Sep 22, 2019 | Caucasus
We took another overnight bus to the world-famous site of Pamukkale. It’s the Unesco World Heritage site where the white travertines are found. The name means “Cotton Castle”. The white deposits on the mountainside are calcium carbonate from the...
Sep 20, 2019 | Caucasus
We took a taxi from Batumi to the Turkish border and then a Dolmus (Turkish name for Marshrutka shared mini bus) to a town called Hoppa. There we hopped (sic) on an overnight bus to Nevsehir in the Cappadocia region. The bus journey was over 17 hours, and Michelle was...
Sep 15, 2019 | Caucasus
We spent over 6 hours in a Marshrutka shared mini-bus to Batumi. En-route the driver stopped to put a clay pot on the roof. There was a big argument later with the owner when the pot cracked from the rough roads. The driver was stopped and fined by the police twice....
Sep 14, 2019 | Caucasus
Not wanting another night stopover in Tbilisi, we travelled from Yerevan back over the border into Georgia via Tbilisi and on to Akhaltsikhe. That was a long day in two shared mini-buses (Marshrutkas) and the Tbilisi Metro to connect two bus stations in Tbilisi. We...
Sep 11, 2019 | Caucasus
We took a Marshrutka mini-van to Yerevan, across the border in Armenia. Yerevan is very close to the borders with Azerbaijan, Iran, and Turkey. Yerevan is a cosmopolitan city. Armenia is a country with a long history. It was the first country to adopt Christianity as...
Sep 9, 2019 | Caucasus
From Yerevan we took a bus tour to Garni temple and Geghard monastery. We stopped off for a Lavash bread making demonstration and tasting. The oven is a hole in the ground. The bread is made only with flour and water and a little egg. The bread can be stored for a...
