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: ''I strongly object to the above point of view. The Samtredia-Ozurgeti road, although twisty and turny for sure, is in my regard one of the most charmingly beautiful in the country, and the Ozurgeti-Batumi road a close second. Far to be preferred over the busy შ-1 highway through Lanchkhuti. Furthermore the rural region of Guria that these roads pass through is simply full of generous, warm and open-hearted people. Getting stuck at night is simply not an option as you will be certainly taken care of by the first Gurian who sees you. [[User:tetri_tolia|tetri_tolia]]''
=== East to Akhaltsikhe===
From city centre go in direction Turkey and soon you'll come to the crossroad where you go to left following sign Akhaltsikhe. In first ten kilometres there are a lot of cars and marshrutkas(minibuses) going only short distance so it can be harder to find someone who'll take you little bit further.
Road is going through mountains and it's really bad quality. After lets say first 60km there are even less cars. It can take you a long time to cross the mountains because there are only small villages and locals usualy travel by marshrutka. Even when you take a car it will be very slow ride because there is no asphalt on the road. From village Zarzma (30km from Akhaltsikhe) there is really nice asphalt road and also more cars to hitchhike. In Zarzma there is also a monastery and if you ask monks they might offer you a dinner, warm shower and bed for the night(for me ti worked, but for sure it's good if you speak russian).
== South towards [[Turkey]] ==
