Tag: Armenia

Visiting Khor Virap Monastery

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, …

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The Vatican of the Armenian Orthodox Church (Destination: Echmiadzin, Armenia)

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 …

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Stone Temples on Pilot (Destination: Garni, Armenia)

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 …

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Back in the USSR (Destination: Yerevan, Armenia)

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 …

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