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Tbilisi, 2010.07.25
We head back to Georgia, trying to avoid all historic monuments. We only stop in Ala verdi, where we find a soviet-style canteen with delicious kebabs just waiting for us. Then we get on a little cable car going up and down the mountain filled with those ugly blocks of flats… Goodbye, Armenia, we liked […]
Kuchak, 2010.07.24
July 24, 2010
We are still fed up with all the churches. In fact, we’re tired of sightseeing as such already. This is why we only check out one place – Amberd fortress, where you can find pieces of middle age pottery under your feet. Late afternoon we park next to Aparan lake, next to the ruins of […]
Garni, 2010.07.23
July 23, 2010
Another day in Armenia and another daily ratio of monasteries… And the majestic Mount Ararat, the place where Noah is said to have brought his ark and a painful national symbol for Armenians. They can cross the border with Turkey and climb the mountain but apparently it can sometimes be very dangerous… A tenth or […]
Yerevan-Sevan-Gavar, 2010.07.22
July 22, 2010
We reach Yerevan in the morning and we start with organizing our Turkmen visa that we need in order to apply for Iranian transit visa. Unfortunately, in the embassy we are told that the tourist version is quite impossible to get and to get the transit visa through Turkmenistan we need the Uzbekistan visa first. […]
Gyumri-Ashtarak-Saghmosavan, 2010.07.21
July 21, 2010
A second day in Armenia and a second encounter with the police (we didn’t like the red light and we just ignored its mere existence). The cop is so nice to be bribed with … 4 US dollars. We make a tour of monasteries, ending up in Saghmosavank (a church picturesquely set on a cliff […]
Ala verdi, 2010.07.20
July 20, 2010
Equipped with ultraexpensive Azerbaijani visas (obtained in one day via travel agency recommended by the embassy) we head for Armenia. Our new and fresh visas get decorated with Armenian border officer’s stamp – a way of manifesting hostility towards Azerbaijan. Let’s hope this will not make our trip complicated later on… As for complications… Though […]
Tbilisi, 2010.07.18
July 18, 2010
The last spot during our Mtscheta tour – Djuari, overlooking the town set at the foot of picturesque hills… And we’re off to Tbilisi where we are glad to find a real tourist information centre with English spoken. Oh goodie! After asking all possible questions we check in two different hostels – Bartek chooses the […]
Gori, Mtscheta… 2010.07.17
July 17, 2010
Heavy rain during the night made us leave the place late – we had to dry our tents… The weirdest museum in the world is to be found in Gori. An impressive palace in city centre hosts an exhibition documenting and glorifying the most famous Georgian person in whole history – Joseph Vissarionowich Stalin. And […]
Gelati, 2010.07.16
July 16, 2010
From heights we come down to flats and to roads not completely filled with holes. We arrive at Gelati and its monastery, founded in 1106 by king David the Builder. Part from cult purposes, the monastery was used as academy and place for burying the kings. Countless saints glaring at us and silent murmuring by […]
Mestia, 2010.07.14
July 16, 2010
The road to Svanetia region was not easy at all – our favourite driver, Bartek (he wouldn’t let anyone else drive the car in those difficult conditions) went on cursing for quite some time because of all the holes, puddles, stupid cows and speeding mad drivers… But the views we got to see in Mestia […]
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