Mutso, Khevsureti, Georgia (მუცო)
After our short visit to Shatili, we headed to Musto. Honestly, if I knew what Mutso was all about, I would've chose to skip it. Don't get me wrong, Mutso is a beautiful abandoned village, but I just felt like it wasn't worth the hour long rough drive. I mean, the road was really rough - much worse than the road to Shatili. In the end, it's just an ancient village that's ruined and abandoned. I would much rather spend more time in Shatili or to another village where I could interact with the villagers.
While Bacho and I hiked up to Musto, my partner decided to sit out for this one because he wasn't up for another hike haha!! I was also very surprised that a family actually still live here, but when I saw the man, he looked at me like, "what the fuck are you doing here?" even though I greeted him. lol
After our visit to Mutso, it started pouring. Good timing!! On our way back, I finally saw a flock of sheep and Caucasian Shepard doing their jobs. My partner and I both wanted to take a picture with a working Caucasian Shepard but we realized it was impossible. Caucasian Shepards are aggressive when they are on duty. They came after our car and almost attacked it.
One regret I will always have is that we drove past three gentlemen in their traditional outfits and I didn't ask them if I could take a picture of them. Damn it!! I still kick myself for it til this day.
Ps. The road in Khevsureti could get REALLY bad when it starts to rain... I mean, at one point, the road literally turned into a rapid river. Scary sight for sure!!
*Jeep from Tbilisi to Khevsureti round-trip - 200 lari (It was the cheapest I could find, but Bacho was also our Airbnb host... maybe that's why it was cheaper)