Monthly Archives: September 2018

051-52 in Tabriz – 9.-10.9.2018

9.9.2018 In the morning we moved from Maliheh’s apartment with Araz (on my rack) to the grandparent’s apartment. First Nader served a man-made (=made by a man) breakfast – but completely satisfying (at least for an Europian, or a man?) … Continue reading

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050 rest of the pass and to Tabriz 8.9.2018

The first challenge was a bodily need at 2 in the night. I am apparently not the bravest (the less at night!) so it had to be urgent to get me out the tent in the dark night with shadows, … Continue reading

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049 Agarak – Tarzam and beyond 7.9.2018

at the customs i was shy of taking pics and maybe I forgot later to do it, so, only two… Awakening 5 o’clock, no surprise as I was excited or so… Samuel-host waited when at 6:30 I left the room … Continue reading

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048 Kapan – Meghri/Agarak 6.9.2018

Well, what should i say? It was about going up the (for me) highest pass ever and I waited for the first steep bends, but for long it was just going up a bit, not too exhausting. But I knew … Continue reading

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047 Goris-Kapan 5.9.2018

The night before, I slept badly, because I felt cold under the cover without blanket. I took what I could find on the bed to warm me up, but I didn’t want to get up and hope to find sleep. … Continue reading

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046 from Vayk to Goris 4.9.2018

At 6:40 I sat on my bike and was prepared for a mountain. Thought I… The start was nice, along the river, along nice hotels (as I had slept in Vayk, they had not disappeared) and then it went more … Continue reading

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045 from Karki to Vayk 3.9.2018

The hilly surface allowed to have more than one sunrise, on my way i filmed several 🙂 When I planned the route from Yerevan to Goris I saw on the map the Azerbaijanian exclave Karki (now called Tigranarschen) and first … Continue reading

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044 departure from Yerevan 2.9.2018

As usual in (form me) stressful situations I woke up early. But as I had said that I wanted to set off at 9, also Hasmik and her parents started earlier in the day. They helped me carrying down all … Continue reading

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cars and us

These is a censored compilation of thoughts that accompany my riding in dangerous car traffic. They are especially dedicated to Georgian drivers…   There are guys who can reconcile 3 contradictory things (which I not even one by one could … Continue reading

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