Traveling to Armenia?

[jilbagh]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4361859/

[Jenny]

Well I was gonna go last year, then the iraq war set off, so the area wasn't actually safe. Most of the trips were cancelled. I didn't get any chance after that.

PS: This is the 27,256th post in general talk

[anileve]

For $30 or less, a night at one of Yerevan’s Soviet-era hotels (no-frills). A Western-style hotel (cable TV, gym) runs more like $130—a stay of five nights would cost about what most Armenians make in a year.

$650 a year?? You can buy a decent supply of bread and cheese with that money,to last you a whole year. And then they complain that the money is not enough, pretentious people!

By the way has anyone been to the "Soviet era" hotels in Yerevan? I am curious to know what is meant by "no frills". Does that mean that water and conditioning/heat is optional?

[xBaron Dants]

Well I was gonna go last year, then the iraq war set off, so the area wasn't actually safe. Most of the trips were cancelled. I didn't get any chance after that.

PS: This is the 27,256th post in general talk

Armenia was probably the safest place in the world during the Iraq war. Which flights were cancelled? We booked ours while the war was still on...

[xBaron Dants]

$650 a year?? You can buy a decent supply of bread and cheese with that money,to last you a whole year. And then they complain that the money is not enough, pretentious people!

Who's pretentious here?
Are you claiming 650 a year is enough??

[TJ]

I am hoping that what she said was a joke. if not then

[Darorinag]

huh... i am confused too. those in Armenia wouldn't be staying at hotels anyway..... so the tourists would be pretentious....

[dusken]

$650 a year?? You can buy a decent supply of bread and cheese with that money,to last you a whole year. And then they complain that the money is not enough, pretentious people!

That $650 does not end up in some guys pocket; it goes to the hotel. And I believe at least a few of those hotels are owned by large non-Armenian hotel chains.

[anileve]

I see that in this particular thread sarcasm detection is malfunctioning. Apparently you guys really think that only bread and cheese are enough for survival in Armenia.

[dusken]

I went back a read it again and it still lacks in conveying sarcasm.