Pictures of Armenia

[XxgoeyxX]

I was looking at same landmakers in Armenian, and I came across this site. I just wanted to post these pictures. I thought they were so beautiful. I haven’t been to Armenian since I was little so when I see pictures like these, it just lights up my heart.

The one's I posted state on the site are pictures of a Snowstorm in 2000. I think its the most appreciate pictures to post for this time of season.

Here is the site if you guys want to see the rest of the pictures.

http://www.parev.am/PICTURES/xPictures.html

[Thai-Samurai]

Nice site, I just came across this picture.

That's a little freaky.

http://www.parev.am/PICTURES/9aYerevan/32Zabelle.jpg

[Thai-Samurai]

And; "Hey! What's the Fellowship of the Ring doing in Armenia, GO!! GOOO! You have to take the ring back to MORDOR!!"

http://www.parev.am/PICTURES/9aYerevan/29GayanePriest.jpg

Sorry about that goey, I just had to.

[violette829]

Nice site, I just came across this picture.

That's a little freaky.

http://www.parev.am/PICTURES/9aYerevan/32Zabelle.jpg
...................... :laugh:

[XxgoeyxX]

Oh, dont worry about it Thai. And the one you posted was kinda freaky. I didnt even notice that. Anywho..here are a few more

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v600/msgoey/SouthMountain6.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v600/msgoey/SouthMountain5.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v600/msgoey/SouthLake2.jpg

[Genuine_Stud]

And; "Hey! What's the Fellowship of the Ring doing in Armenia, GO!! GOOO! You have to take the ring back to MORDOR!!"

http://www.parev.am/PICTURES/9aYerevan/29GayanePriest.jpg

Sorry about that goey, I just had to.

Brilliant! Hahahahaha....... :laugh:

[Genuine_Stud]

BTW....... very nice post Goey. :)

[!EEK]

http://www.parev.am/PICTURES/9aYerevan/34rafcascade.jpg
What was the name of that dam again? I remember two months ago, a non armenian friend of mine was amazed at this architecture, this guy isn't easily amazed but this really freaked him out.
He asked where did armenia get the money to build that stuff since it isn't a rich country....I was proud :D

[xBaron Dants]

The Cascades is the name. And it's gonna get a loooooooot better thanks to the Cafesdjian foundation.

[!EEK]

Well, I thought it had another name...I saw it elsewhere "Blablahblah Dam".
(it's your clone that said that btw)


http://www.parev.am/PICTURES/2Ani/srprgich.JPG

This looks so unreal, it's like if the church was part of the hill....It looks like it was made with grass

[Genuine_Stud]

Ohhh man..... if there is one picture that struck me... it's this one....

http://www.parev.am/PICTURES/1a/aaArarad20021.jpg

Seeing that beautiful mountain in Turkish territory.... grrrrrrrrrr :evil:

[Genuine_Stud]

This is the mother of all Armenian churches on the planet.... It's soooooo beautiful inside and out.

http://www.parev.am/PICTURES/9aYerevan/St_Gregory.jpg

Anyone who hasn't seen this church in Armenia... should definitely go see it... you'll know what I mean when you do. :D

[Genuine_Stud]

Hahaha.... Ohhh man...

The movie theatre in Armenia...

http://www.parev.am/PICTURES/9aYerevan/36rafaznavoursq.jpg

Believe it or not... they were showing Spiderman 2 (or Sartee Marte 2 :laugh: ) over there when it was released in America as well, but it was in Russian.

Interesting I tell you.... Interesting. :D

[!EEK]

My aunt has armenian channels with the satelite and there's a show where the voices are doubled and there is absolutely no sync between the image and the sound, they need to work out that a bit....

Oh yeah, and if you guys ever watched this show ...arg frogot the name but the intro is two men comming in "Men in Black" style but instead of guns, they have cameras. It is supposed to be funny...the point is: the two girls are soo nice :D :o

[Thai-Samurai]

My aunt has armenian channels with the satelite and there's a show where the voices are doubled and there is absolutely no sync between the image and the sound, they need to work out that a bit....

Oh yeah, and if you guys ever watched this show ...arg frogot the name but the intro is two men comming in "Men in Black" style but instead of guns, they have cameras. It is supposed to be funny...the point is: the two girls are soo nice :D :o

Yeah that's the Armenian Punk'd. My mom says it's really funny but I havn't bothered to watch it yet.

[!EEK]

Yeah that's the Armenian Punk'd. My mom says it's really funny but I havn't bothered to watch it yet.

Some jokes are acceptable...but most of them are clichés....but the two girls are sooo cute......They make me think of xxxx and xxxxxxx (oh and those are not curses, those are names..)

[Thai-Samurai]

I havn't checked the girls out yet. Now I will though, thanks for the information.

[!EEK]

I havn't checked the girls out yet. Now I will though, thanks for the information.

I like the tallest of the two with long waivy dark hairs (the other also has dark hair but they are lighter than the other one's)

[Thai-Samurai]

Oh, well I just won't check them out. Is that what you want!? IS IT!? ok j/k I'll keep that in mind.

