. These are the dolphins! "But we were glad that at least in the water they saw "According to rumors, in Pitsunda sails some manual delfiniha, but there we asked around, something no one had ever seen. We're there rented a pedalo and swim across the bay, next sailed one particular dolphin, but closer than 20 meters, he did not admit to yourself, no matter how we tried to swim closer to him. The people in Pitsunda much more, there are 12 ztazhnye corps, apparently people used to live in anthills and the rest just want them:)

Local

Local people are friendly, funny, gregarious, at least where we walked and walked, no excesses were not. Local GAI me once a day slowed four times. Once, when we went to New Athos, and hurry back for lunch, said that the rate everywhere 60 and released, and then just seems bored was checked documents. Too funny, joke, want a good holiday. And then my focus is not seen no one stopped.
In general, good leisure. And in five years or ten, when Abkhazia Moscow money will come, there will be travel to relax, not thinking about the doorposts with food and accommodation. Those who write hysterically rave reviews, probably beyond the garden did not go anywhere. But, in general, all very interesting and informative!

Homeward Bound

road back any adventure not presented True, knowing about the Shilov, I decided to go to Kasimov through Tambov and the Shack in the hope that there is way better on the road map there is a category higher, but turned on the contrary, there is no road at all, as after the bombing, you can go 40 km/h. Rode 100, spare machine that it so badly. In Tambov, too bad the roads, traffic lights at them a little, but everything stops, passing pedestrians on the crossing!
Total mileage was 4800 km, 800 km dashed off on Abkhazia.

Denis 500