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== The Eastern Approach ==
'''First''': the eastern approach is absolutelly challenging to hitchhike!!! There are places where you can be stuck for days!!! Most Jeep safaris go from [[Zugdidi]] - [[Mestia]] - [[Ushguli]] - [[Lentekhi]]. Almost nobody goes the other way round.
There are several eastern approaches to the Svaneti road. There is a road from the south that originates in [[Kutaisi]] and then travels through [[Tskaltubo]] and [[Tsageri]]. Another road starts in [[Kutaisi]], travels through [[Lajanurhesi]], and then joins with the road going on to [[Lentekhi]]. The third approach is from the [[Racha]] region, east of Svaneti. It travels through [[Ambrolauri]], onto [[Lajanurhesi]] and then up to [[Lentekhi]]. The Svaneti road then travels through the cities of [[Lentekhi]], [[Ushguli]], [[Jpari]], [[Zhabeshi]], etc.
'''[[Lentekhi]] - [[Ushguli]]'''
This is by far the hardest part in [[Svaneti]]. There are several mountain passes on this approach. These include Zagaro Pass and Ughviri Pass (2700 meters). Both can be snowed in late into the season so check conditions or be prepared to walk. There are for sure no Marshrutkas from [[Lentekhi]] to [[Ushguli]] and v.v. The road is a seasonal road for summer driving only, means that there is absolutely no "real traffic" but a fewforeighners do this road as a special challenge with their Jeeps. [[User:seee]] waited in Ushguli towards Lentekhi in August 2011 one complete day without seeing a car. The next day he walked more than 10 kilometers, until a polish Jeep jeep picked him up. Bear in mind that the road leds approx. 45 kilometers through absolute wilderness.
'''[[Ushguli]] - [[Mestia]]'''
