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Mar 25
Planning my itinerary around Colombia would be tricky. I had preferred to start in the north and head south to end in Cali for the annual Salsa festival. However, in using frequent flier miles, I could only fly to Medellin, Cali, or Bogota. So, I decided to fly to Medellin and make a backwards “S” …
Mar 25
After our second week of work, we said goodbye to our Venezuelan co-workers and set off on our 1 week trip to see the highlights of Venezuela. We first were to catch a flight to the city of Ciudad Bolivar. We had tickets to this flight but when we got on the plane, we discovered …
Mar 25
After a week in Caracas, everything is going well but we are always wary. Our local co-workers are always giving us advice…it is OK to walk from our hotel thru the basement mall and across the street to the office, but we should not walk one block north or one block west of the office …
Mar 24
I have been to Istanbul before. An ideal time is 3 days in Istanbul. But today I only would get to enjoy a long layover in Istanbul, for the duration of a day. Arrival in Istanbul was at 6:45 am local time after gaining 2 hours on the flight from TBS to IST. I got …
Mar 24
Khor Virap Monastery is one of the highlights of Armenia. It’s located near the closed Turkey-Armenia border at the foot of the famous Mount Ararat, famous for it’s role in the Noah’s Ark story. My day trip to Khor Virap was my favorite day in Armenia. A Little Khor Virap History Once upon a time, …
Mar 24
The hostel doesn’t have enough visitors to run the tours today or tomorrow, so I set off on a day tour myself via the very inexpensive public transportation. Today’s day trip would be to Echmiadzin on a very grey skied day. I would only see the sun for about 5 minutes today but luckily it …
Mar 24
I slept in a little bit and had breakfast. I was supposed to have a 10 am walking tour. The guide showed up but the other tourists did not so we decided to cancel the tour. Earlier I had met a Dutch guy that was headed out to Geghard Monastery and Garni Temple. I was …
Mar 24
We arrived at the Georgia/Armenia border and were quickly stamped out of Georgia. We got to Armenia and I was asked for my visa. I didn’t have one. However, there was a booth that sold them but it had to be paid in Armenian dram. There was a sort of vending machine so I put …
Mar 24
After saying goodbye to the people from the tour that were up for an early breakfast, I headed to the subway station to go to the stop where the mini-buses (matruskys) depart for various towns in western Georgia. It’s helpful to read a Georgia travel guide to learn more about public transportation. I easily found …
Mar 24
It was hard to get up early after a late night last night, but we had breakfast and departed Tbilisi. We were driving north towards the Russia (Chechnya) border. First, we stopped at Ananuri monetary, which was on the shores of a large reservoir. There were so many dogs hanging out there and chasing around …
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