Preview Petcul blog on TravelPod. Read the full blog here: Blog www.travelpod.com This preview was done by the TravelPod TripAdvisor ™ TripWow Slideshow Creator. Entry from: Kars, Turkey entry title: "Nobody told me it was off" Entry: "I know it's long, but stick with it I follow the Coruh flow back into the night rain, the D950 has it in a sometimes khaki sometimes turned red .. torrent.The day is cloudy and spitting rain and mountains are shrouded in mist. A new D950 isbeing created high up on the sides of the mountains. Huge concrete pillars tower to the sky. They will eventually carry the road high up across the valley. Naturally this means lots of roadworks and avalanches being created to make way for the new road. None of the delays are long though. We just sit around and make the most of it. Farms and small communities cling to the sides of the mountains. Others make a living anywhere on the valley floor where there is a patch of soil. The farms seem to be able to grow corn, grass, apples, figs, nuts, quince, rice, olives and bees play a big part in their livlihood. Near Artvin there is a minor road to Ardanuc and eventually Ardahan to the east which I take. The road narrows as we get closer to Ardanuc. There are caves dotted in the cliff faces. I pass through Ardanuc with its Bagratid castle high above on a precipice. East of the town there are roadworks, a tunnel is being built. This road improvement looks promising. I follow a narrow detour ...