I want to tell you my story of visiting Lake Ritsa, we arrived, there was a question with parking, I saw a local who is in charge of it, says go down to the bottom there is Parking, there is a second one-eyed one, here is 500 rubles, I park there and there is no place, I ask him where to put the place there, he began to resent not you know how to park, park at the cafe, but you need to eat there for a thousand, I generally went up to the top back on the road and parked for free along the road to the parking is prohibited sign, went for a walk, returned and drove further to the end of the lake, the roads are terrible from the word at all, well, the most interesting thing when we returned back, there was a huge traffic jam near this the police department, and three traffic cops were running, they were dispersing the traffic jam and then, having almost passed this lake, the traffic cop yells at me with documents to me, I ask what happened? He is even louder and so angry, with documents to me! I blocked the exit to the rest because there is no place to park, I turned on the emergency light, I collect the documents, he understands that I am slowing down the movement runs up and yells drive through, we drove and worried that at the next post they would stop us and start extorting money. In general, I think they are in conjunction with the businessmen from the parking lot.
CONCLUSION: the nature is beautiful, yes, but Abkhazia is not needed by such employees of the traffic inspectorate, such an organization of recreation, personally I will not return anymore and my friends too, and if you go there then by jeeping, that's the only way.
The place itself is very beautiful.
But I also fell for these unfinished gaits. The elder is a lover of money, even a queue of cars was collected to cash in. They tell fairy tales. In fact, no traffic jam is formed. They have already worked out the scheme, allegedly cameras are everywhere, as a result, a person in civilian clothes walks and writes down Russian state numbers on a piece of paper. Because of people like them, visitors have an association that Abkhazians are all the same, rude and corrupt. Instead of taking money into your pocket, it would be better to develop tourism and raise the country. You should be kinder.
Hello. They stopped near Gagra at a post like for speeding and said that this was the second of the highest articles. It involves the deprivation of rights or a fine on the hands of six thousand. I said that I had only how much left and he replied that at least half should be given
Bandits in uniform "work". Extort money. Abkhazians stayed somewhere in the 90s. In general, the meaning of the existence of this republic is incomprehensible.
Ruin in everything.
The role of this militia is unclear.
There are 2 signs in front of the entrance: Stop is prohibited and U-turn is prohibited for 700m. If these rules are not violated in front of the police, then no one is extorting anything.
At the same time, cars turn around and park anyway, interfering with the passage of other cars.
I advise you to either park up to the signs, or drive further than 700 m. There is also a cafe with paid parking on the way further, but we decided not to pay anyone there.
Be careful how the bribe takers and corrupt officials work. They came up under the pretext of checking the rights, after which they took away the rights and extorted money for their return. As a result, they started shouting obscenities, they gave a card for transferring money, transferred it, and returned the rights. The mood is ruined.
The place where the money was collected, the traffic police inspector began to threaten about the violated traffic rules, and showed how much "money" was violated, in a photocopy(!) of a traffic brochure book. Then, after bidding :) and payment, I gave the documents to my pocket.
This is not the police, but the traffic police. More precisely, scammers and bandits. They take money from tourists for fictitious traffic violations. I was fined 1,800 rubles for "improper parking". I was parked according to all the rules, I explained everything to them. They came up with their own rules and interpretations of road signs on the fly, took away their rights before receiving a bribe. The option with the official payment was ignored. They Were Rude And Threatened. This happens to everyone who arrives in their own car. I was vacationing in Adler, choosing where to go on vacation in the summer (I stopped by for the weekend). The choice has been made - this is not Abkhazia. Lake Ritsa itself is unremarkable. It is a money collection point.
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September 12, 2022
All those who consider themselves cool drivers turn on the brain - parking along the lake you force pedestrians to walk along the roadway. The Abkhazians are doing everything right to fine. Parking on the sidewalk is a traffic violation, regardless of the signs that are also there in places
Boorish traffic cops demand a bribe for parking. They refuse to officially register -apparently not the traffic cops at all, but they put on a uniform and not on duty.
In short, I do not recommend going there: They will start to breed you, spoil your mood after beautiful places.