Friday, August 24, 2007

Day 133 Aug 20 Mon - Rubbish Camp to River Camp 58km to Tuapse

"This is a real camping" said Heather
Beautiful scenery with crystal clear water
Tent setup on the flattened rock
Drying our tents before we leave the next morning
Sunset by the river side

5 bottles of 1.5 litres of water + hydro bag
Mountainous terrain good for MTB
A suspension bridge over the river
View from the bridge
An Orthotux church at one of the village we passed by

Today's Distance: 87 km
Today's Temp: 26 - 36 c
Average Speed: 14 max: 66
Time on Bike: 6 hr 14 min
Average climb: 2% max: 9%
Trip Altitude: 851 m max: 603 m
Today's spending: 137 rur
Total Distance to date: 8848 km
Total spending to date: 4547 rur




Day by day as we came closed to the Black Sea in Southern Russia,the terrains were getting more and more beautiful,covered with mountain greeneries, winding & rolling country road,passing thru' so many typical Russian villages, where you can see women selling home grown apples,grapes ,onions,tomatos,cucumbers etc . Some of the downhills were scary cos' I can hear the braking sound from my tires . By 6 pm , I was feeling very tired with my bike carried 9 litres of water but Heather was in high spirit with her mountain bike.We rode for another hour and found this beautiful river camp,the river rock seem to be flattened by a roller machine somewhat,we set our tents on it instead on the earth ground."This is a real camping"said Heather.

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