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As part of the M-27 ([[Dzhubga]]-[[Sochi]]-[[Tbilisi]]), the '''E97''' is the main road of [[Abkhazia]]. The road goes along the shore of the Black Sea at a length of 215 km. It is mainly a winding and pretty narrow road with no markings, partly missing asphalt. Distance from the Russian border to Sukhumi is 120 km, from Sukhumi to the Georgian border 95 km. As the roads are filled mainly with local drivers and taxis, hitchhiking takes approximately 2-3 hours for each part.
At border checkpoint ''Psou'', be aware of many minibusses and taxis, making hitchhiking quite difficult. Within the country, is it probably fastest to hitchhike from one GAI/DPS (police) post to the other. These can be found each 10 to 20 km. According to the [http://ve.free-travels.ru/articles/item.php?country=abkhazia AVP], traffic police is very hospitable towards hitchhikers. See [[mentostop]] for more info.Outside those DPS-posts, hitchhiking is much worse because of the extremely small amount of comfortable positions, the abundance of human settlements, the predominance of local traffic and Abkhazians who love to drive fast.
DPS-post positions between Psou and Sukhumi are as follows: