Lakhiri
Lakhiri to Adeshi – The Heart of Svaneti
The second day of the trek was not simply a stage—it was an ordeal, and perhaps the most beautiful day of the entire journey. We left Lakhiri early, the village still wrapped in mist, and began the long ascent towards the ridges that guard the way to Adishi. The day of the trek unfolds as a journey deeper into the heart of Svaneti, where [...]
Mestia to Lakhiri – Into the High Caucasus
The morning in Mestia felt less like a beginning than a summons. The mountains loomed above the town in jagged silence, their peaks catching the first light like the edges of unsheathed swords. Beyond the valley, beyond the stone towers that have guarded Svaneti for centuries, the trail beckoned with the kind of inevitability that [...]