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I always get excited when new rail routes open up.
In my opinion, there is no better way to travel than by train. And when countries that are normally difficult to traverse by other means suddenly open up a new rail route, it makes travel and exploration all that much ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
Armenia
New train route to connect Turkey with Georgia and Azerbaijan
I always get excited when new rail routes open up.
In my opinion, there is no better way to travel than by train. And when countries that are normally difficult to traverse by other means suddenly open up a new rail route, it makes travel and exploration all that much ...Nagorno-Karabakh: A War Zone worth Visiting?
It's not so often that one hears about travel to Nagorno-Karabakh. After all, this was hell on earth during the 1990s when regional conflict ripped it apart as Armenia and Azerbaijan fought for control of this parcel of land--a predominantly Armenian enclave located in ...Fresno's Saroyan Walking Tour
Small towns are fiercely proud of their local heroes who have made it big on the world stage. Fresno is no exception. This blip of a metropolis in the center of California gave birth to Pulitzer Prize winner William Saroyan.
Today, the William Saroyan Society is dedicated ...Armenia Dispatches Redux
Someone just sent me yet another note asking what happened to all the dispatches on Armenia I did back in 2005. And sure enough, when I went to check for them myself, the link was not working. So I went back and resaved out into the Armenia section all those dispatches and ...Word for the Travel Wise (09/15/06)
While our category list doesn't reflect it a quick trip over to the Armenia link for travelers headed that way will prove differently. Erik visited the country just around this time last year and posted some amazing information on concerts, chess, the Genocide Museum and ...The Stone Garden Guide: Armenia and Karabagh
Some folks here might remember the trip I took to a while back and the series of dispatches I filed from that lovely, wonderful country. Armenia is one of those lesser-known gems in the world, a place you can go to not only see centuries-old historical sites, but also to get ...Photo of the Day (06/17/06)
Big Loggie's Missus makes a Gadling POTD debut with this rather simple shot of the penthouse she stayed in while visiting Yerevan, Armenia just recently. Sure it's just a snap of an old, tattered building, but it's certainly not the kind of scene found in my neck of the ...GADLING'S TAKE FIVE: Week of June 11
Let's keep this short and sweet. The week is over and it's time to round up some our five favorites you may have missed, so here they are: 5. Armenia Dispatches List: For those of you who have been with us for a while you probably noticed how the categories disappeared and ...Armenia Dispatches List
A gadling reader sent me a note recently asking what happened to all the Armenia dispatches I did while visiting that country last year. Well, seems our search is a little funky and they are hard to find, and since we added country listings a few months ago, we haven't been ...Word for the Travel Wise (06/13/06)
For some reason I thought I had covered a word from Armenia in the past, but obviously I'm mistaken. I haven't much before word chatter at the moment, so here's your lesson for the day. Today's word is an Armenian word used in Armenia: khintrem - please Armenian is ...Photo of the Day: (9/28/05)
Well, I'm back from Armenia and working on uploaded some of the photos I took to the Gadling Flickr group, but in the meantime, I'll post this photo as the final POTD from there. This is a shot I took at the Odzun Monastery in the Lori region of Armenia. The kid pictuerd ...Armenia Dispatch 18: Flying Home
I'm writing this right now from high over the Atlantic ocean. Heading back to New York on a Lufthansa flight out of Munich. I left Armenia at a very rough time: 4:50 am. I am told the plane leaves at this hour because of the time difference to arrive in Europe and whatnot, ...Armenia Dispatch 17: Bambir Concert
Got back from the superb road trip through the Lori region of Armenia. Hope I didn't bore anyone. As fine a road trip as I've done in a while, and in Armenia no less. So I'm back in Yerevan and am heading out tonight. Coming back to New York on a nasty 4 am flight. But ...Armenia Dispatch 16: Road Trip Part 4 (Haghpat)
Armenia Dispatch 15: Road Trip Part 3
Perhaps I got a bit carried away in my last entry in describing the post-Soviet industrial blight that can sometimes be seen along Armenian roads. Let me say that these places are few and far between, and that the diverse beauty of the Armenian countryside (mountains, ...Armenia Dispatch 14: Road Trip Part 2
Sorry for the confusing nomenclature for these posts, but I feel like I have to break them up, make them "bite-sized", or people will get bored and bail. So we were on the road again, passing along the narrow ribbon of road through the Armenia countryside heading towards ...Armenia Dispatch 13: Road Trip
I had several rather grueling days of shooting for various stories I'm working on here in Yerevan, and I knew it was time to get out of the city and do some relaxing. I'd been hanging out with the Bambir guys, and with the good folks at the Chess Academy, and I decided it ...Photo of the Day: (9/26/05)
Another photo coming your way from Armenia, where I have spent the last seven days, and a place that is now very high on my list as a recommended destination. My attitude has not changed at all about what a cool place Armenia is. I will blog shortly about the long road ...Armenia Dispatch: 12 - Chess Kids
I'm about a day behind, so I'm going to try to catch up here on what's been happening during my trip to Armenia. I left the Bambir guys and headed to the chess academy, where I hooked up with Aram, who works with the academy to promote chess in the country and abroad (and ...Armenia: Getting Here
All these dispatches under my belt, I suppose I should mention that getting to Armenia these days is pretty easy. With all the stuff I've been writing about it, I'd hate for people to think it was one of those awful destinations that take three days to reach. It's not that ...
