Best Eastern Hotel Aviatrans Yerevan

... bedniček na lampách hudba. Fakt kýč. Tak jsme chvíli poseděli pod sloupy a vyrazili na autobus zpátky do Jerevanu. Ten rychle přijel, a tak jsme odjeli z Garni (místa, po kterém se jmenuje minerálka a cigarety). Autobus nemá pevně dané zastávky, a proto zastavuje, když na něj někdo zamává. Tak se nám stalo, že zastavil čtyřikrát na rozmezí asi 160 metrů, protože po každých 40 metrech stál jeden ...

... 283;ným olejem. Kedlubna taky ušla. Jako zákusek jsme měli naloženou zeleninu - narozdíl od nás nakládají zásadně do slaného nálevu a ne kyselého a prvně jsme viděli takhle naložené, úplně zelené rajče. Šok jsme zalili dvěma pivy Kotayik - asi nejlepší arménské, určitě lepší než Kilikia. Po obídku jsme vyrazili do sámošky pro proviant (Luki s Petrem si koupili slavnou ruskou ...

... open-air skating-rink, while the rink in the closed building of Hamalir works all year round!<br><br> Relaxing at Lake Sevan.<br><br> One of the places of interests in Armenia is Lake Sevan. It is a popular and loved destination in summer. Here you can have a swim, enjoying the hot summer day in a good company and with a gorgeous view at the water surrounded by mountains at with a medieval church by your ...

... history to fit our own selfish interests. That's better. Russian language is still the lingua franca around here, even if U$D is the denaro franco. Little by little signs in Russian Cyrillic are being replaced by English and the Latin alphabet, but it's got a long way to go, and is probably not desirable. Russian gives the Caucasians a common ground which English could never accomplish. The Armenian alphabet is intimidating also ...

Well, here we are, I will have to make this short as I have just typed a screed and lost it. It is an awesome experience, flights have been great, we slept from Melbourne to Dubai with the help of half a sleeping pill each. Julian arrived, and you can imagine the excitement, we boarded for ...

... issue is resolved (it will probably be sitting there for awhile...). My tour ended up being free! It was supposed to cost $15, but since it was near closing time they told me not to worry about it. Excellent.... I think the rest of the world is even more excited about Obama's election than I am... Everyone asks about it, and offers their congratulations. Anyways, I hope this post saves. I tried to write last night and then the internet blipped and everything was lost. :(

... Georgia [which has however closed borders with Russia] (actually, it was the Armenians who repaired the railway when it was bombed by Russians). Anyways, the people on the bus have come here to see their origins and two people even found a common relative. I normally strongly hate organized tourism and I have reasons for it. When we come to Khor Virap, it's a nightmare full of eldery tourists. We take a sheep-like walk and when we are about to miss climbing down to a prison I have to ...

... Union to give them Western Armenia, which included Biblical Ararat and Van. Yet somehow the Armenians survived, despite these past events, wave after wave of Turkish armies and settlers from Central Asia and the Mongols and Tamerlane's slaughters. It is something that lives deep within the heart of the people, to be remembered. So now Armenia is small narrow highland state, landlocked between two Turkish nations. But though it is small, it is full of treasures.

... that there were Armenians passing by. Each time I read a shop sign, I was impressed. I kept on forgetting that this was it, this was Armenia! TRAVELLING LIKE THE LOCALS DO This was the toughest of all countries, despite my language abilities if you can believe it. This place, especially the local buses, are not set up for tourists quite yet, unless you take special tourist tour buses. That's just too easy though, and you don't get to meet the ...

... fellowship and naps to catch up on our rest. Once in Gyumri, we were given a small "lunch" of bread, and then we had to hurry over to a music conservatory to set up for our concert. We all agreed that our concert in Gyumri was not the best performance we had, but we know that lives were touched because after we performed, they gave a white rose to each of the girls. It was a really sweet gesture. After the concert, we headed over to an orphanage. I really enjoyed our time ...