#ritsa

Mountain lake

‏بحيرة ريتسا Ritsa

H ritsa mas einai pali lyphmenh

The adventures from the first day didn't stop us, so after a stuffy night in a small room in a little hotel, we waited at the railway station square. After meeting with the group, we departed to the Abkhazian border. It took nearly an hour to pass it, and the most time was spent in our part of the border. The frontier guard from Abkhasia just opened the documents and returned them immediately.

In Gagra, we took in the remainders of the group and the equipment with the food for the whole trip.

This was the first backpacking experience for me and my friend, and this was the first hiking trip for the half the group, so when the guide suggested us modifying the main line and creating 3 halting days (instead zero), reducing daily trekking but this meant cutting off some interesting points of the trip, we took the vote for this his idea. Probably, this wasn’t the best decision.

The start point of the trek was in the place of Avadhara 18 km from Lake Ritza. We spent the first and the second night in the territory of the local shepherds. They warmly welcome us to pitch up our tents on their horse paddock and allowed us to use their fireplace.