Back at our camp in Adylsu, it was full with a pack of Russian mountaineers. But the places for out tents were still free. So we set our tents and had dinner afterwards. Then we had the luck to get warm water for a shower. After our experience with the cold water it was so nice to stand under the water jet without pain.
During the night it started to rain. Our tent was not leaking, nevertheless everything inside was wet the next morning and there was no chance to get it dry. It was still raining. After breakfast at 9 am we just stayed in the dining room around the fire. But after lunch we had to get out of this room, because Alexander had a large party of friends here celebrating his 77th birthday. Because it was raining again we decided to go to the bar at the hotel beneath the camp. We played some drinking games without alcohol and got a visit of two Russian, obviously drunken guys. Unfortunately we didn’t understand them. Matt (NZ) tried to converse with them. After a while, we didn’t like the situation, one of them draw a knife out of his sleeve. At this moment we just went off. Probably they just wanted to tell us something about it, but as long as we didn’t understand, we couldn’t be sure. After this uproar, we got the next exciting situation. Sergey talked to the officials of the hotel and they told him, that the lake at the Green Hotel was full of water and they expected that the dam would burst. So we went home quite puzzled. Alexander was not so nervous about the water, we would be high enough.
In the evening, after dinner, we had a party. We celebrated Alexander and had a lot of Vodka, toasts, songs and we started dancing. Matt (GB) asked again and again what time it was, but of course the answer could just be: Vodka time!
After one day doing nothing we wanted to do something. During the night the rain stopped. After breakfast at 10 am, we walked down the valley where a minibus waited for us. We wanted to visit the springs of Sangaz. The water of this source is natural sparkling water, but it tastes quite bloody because of the high content of iron. Afterwards we visited a bazaar. You could get woollen and typical Russian souvenirs. Afterwards we had a shashlik-lunch at the market. In the evening it war Vodka time again. And so we had another party before we tried to get some sleep. The alarm clock rang at 5 am. Everything had to be packed, even if it was still wet. Down to Elbrus we got a lift with the same truck as upwards. It was a nice, bright morning. We had a last beautiful view back to the mountains at the Green Hotel as well as to Mt. Elbrus. 
The last exciting experience was the bus that should bring us to Mineralny Vody airport: Though it was built in 1991 it seemed it was built in the 70s. It had to be repaired before we could start our journey. Nevertheless we arrived at Mineralny Vody airport alive and in time, just Ansgars camera wasn’t able to follow…He left it in the bus.
At the airport we split up to the different flights. Anita, Konrad, Matt (GB), Anja and I had the first flight at noon. The other followed later.
Thanks to Konrad for the video!
During the night it started to rain. Our tent was not leaking, nevertheless everything inside was wet the next morning and there was no chance to get it dry. It was still raining. After breakfast at 9 am we just stayed in the dining room around the fire. But after lunch we had to get out of this room, because Alexander had a large party of friends here celebrating his 77th birthday. Because it was raining again we decided to go to the bar at the hotel beneath the camp. We played some drinking games without alcohol and got a visit of two Russian, obviously drunken guys. Unfortunately we didn’t understand them. Matt (NZ) tried to converse with them. After a while, we didn’t like the situation, one of them draw a knife out of his sleeve. At this moment we just went off. Probably they just wanted to tell us something about it, but as long as we didn’t understand, we couldn’t be sure. After this uproar, we got the next exciting situation. Sergey talked to the officials of the hotel and they told him, that the lake at the Green Hotel was full of water and they expected that the dam would burst. So we went home quite puzzled. Alexander was not so nervous about the water, we would be high enough.
In the evening, after dinner, we had a party. We celebrated Alexander and had a lot of Vodka, toasts, songs and we started dancing. Matt (GB) asked again and again what time it was, but of course the answer could just be: Vodka time!
After one day doing nothing we wanted to do something. During the night the rain stopped. After breakfast at 10 am, we walked down the valley where a minibus waited for us. We wanted to visit the springs of Sangaz. The water of this source is natural sparkling water, but it tastes quite bloody because of the high content of iron. Afterwards we visited a bazaar. You could get woollen and typical Russian souvenirs. Afterwards we had a shashlik-lunch at the market. In the evening it war Vodka time again. And so we had another party before we tried to get some sleep. The alarm clock rang at 5 am. Everything had to be packed, even if it was still wet. Down to Elbrus we got a lift with the same truck as upwards. It was a nice, bright morning. We had a last beautiful view back to the mountains at the Green Hotel as well as to Mt. Elbrus. The last exciting experience was the bus that should bring us to Mineralny Vody airport: Though it was built in 1991 it seemed it was built in the 70s. It had to be repaired before we could start our journey. Nevertheless we arrived at Mineralny Vody airport alive and in time, just Ansgars camera wasn’t able to follow…He left it in the bus.At the airport we split up to the different flights. Anita, Konrad, Matt (GB), Anja and I had the first flight at noon. The other followed later.
Thanks to Konrad for the video!
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