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Crimea — 11, The Ai-Petri Pass Failure, and the Resort Town of Gurzuf

The plan for the next day was to drive up to the Ai-Petri pass in a van, and from there roll down on bikes through its 250 switchbacks. But the plans were crushed by a heavy rain right from the morning, and almost until the evening. In the end, we decided to drive God knows where, namely – through Yalta to the resort town of Gurzuf.

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Crimea — 9, Grand Canyon of Crimea, part 1

Even though we were a bit tired after the cave city, and arrived at the Grand Canyon around 2 PM, we decided to wander around it. We didn't take the tourist route, but went straight along the very bottom of the canyon, which, of course, isn't any easier, but is a hundred times more interesting.

Judging by my GPS, we walked 14.6 kilometers, gaining and losing about 600 meters of elevation.

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