Best Eastern Hotel Shirak Yerevan

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

... around:<br><br> <br><br> Best means of transport?<br><br> If you want my advice &#8211; on foot. It is not a long distance from one point to another, besides while walking you may notice something magnificent, who knows?<br><br> If you don't, then a comfortable way of transport is taxi &#8211; 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 ...

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&amp;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 ...

... coat-of-arms with chained lions and an eagle, and an inner cave church, Astvatsatsin, with crosses and floral patterns carved into the rock walls. The main Surp Katoghike, behind a gavit with candle offerings, was full with a wedding party from Yerevan, with the priest blessing them. I walked back along the road, back down the canyon until I reached Garni, flagged a bus, and returned to Yerevan. On the last day, back in Yerevan, loud cheering ...

... was sleeping, a hypodermic needle was lodged into the tent base. One wrong move while I was sleeping or if I had slept without the foam mat and I would have been jabbed by who knows what. My heart raced as I remembered her somehow putting the mat down before I climbed into bed. Fate had been on my side that night and I know that I will never forget it. We entered Yeravan and passed by the opera, this is where we were going to meet Gohar and having an hour ...

... sjöl, krossar og annað smálegt ratar nú samt í hendur mínar áður en ég fer heim á hótel aftur. Ég ygli mig aðeins framan í sjálfa mig yfir þeim ódugnaði að hafa ekki labbað meira um borgina og skoðað mig um á eigin spítur en það þjónar engun tilgangi. Allt hefur sinn tíma og í þessari ferð var ekki minn tíma til að rölta ein í ró og næði um götur og stræti ókunnra borga. Við borðum kvöldmat snemma, klárum að pakka og reynum að ná okkur í nokkurra tíma blund fyrir flugið.

... based on actions and sound effects, so it transcends linguistic barriers. It was a great experience to worship with people in another culture, especially when we all sang songs that were known to Americans and Armenians, singing them in both languages to our God who is author of all. This afternoon, we went to the dungeon where St. Gregory was imprisoned for many years. It was quite an adventure simply climbing down the narrow ladder into the small ...