The closes beach to where I live is Ureki. Luckily, there are marshrutkas that go there all the time during the summer, and it is very accessible! Ureki is a special beach. First of all, unlike most of the Black Sea beaches in Georgia, it is a sand beach instead of a rock beach. Secondly, the sand is black and magnetic. Georgians believe that it has healing properties, for problems from cardiovascular diseases to joint pain. Whether or not that has any truth to it, I don't know, but the sand is very beautiful to look at!
The sea itself was very warm and shallow - you could walk out very far and skill touch the bottom! And there were very small waves that didn't even crest, although I have been told that after a storm, waves can get very high.
There were guys walking up and down the beach renting beach equipment and toys. We had rented chairs and umbrellas (one of which tried to make a getaway in a gust of wind!), and also rented this awesome paddle boat with a slide down the back! We paddled out away from people and had a great time sliding down it - the only problem being it didn't really have a mechanism to get back on, so you had to resort to a combination of a helping hand and wiggling yourself back on - highly amusing.
Is the sand really "magnetic"--e.g. magnetite?
ReplyDeleteNo idea...although the seaside zone part of town is called Magnetiti. So maybe?
ReplyDeleteBring some home and sit it next to a compass!
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