June 26, 2014
Mountain lake Sevan, Dilizhan and Molokan village Fioletovo (Armenia)
The next day after excellent shashlyk with Armenian family Arzni and visiting Gegard, we departed from Yerevan towards the lake Sevan.
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June 26, 2014
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June 18, 2014
On Armenian hospitality (a lot) and Kloster Geghard (a bit)
The best base to see Armenia is Yerevan – it is in the center of the country, with all main roads meeting here. That is what we did: stopped at Yerevan, and travelled around (e.g. to Tatev for two days). This day we departed to see a famous couple of temples: Garni and Geghard, 4 kms far from each other.…
June 14, 2014
Tatev – Carahunge – Noravank – Yerevan (Armenia)
The next morning after a day of crazy hitch-hiking and visiting Khor Virap, we woke up in Tatev at around 8. Our host Gocha was already having a guest, local businessman, let’s call him Armen. Armen had been living in Moscow for many years, had done a successful career there, and then came back home to Armenia to develop tourist…
June 7, 2014
Khor Virap – Tatev (Armenia): how we became hitchhikers, but remained cowards
We came to Yerevan by train from Tbilisi, the weather was rainy 🙁 Having left our backpacks at the couchsurfer’s place (we will once write about couchsurfing, until then it is a great way not to pay for the hotel and learn more about the country you are visiting), we decided to go to Khor Virap – a monastery at the…
May 15, 2014
Tbilisi: heat, architecture, flea market and… Indians
We reached Tbilisi in the evening by marshrutka from Kakheti. The bus station is 5 minutes away from subway, so we went to the railway station to buy tickets to Erevan for the next day, and then to the hostel. We booked it in advance on booking, here, its name is ‘Tbilisi Budget Inn”. Never, never go there!
May 4, 2014
Kakheti – wine, food, and churches
Kakheti is one of the most visited regions of Georgia, at the same time, it is still pleasant and not too spoilt by tourists. Kakheti is so popular because of its fertile lands where excellent grapes are grown, as well as wineries, food, and Orthodox churches scattered around the region.