Georgia 2017: Omalo Road across Abano Pass Tusheti NP (2850m)

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6 жыл бұрын

Summary of the 70 km from Omalo (Tusheti NP) to Pshaveli (Kakheti) across the 2850m high Abano Pass, one of the highest driveable passes in Europe.
This pass is on the north/south watershed of the Caucasus Mouantains, which is in most definitions the border between Europe and Asia.
It took us just over three hours to drive this stretch, an indication of the general condition of the road. It was also featured in an episode of the BBC's World's Most Dangerous Roads series. ( www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01pp7ps )
To compact the video a little more, the driving parts are shown on 1.25 speed factor.

Пікірлер: 22

@richardfield6801 4 жыл бұрын

One of the best vids of the Abano Pass I have seen. Thanks. I've ridden a number of mountain passes on my motorcycle, but this was the best - best ride of my life. Good to see it again.

@LookingEastChannel 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks. Every time I check back this video it looks amazing (if I may say that of my own stuff ;-) ) Adventurous with a motorcycle! (thumbs up! )

@tinatinSKGE 6 жыл бұрын

Great video...i´m so lucky having been to Tusheti 2 times (so far :-)) love that

@Andrij_Kozak 5 жыл бұрын

The great music perfectly suits the video.

@themise1416 6 жыл бұрын

Wow! Beautiful and scary.

@taavettigross9813 6 жыл бұрын

Soooo Extrem!!!!!

@shali980 6 жыл бұрын

We went Omalo in August 2017...it was amazing . waiting to visit again......

@LookingEastChannel 6 жыл бұрын

Nice! we were there too in that month.

@jimbob542 4 жыл бұрын

Great film. Any chance of giving the music details?

@LookingEastChannel 4 жыл бұрын

Sorry to get back so late. It is mentioned in the end credits. It is a fragment of this mega long track (the part I used starts at around 2:00:00 - yes, you got that right, it is a 3 hour track... ) freemusicarchive.org/music/P_C_III/Ad_Astra_Vol_II/In_the_Garden_1958

@ricardo30portela 2 жыл бұрын

It is possible to drive with a vehicle with a length of 6 meters and a height of 3 meters?

@LookingEastChannel 2 жыл бұрын

I assume you can. (Small) trucks drive the route as well.

@maxfotolatvia 4 жыл бұрын

Nice video. I will go to Georgia to this nice road 100% as soon as possible. And yes. What about this soundtrack? What is it?

@LookingEastChannel 4 жыл бұрын

It is a fragment of this mega long track (the part I used starts at around 2:00:00 - yes, you got that right, it is a 3 hour track... ) freemusicarchive.org/music/P_C_III/Ad_Astra_Vol_II/In_the_Garden_1958

@gioashordia9207 Жыл бұрын

ლამაზი ადგილია

@nikola2georgiev 3 жыл бұрын

Beautiful video, what car were you driving ?

@LookingEastChannel 2 жыл бұрын

Toyota FJ Cruiser.

@lastdaysnewsislam 6 жыл бұрын

GOG AND MAGOG ?

@benbeesd3408 4 жыл бұрын

I guess building a tunnel to your NP was too expensive for you, Georgia?

@LookingEastChannel 4 жыл бұрын

Hold your horses. A half billion dollars investment is made to short cut the route between Tbilisi and the Russian border, with a 9km long tunnel under the pass. This is quite a large amount of money for a Georgian infrastructure project. Now, I know this has nothing to do with the road in this video. There is no business case for such massive investment for Tusheti. Public pressure has done the rest with government plans to cancel various connection in the Tusheti area.

@benbeesd3408 4 жыл бұрын

@@LookingEastChannel Thank you for clarifying the situation in that Region. I'm from the Netherlands, so I didn't know about it. Georgia is a beautiful country.

@LookingEastChannel 4 жыл бұрын

@@benbeesd3408 No problem. I am from Netherlands too ;-) To address your earlier point: this road surely does need a proper investment. (apart from the above I mentioned, the government had wild plans for new roads in the mountains instead of fixing existing ones... something with priorities)