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... not to recognize it because of political considerations. There is a memorial next to the museum, consists of a 40m spike and 12 leaning basalt slabs forming a circle guarding an eternal fire. It is very solemn and moving; my intepretation of it is: the spike that pierces the sky symbolizes a never-ending pain and also an appeal to the god for justice.

Another monument we visited was the Cascade, a huge project that occupies a whole hillside. It consists of terraces with ...

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Best means of transport?

If you want my advice – on foot. It is not a long distance from one point to another, besides while walking you may notice something magnificent, who knows?

If you don't, then a comfortable way of transport is taxi – you can catch one from the street. It is not expensive at all, a drive in the centre from point A to B will ...

... the entire country. Almost always situated on craggy outcrops or in idyllic valleys- hiking around these monasteries was the highlight of Armenia for me and on more than one occasion I nearly had an encounter with the hospital- inducing a necessary thrill to an otherwise apathetic Armenia. Discovering my Iranian visa had been rejected was at first bit of a bummer as I wasn't too pleased to have to stick around in Armenia to sort it out. But it wasn't ...

... in the ground to explore. Though I feel my blue jeans are not sharing my enthusiasm for dirt and crawling around... To get to Sanahin Monastary, it's a 15 cent trip up a cable car that the copper mine operates to the top of a local mountain, and then it's a small stroll through a village. Haghpat, however, requires a marshrutka or taxi. Usually marshrutkas run almost every hour, but what I didn't discover until already in Alaverdi is that not as many ...

Today I rolled out of bed before lunchtime and went to the village/small town of Garni and the Geg********astary. In Garni, there is a reconstructed temple from the 1st century (abouts). The temple was destroyed in an earthquake in the 17th century, but then in the mid-20th century reconstruction began using a mix of old materials and new. Close to the temple there is a Roman bath, with frescoes still intact on the floor of Western ...

... paid 100AMD per kilometer and don't want to agree on any price beforehand. I guess a LP's 8000AMD whole day trip is a dream. But then I find a jolly grandpa called Sako (tel. 093208168) agreeing on 7000AMD for Sanahin&Hangpat UNESCO monasteries (a very remarkable Odzun church has to be left out because of time - I recommend planning a *whole* day for this valley). Despite my limited Russian responses he's very talkative, shows me things and calls me by my first name. When he stops ...

... that the Armenians weren't just victims but were also fighters, with some 150,000 soldiers fighting alongside Russia of the Triple Entente against the Ottomans. The Turkish government thus labeled them as terrorists, with most casualties described as soldiers, though the museum showed that women and children were starved and thrown into the Syrian deserts without food or water. But even after the war, the Turkish government was strong enough to convince the ...

... So I have to admit I was a little frustrated because I didn't expect this. PEOPLE -Of all countries we visited, we got the most of the looks here. Being sized up, with lengthy stares, was somewhat unnerving especially to John. I told him Armenians stare often, even back home (oops, but I think it's true), nevertheless it was excessive...oh you Armenians! And no, they were not by the village folk, but looks came more from the youths we saw ...

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