Yukari Karavansarai Hotel Sheki

Kakheti - Tsinandali, Ikalto Academy, Alaverdi Catherdral, Gurjaanis Kvelatsminda, Gremi Castel, the ...

After much planning and waiting, I finally made it to Laerton. There aren't many people who know too much about Laerton. Having just recently separated from Azerbaijan, Laerton has yet to really be discovered by tourists. I'd give about 5-10 years before people start flocking to Laerton. It's just such a different world here. So far removed from everywhere else --- so secluded ...

Today I went to Shushi (I've also seen it spelled Shoushi). It's a city about 9 kilometers uphill from Stepanakart and during the war it was occupied by Azeris until 1992 when it was taken by the Armenians/Karabakhians. The Azeri army was using its higher position to fire missiles/bombs down onto Stepanakart and the surrounding villages. But while Stepanakart and the villages have been quickly rebuilding, moving on beyond the scars and bullet ...

Well, travel pod doesn't even know where I am, so I'm saying that I'm in Armenia when really, nobody knows. I'm currently traveling through Nagorno-Karabakh which is officially still a part of Azerbaijan, but can only be entered through Armenia and extends its own visa independent of Azerbaijan and Armenia. It's an independent republic recognized only by itself and Armenia, and wants to be a part of Armenia. The war ended in 1994 with ...

Gamarjobat, nichts mehr mit Salam:-) Zurueck in der christlichen Hemisphere... Heute hatte ich einen guten Transporttag. Morgens um 6:30 bin ich mit dem Taxi (1,50 Euro) zum Bushof in Seki gefahren, dann habe den Bus (Ford Transit) nach Zaqatala genommen (1,50 Euro, 110km), dort bin ich in den Minibus nach Balakan umgestiegen (0,40 Euro, russischer Minibus... 30km). In Balakan dann in ein Taxi ...

Salam, von Lahic ging es mit dem Bus zurueck zum Highway wo ich mit einem LKW nach Seki gefahren bin. Dort bin ich erst um 12:30 eingetroffen, auch wenn es nur 140km waren, der LKW war nicht der schnellste, aber auch nicht der billigste. Seki hat eine kleine Altstadt, einen Bazaar und vor allem den Khan's Palast von 1762, renoviert in 2004. Es ...

Salam, von Baku bin ich mit dem Minibus (Ford Transit) nach Lahic gefahren. Die Sowjetunion hat hier ein gutes Vermaechtnis hinterlassen, oeffentlicher Transport ist billig (5 Euro fuer die 200km) und der Bus ist gefahren ohne voll zu sein! Sonst haetten wir bestimmt den ganzen Tag gewartet, so ging es aber schon um 8:30 los und ich war um 11:30 in Lahic. Lahic ist ...

Before leaving Georgia, I visited one final monastery, the majestic and grand Alaveni Cathedral. It is one of the tallest cathedrals in Georgia. It was quite majestic with its vaulted ceiling though it is in the middleof nowhere. Gremi fortress was my last stop in Georgia, then it was on to the border with Azerbaijan. When I reached the border, we all had to ...

4. maí.Í dag eftir góða sturtu í ísköldu herberginu á Duyman tók við þras um hvort við hefðum greitt eða ekki greitt vínið sem sum okkar drukku með kvöldmatnum og að því loknu, morgunverður og brottför. Venjubundinn fyrirlestur Narim svæfið mig fljótlega en reyndar ekki fyrr en við höfðum skoðað lítið en gott safn í þorpi sem ég náði ekki nafninu, en var frædd um þá staðreynd að hér hefði verið byrjað að búa til gler ...

Once again we've made it across a border only this time by all accounts quite a few dollars had to chance hands before we were considered 'desirable' - like the $10 for our medical check-ups which were - rather uniquely I thought - conducted solely by examining our passport photographs while we were all sat in the truck outside! This aside, Azerbaijan is another great country. Zaza, our Georgian guide we had to leave on the other side of the border, didn't agree ...