[!EEK]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v291/Sturmvogel/66.jpg

I refuse to believe this picture hasn't been altered by any image modifying programme....

[!EEK]

whats the tree doing there in te middle of nowhere??!!

[!EEK]

it's standing on ice...it was a lac or something...a tree in the middle of a lake..a single tree ..

[Hayq]

http://www.parev.am/PICTURES/9aYerevan/34rafcascade.jpg
What was the name of that dam again? I remember two months ago, a non armenian friend of mine was amazed at this architecture, this guy isn't easily amazed but this really freaked him out.
He asked where did armenia get the money to build that stuff since it isn't a rich country....I was proud :D

Did you bother to explain him that Armenia went from a village to a industrialized state with the aid of the Soviet Union? Or did you trick him into thinking Armenians did it themselves. Communism did a lot for Armenia...now like some had hope, Communism is gone, and Armenia is the rock hell that it would have been. Reality.

[Che_Ka]

Some pictures of the new Republic Square:

http://www.armeniantourinfo.com/cpg/albums/userpics/10002/1.28.jpg

http://www.armeniantourinfo.com/cpg/albums/userpics/10002/1.12.jpg

http://www.armeniantourinfo.com/cpg/albums/userpics/10002/normal_DSCN0008.jpg

A new shopping complex in Yerevan:
http://www.armeniantourinfo.com/cpg/albums/userpics/10002/normal_DSCN0022.jpg

Aragast Cafe:
http://www.armeniantourinfo.com/cpg/albums/userpics/10002/normal_DSC_0063.jpg

Sayat Nova Bar/Restaurant Complex:
http://www.armeniantourinfo.com/cpg/albums/userpics/10002/2.7%7E0.jpg

Euromotors HQ:
http://www.armeniantourinfo.com/cpg/albums/userpics/10002/DSCN8827.jpg

A water fountain in the city center:
http://www.armeniantourinfo.com/cpg/albums/userpics/10002/5.22.jpg

An apartment balcony:
http://www.armeniantourinfo.com/cpg/albums/userpics/10002/4.5.jpg

The best of them all:
http://www.sanpetebiz.com/yerevpano.jpg

[Genuine_Stud]

Great Post Che Ka

*big applause*

Yup... thats what Armenia looks like today!!
Trust me, everyone should see it in person.

[Che_Ka]

Thanks!

Trust me, I am dying to go back. I was last there in 2000, and things have changed so much...

[Genuine_Stud]

Yea.... when you're there in person.. you truely feel the difference.

I went once in 1999 and once this year.

I felt the difference immediately. Everything was sooo much cleaner and organized.

[XxgoeyxX]

Oh, Che_Ka those were great pictures. I loved them. I've been looking at these pictures all day. They are just beautiful. I too am dying to go back. In due time, I guess. :(

[Hayq]

<sigh> The republic square was built in Communist days as well. Yerevan was a village before that.

Armenia is going in a bad direction, I want it to be Industrial rather than tourist :(

[angelik22]

i cant keep looking at these pictures- im going to cry- i want to go and i miss my cuosins and aunts and uncles and my people.... i want to goooooooooooooooooooooo

[HyeJinx1984]

<sigh> The republic square was built in Communist days as well. Yerevan was a village before that.

Armenia is going in a bad direction, I want it to be Industrial rather than tourist :(

Agreed, I don't want to attract too many non armenians to Armenia...

[TigranJamharian]

Agreed, I don't want to attract too many non armenians to Armenia...

this and the crap thats been spewing out of hayqs mouth are the stupidest things iv read in a long while. are you people serious?

[IAmMadAtAC]

Armenia is going in a bad direction, I want it to be Industrial rather than tourist :(

Uhh so you'd rather it be a smoggy city full of factories blackening the sky rather than a place that attracts tourism dollars from all over and actually gets itself on the map?! Alright............................
What is with your fear of non-Armenians anyway? First you are mad at non-Armenians coming to Armenian club and learning about our culture, and now you want Armenia to be some kind of totally isolated place with no contact with the outside non-Armenian world?? How can that be the right direction for it?!

[TigranJamharian]

Uhh so you'd rather it be a smoggy city full of factories blackening the sky rather than a place that attracts tourism dollars from all over and actually gets itself on the map?! Alright............................
What is with your fear of non-Armenians anyway? First you are mad at non-Armenians coming to Armenian club and learning about our culture, and now you want Armenia to be some kind of totally isolated place with no contact with the outside non-Armenian world?? How can that be the right direction for it?!

very well put, i cant believe there are still idiots like this hayq who even feel that they are actually making any sense

[IAmMadAtAC]

very well put, i cant believe there are still idiots like this hayq who even feel that they are actually making any sense

Haha thank you Tigran, it was nice to come here and have not one but two compliments from you on my posts. It's nice to have someone who thinks similarly and RATIONALLY about Armenian issues and cares so much about it.

