01.10.2021   No, not a bathing day, the swimming costume remained an unused item in my backpack. Instead, I had chosen a short hike to the monastery that appears in most pictures of Lake Sevan – the Sevanavank Monastery. A little over 7 km seemd to be a track and not to go along the … Continue reading Sevan – small discoveries, monastery and russians → Read more

30.09.2021 Sevan is a 23,000 plus town in the northern part of Lake Sevan. It was founded in 1842 by Jewish-believing Russians. There are various accommodations here – and somehow I imagined it to be mainly a kind of holiday idyll. Far from it – it looks like a quite normal, rather Soviet-looking town. I … Continue reading Sevan – houses, industry and beach → Read more

29.09.2021 Today is my last day in Armenia. There are thoughts about what I have experienced and I feel compelled to write them down and publish them now instead of keeping them chronologically for later. What lies between the taxi ride and today, however, will also be reported on.   Yesterday I took a taxi … Continue reading Armenia – … and deep inside is the sadness → Read more

28.09.2021   When travelling, I tend to use more local means of transport like bus, minibus and train. In Armenia, however, it is organised in such a way that almost everything goes to/from Yerevan and you don’t have soooo many connections in between. And so it would have taken me quite a long time to … Continue reading Armenia – a drive from South to Centre → Read more

27.09.2021   I’m not really that well versed in Christianity, especially as far as all the different directions are concerned. And I’m not that interested in it either. But I think I could share a little bit of what I found out here.   Armenia belongs to the Armenian Apostolic denomination. If you are interested, … Continue reading Tatev – and a bit religion → Read more

26.09.2021   The internet said that the cable car to Tatev does not run on Mondays. It was Monday – decision taken 😀. No, I wouldn’t have gone anyway, 1. I’m afraid of heights when there’s no solid ground under my feet and 2. I wanted to go hiking. But while I was doing that, … Continue reading Syunik – down, Vorotan, up → Read more

25.09.2021   So in the morning I walked this asphalt road again and had a new dog problem. A man was also walking down the road and he had a big dog that ran back and forth and yapped a lot. I was afraid of him (maybe unfounded, but I have been afraid of dogs … Continue reading Syunik – old settlements, landscape and more landscape → Read more

24.09.2021 – part 2 For quite a while, the path was a kind of old, wider road along a canal. I must confess: I don’t really understand the connections of what I saw. There was this canal     Towards the front – difficult to see – long pipes are opposite on the slopes towards … Continue reading Syunik – electricity, old cars and new settlements → Read more

24.09.2021 You can trek in Armenia for many days at a stretch, but you need a tent and the necessary gear. It’s too heavy for me and I find it nicer to sleep with people here. There are not so many options. In the province of Syunik, a longer tour called Legends Trail has been … Continue reading Syunik – trekkingstart, dogs and walnuts → Read more

23.09.2021   I sat down in a minibus again. And I learned something new about modern travel: a taxi app! At home I don’t drive a taxi and in India I’ve always negotiated directly, although I’ve already been shown Uber by locals. They don’t exist here, but something else and I’m mostly amazed. Driving a … Continue reading Goris – chessboard, graveyard and other rocks → Read more