🇮🇷 New Year in Tabriz – What happens to the goldfish after Nowruz?
There are seven things – “haft sin” - that are as mandatory to Nowruz like a fir tree on Christmas or-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
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🇮🇷 My first day in Iran, The country of hospitality
We arrive in the North Iranian city of Tabriz in the middle of the night. The customs are no problem-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇦🇲 Armenia’s Silk Road on the Trail of Lake Sevan
With the same caution, we avoid Nagorno-Karabakh and other en- and exclaves. According to Google-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇦🇲 The eerie Breath of Nagorno-Karabakh
The weather suddenly turns bad behind the pass. It's cold and rainy. We drive along the-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇦🇲 The Drama of Ararat, the Holy Mountain
Next we want to go towards Ararat. The mountain, sacred to Christianity, is already in Turkey, but-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇦🇲 Garni, Geghard and the Armenian Cross-Stones
We continue to Garni to visit a sun temple there. This was built by a king in the style of ancient-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇦🇲 Welcome to Armenia, The wild Land of Apricots
The border crossing turns out to be very complicated even after successfully leaving Georgia. First we-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇬🇪 Stranded in the Border Region between Georgia and Armenia
From Vardzia we are now approaching our next big goal: Armenia. Through the foothills of the Lesser-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇬🇪 The Maze of the ancient Cave City of Vardsia
We continue to the impressive cave city of Vardzia. Up to 30,000 people are said to have lived-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
🇬🇪 Break in Achalziche – Georgia’s Touch of the Orient
We camp not far away in a good place, to which we have to cross a shallow stream in the dark. We drive-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
