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The '''Verkhny Lars-Darial Gorge border crossing''' is the only border crossing between [[Georgia]] and [[Russia]]. Since July 2011 is was opened again for everybody. It connects [[Tbilisi]] and [[Vladikavkaz]] via the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgian_Military_Road Georgian Military Road] which is closed in winter.

 ===Hitching over===You cannot walk over this border, therefore you have to hitch. In the summer season a lot of Russian tourists pass through, but out of season it can be very quiet. A few trucks, mostly from Armenia are transiting here.  ====Towards Russia====Local cars going to Vladikavkaz are often full or don't want extra hassel with a foreigner and Georgians cannot cross the borders without a visa.  Try to befriend the border officials, they can help you to get a ride. In fact [[User:N0id|n0id]] waited for quite a while even though a local construction worker flagged down cars and asked them to take him, until eventually a higher ranking officer ordered the guard of the first check-point to find a car for him which took 2 minutes.