Trip to Armenia (including pictures)

[Federate]

Re: Trip to Armenia (including pictures)

I realise I never added more pics of the motherland to this thread during my visit. Here's pics from Artsakh.

The mosque in Agdam



Military post on the outskirt of Agdam



Fresh apartment buildings in Stepanakert



Gandzasar monastery



Azeri wall of shame in Vank village



T-72 tank memorial



Stadium in Stepanakert



Artsakh's parliament

[arakeretzig]

Re: Trip to Armenia (including pictures)

azeri wall of shame in vank village

I went to all these places last summer, it's so surreal everything! btw, why they call it "wall of shame"?

[Federate]

Re: Trip to Armenia (including pictures)

I went to all these places last summer, it's so surreal everything! btw, why they call it "wall of shame"?

That's my nickname for it I'm sure you know but for those who don't, that "wall" is made out of Azeri license plates that were left over from the war. They made good use of them

[arakeretzig]

Re: Trip to Armenia (including pictures)

That's my nickname for it I'm sure you know but for those who don't, that "wall" is made out of Azeri license plates that were left over from the war. They made good use of them

heh. i actually didn't know that. i saw it though, but was too busy trying to find water under the heat
Vank is really beautiful place, i went down from gandzasar by foot, really amazing view of the valley.

[Federate]

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heh. i actually didn't know that. i saw it though, but was too busy trying to find water under the heat
Vank is really beautiful place, i went down from gandzasar by foot, really amazing view of the valley.

Yeah that wall is like a public humiliation for Azeris )) It was foggy for us so we didn't have heat problems

Restaurant-hotel (?) in Vank



Cemetary outside Gandzasar on a hill...eerie.



Inside Gandzasar compound



Leaving Vank

[Federate]

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BTW arakeretsig, the reason why Vank is more developed than other villages is because it is the native village of Levon Hayrapetyan, a billionaire in Russia. He has generously invested and reconstructed the village. The road up to Gandzasar used to take hours. Now it took us less than 30 minutes. All thanks to Hayrapetyan's donations I hear.

[arakeretzig]

Re: Trip to Armenia (including pictures)

BTW arakeretsig, the reason why Vank is more developed than other villages is because it is the native village of Levon Hayrapetyan, a billionaire in Russia. He has generously invested and reconstructed the village. The road up to Gandzasar used to take hours. Now it took us less than 30 minutes. All thanks to Hayrapetyan's donations I hear.

it's true. The village had more europian standard of quality than most villages in armenia even. There was a huge piano in the local school, funny stuff!
Only thing i regret is not seeing the tiger-like recreation facility in the vacinity of Vank. no time left.

[arakeretzig]

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can't wait to go back in april! i miss armenia so much.

[arakeretzig]

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on saturday i'm departing to yerevan, i'll be visiting the amazing Sevanavank again, beautifull place!

[arakeretzig]

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i'm back from armenia, had a wonderful time, weather was good. a pic of sevanavank. more pics to come.