[Hayq]

Uhh so you'd rather it be a smoggy city full of factories blackening the sky rather than a place that attracts tourism dollars from all over and actually gets itself on the map?! Alright............................
What is with your fear of non-Armenians anyway? First you are mad at non-Armenians coming to Armenian club and learning about our culture, and now you want Armenia to be some kind of totally isolated place with no contact with the outside non-Armenian world?? How can that be the right direction for it?!

First of all, Tigran, it is not comming out of my mouth, rather my brain as I am typing (with my fingers).

Industry does not mean a place full of dark smoggy place, Germany is an Industrial nation, it is very clean. With Industry comes technology; technology for medicine, education and all that delightful little stuff that you cant live without. Tourism makes money, but you can not base an economy on Tourism, in any case of war, your economy is TOAST. Tourism incourages prostitution and really makes a nation dependent on living off of others.

I was not mad at non-Armenians coming to Armenianclub! (what!). And, I never wanted to lose contact with the rest of the world. I simply stated that self-suffeciency is A MUST if we are to live next to Russians, Turks, and Persians. Either one of them can turn on us at any moment.

If you are happy with foreigners comming into your land, using your women, eating your food all for some money, then by all means, encourage Tourism. But let me tell you this, a country like Greece where tourism is a prime source of income, is not neccesarily a good thing militarily, educationaly, or morally.

Tigo and Madatac, phuck off.

[xBaron Dants]

Tourism should not be a country's main source of income, I agree. Too risky, but arguably a little less risky for Armenia because of the Diaspora (i.e. Many Armenians from abroad will go to Armenia). But even then, it is not big enough of a base to build an economy on, even if it is expected to be a big part of it for Armenia.

AAAAAAAAAAAAALSO, tourism involves the third scetor of the economy (services), so jobs (which are desperately needed right now) will not be as big in numbers as opposed to investments in the second sector (manufacturing, etc).

[IAmMadAtAC]

I simply stated that self-suffeciency is A MUST if we are to live next to Russians, Turks, and Persians. Either one of them can turn on us at any moment.

I am not so sure what you are talking about here, exactly whom would they turn to? Turks can't turn on us because they are already not on our side. Them turning on us would be like Osama bin Laden turning mad at America. Oh wait he already is. Who would the Russians turn to? Let's see, they can stay with Armenia who is their only ally in the region, or they could turn on us and join up with the very anti-Russian nation of Georgia. Or with the anti-Russian nation of Turkey. Or the western-aligned nation of Azerbaijan. While occasionally Russian does do something or other with Turkey or Azerbaijan, it is completely in its interests to be on Armenia's side. Even though the Cold War is over, Putin desires to bring the CIS nations back into his orbit and bring back the Russian empire. This is very much at odds with the wold-dominating US. So Russia "turning on Armenia" would be it joining up with the very force it is trying to oppose to rebuild its empire. It would dictate Russia to, to use a Ukrainian metaphor, to suddenly declare its support for Yushenko despite having been totally behind anti-West candidate Yanukovich all along now. It just isn't possible in the current geopolitical situation.
Now only with the Persian Iranians do you even have an arguement. Lately some Iranian official made a visit to Azerbaijan and a Baku paper is lauding the thaw in Iranian relations. Overall though Iran is still with Armenia and I don't sense any change in that. The facts still remain that much of north Iran is populated by Azerbaijanis, and Azerbaijan wouldn't mind them becoming a seperatist movement. A weak Azerbaijan is in Iran's best interests, for fear of it taking some of its land; as well as to make more claims on the Caspian oil which Azerbaijan and Iran quarrel over.

Tigo and Madatac, phuck off.
Well at least we could end this civilly, jerk.

[TigranJamharian]

He is just uneducated and makes not sense. When he realizes this he tries to moderate what he actually meant and changes around his words. Dont mind him.

Vrouyr, noone said tourism should be what our economy is based on, obviously noone is saiyng that, we are justreacting to his claim that tourism is "bad" and Armenia should be an "industrial" nation. Germany itself is a pretty big tourist nation. If you could name me one succesful nation that manages to survive and make its name mainly off industry and shuns tourism i will say you proved your point hayq.

[xBaron Dants]

Yes, I have already pointed out Hayq's "flip-flopping"...lol.

Tourism is good, and investment in tourism leads to a nicer, more attractive country. Tourism can also turn ugly though, and should be moderated.

As for HyeJinx and his "keeping Armenians out of Armenia" thing, care to explain that Mr. Jinx? lol

[Anonymouse]

I miss Armenia :(

[angelik22]

aw so do i.... uff! i wanna go there.... i miss the fresh ai.. the sweet water... the ripe tomatos.... he familiar faces..... the rooted ancient ruins... the soil..the air..the water.... if i close my eyes now.... i and feel all those...but i cannot see them...i can smell the air..but i cannot touch it...i an hear the peoples words...but i cannot be there...sadly enough..... my heart aches.... like never before

[Hayq]

wish i knew what you guys were saying. But we all miss our birth place...i miss nyc...