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๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท The red clay town of Abyaneh

Back in Kashan, we do not stay long, but make our way south to get to the legendary city of Esfahan.-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…

๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท Dunes and Camels in Noushabad and the Desert of Kavir

We have a good time with Moein and he brings us to many interesting places, like the Holy Shrine-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…

๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท The Magic of the beautiful, conservative Kashan

We are lucky to findthe city covered in the golden color of sunset. The old town is fantastic; palaces-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…

๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท Persian New Year’s Eve with the host Family in Kashan

After a huge breakfast, we say goodbye and the girls take us to the bus station where we get to know, that no-->-->-->-->…

๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท In the Intoxication of Attention in Quazvin

It is sad to leave our friends, but we take the bus to go south. We are again the only strangers-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…

๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท Kandovan, The snowy sand stone village

We take a little trip to the mountains and luckily two of our friends accompany us. The old-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…

๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท New Year in Tabriz – What happens to the goldfish after Nowruz?

There are seven things โ€“ โ€œhaft sinโ€ - that are as mandatory to Nowruz like a fir tree on Christmas or-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…

๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท 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-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…

๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฒ 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-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…

๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฒ The eerie Breath of Nagorno-Karabakh

The weather suddenly turns bad behind the pass. It's cold and rainy. We drive along the-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…

๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฒ The Drama of Ararat, the Holy Mountain

Next we want to go towards Ararat. The mountain, sacred to Christianity, is already in Turkey, but-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…

๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฒ 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-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…

๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Welcome to Armenia, The wild Land of Apricots

The border crossing turns out to be very complicated even after successfully leaving Georgia. First we-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…

๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ช 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-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…

๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ช 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-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…

๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ช 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-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…

๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ช Looking into the Past – The Sovjet Observatory

We heard about an observatory that you can visit. We drive a long time through a mountain range -->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…

๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ช Above the Treetops in Okatse

A long bridge over the Okatse forest is a little more spectacular. There you have attached a-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…

๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ช Inside The Tiny Canyon Of Martvili

The next morning, too, no electricity returned in the city of Kutaisi. We're heading north because-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…

๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ช The Cave of Prometheus and Kutaisi’s Natural Forces

We are on the way to the city of Kutaisi. On the way we stop at a sight, the "Cave of Prometheus".-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…

๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ช Deep in the Greater Caucasus at Ushguli

We have breakfast in a small tourist cafรฉ as soon as it opens. Then we explore the village, stroll-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…

๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ช The Svanetian Towers of Mestia and Ushguli

Our destination is the mountainous Svaneti. The good Tamona from Tbilisi warned us that winter was-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…

๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ช Over the Lesser Caucasus mountains to Batumi and the Black Sea

We get through a mountain range on an initially paved, then roughly gravel road. Once again the-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…

๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ช Gori and the legacy of the Soviet dictator

We come to Gori. Another city. The city is best known as the birthplace of Josef Stalin. All-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…

๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ช The 4000 Year old Cave City of Uplisziche

On the drive through the Lesser Caucasus, we visit the cave city of Uplistsikhe, which is 4000-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…

๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ช The border with Russia and Ossetia at the venerable Mount Kazbek

From the valley of Shatili we set off to the valley through which we entered Georgia. I bathe-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…

๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ช Drunk illegal in Chechnya – Hungover Adventures in the Caucasus

I wake up in the tent, in my sleeping bag, on my sleeping mat. I know we set up the tent before-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…

๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ช Lost in the valleys between Shatili and Chechnya

We drive into the valley through rain, hail, thunder and lightning. Isolated defense towers rise-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…

๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ช The endless Switchbacks of Chewsureti

Fortunately, after our drive over the passes of the Greater Caucasus, we made the way unscathed in our-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…

๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ช Unexpected Friendships in Tusheti

We spend a great night under the Milky Way on the 3000 meter high pass that leads to the heart of-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…

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