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Road to Laza 22. Okt. 2006 Brian The traditional pictorial evidence of my recent trip, this is me along the road to Laza in the Greater Caucasus of northern Azerbaijan.
Caucasus/Turkey: Where Once Was Colchis 21. Okt. 2006 Brian
While in Georgia, I must have read a thousand times of how in eastern Georgia, known to the ancient Greeks as Colchis, people used to sift for gold in the mountain streams using fleeces, a practice which ultimately gave rise to the ...
Caucasus: Stone in the Ashes 19. Okt. 2006 Brian
Those who love to travel in Europe should consider adding Yerevan to their itinerary. Armenia's capital is a planned city, meant as the capital of the new republic after the genocide, is almost like the average of a European city, ...
Caucasus: Flames and Embers 16. Okt. 2006 Brian
The fırst place many travellers to Yerevan visit is the Armenıan Genocıde Memorıal atop Tsıtsernakaberd, a large hıll just west of central Yerevan. The layout ıs actually quite simple, with most of the grounds taken up by a gray ...
Caucasus: People of the Virgin 10. Okt. 2006 Brian
Georgia is a Christian country. To see just how much, go to the Museum of Money near the Georgian National Bank just off Tavisupebis Moedan, one of the many wide open spaces in Tbilisi, the nation's scenic capital. ...
Caucasus: Into the Mountains 5. Okt. 2006 Brian
The people of the southern Greater Caucasus have rocketed to the top of my friendliness chart, trumping even the Arabs. A few days ago, I went north from Baku by bus about three hours to the northern city of Quba. ...
Caucasus: Black Gold Glittering 3. Okt. 2006 Brian
During the Middle Ages, Muslim geographers described the area around Baku as a place where countless flames burned continually of their own accord. The reason for this was the natural gas just below the surface, which drifted up through ...