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Monasteries and bad bills...: Photos 21 to 42
Asia » Armenia » West » Yerevan
July 31st 2006 by His Dudeness
So what is Armenia all about...? Well, there are a lot of old beautiful monasteries and the nature is fantastic... But be warned it is also a country where you are constantly fighting with waiters, taxi drivers, marshrutka drivers and store clerks... Non existing drinks are put on the bills in restaurants, the taxi drivers always grossly overcharge you and nobody seems to be happy with your business... When you enter a shop you get the feeling that you have disturbed them from drinking coffee or the fine art of staring at the wall and that they rather have you leave... You ask for 500 grams of something and you will get 700 grams and when you point it out they insult you and reluctantly take a bit more off... After a while it really tires you out...
That said the country itself is very nice and the normal folk too... They just still have a soviet mentality...
I travelled Armenia with a group of people, Jazz an American, Saskia and Jorg a Belgium-German couple and for a while also with Hetty and Luuk a Dutch couple.. Jazz entertained us the whole trip with stories of his bowel problems
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August 13th 2007 - ShineA: Thanks Ralf
Those are real great photos... but i have also smth to add regarding ppl cheating you, haha i know how it happens, but in Western societies cheating is done on official level, as life is much more expensive not mentioning even appartment renting !!! so which one do you prefer?
September 8th 2007 - David: As an Armenian
I understand, I am a North AMerican domesticated Armenians. We don't like the rude behavior of Hayastancis, Armenia Armenians either!
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Mt. Aragats
Along the way to Mt. Aragats.. Letters of the Armenian alphabet with a statue of St. Mesrop Mashtots, the guy who invented it
Mt. Aragats
View from Mt.Aragats, with far in the back the peak of Mt. Ararat sticking out of the clouds..
Echmiadzin
Ruins of Zvartnots Cathedral also called the Church of Surp Grigor Lusavorich (St. Gregory the Illuminator)
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August 13th 2007 - ShineA: Thanks Ralf
Those are real great photos... but i have also smth to add regarding ppl cheating you, haha i know how it happens, but in Western societies cheating is done on official level, as life is much more expensive not mentioning even appartment renting !!! so which one do you prefer?
September 8th 2007 - David: As an Armenian
I understand, I am a North AMerican domesticated Armenians. We don't like the rude behavior of Hayastancis, Armenia Armenians either!
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