hi my name is Anna Markarova i have been traveling around the world for the last 17 months today i
will explore a new country for me Armenia we will hitchhike starting from the northern part of the
country from the city called Gyumri and visit seven cities I will show you unique and remote
places that media doesn't tell about you will see why Armenia is called a small Switzerland
let's go today is a day today I'm packing for the next trip I have a lot going on here right now
medical cosmetics some vitamins and i bought a new jacket it's very compact it's small it's nice
my flight day I'm ready for the adventure the airport in Russia in a city called Krasnodar
i'm going to Armenia i have never been there as an adult but the only time I was there when i
was three years old we're gonna continue our adventure and I finally gonna meet
anna again I'm gonna pick her up at the airport now
she just landed she just landed okay so i have just landed in armenia
and uh meet jesse he's probably already waiting for him actually as a damn the damn last person
she is there yes very lost welcome to Armenia today we're in gunbury in armenia it's a northern
part it's the old treaty of old architecture that was built two or three hundred years ago and here
we can see the monument of armenian hero kirky karyan who is called king of las vegas armenia is
famous for one of the cleanest waters in the world that's why armenian cognac is the best because the
water is very pure it comes from the mountain and also underwater sources are very clean and
everywhere you can get it for free even from a tap you can just drink it directly from there
right behind me the city Gyumri and the whole view to the city there is the city is very famous for
black churches because they have very special stone that can be pink red and black and can
only be found in armenia so they built churches with that stone and right there behind me there
is a statue of mother of armenia that was built for 30 years of victory you can see snow peaks
of mountains and the nature the city is very green very beautiful and very cozy another thing i want
to point out is that because there are a lot of mountains and trees and nature is amazing the air
is so clean and it just feels amazing to breathe here there is a lot of oxygen everything is green
more trees than houses that's a place where we all wish to live
this is armenian traditional meat it's called basturma it's spicy around
fruit it's cold in armenian toot and they make
it's very sweet and they make local traditional water
this is the famous armenian lavage how they make it
good morning from Vanadzor this city used to be called kirovacan 90s they changed their name
when there were some difficulties with russian government it used to be called kiravakan of the
name of russian revolutionary hero so right now it has an armenian name vanazor this places are
called armenian switzerland because the whole city is on the mountain and all around wherever
you look to the left to the right back and front everywhere you can see mountains this is a central
square it's a very beautiful architecture here and right now Jesse is booking the next flight so a
small story about my life and how it's connected to this country it's my second time in armenia
and my first time was when i was three years old and my parents and grandparents took me here
because i used to have my grand grandmother who used to live around this area and this
is just so nice to be here when like 20 years later seeing all this land and it feels amazing
we are going to hitchhike to dilijan
let's take this was a truck from iran driving here in armenia and the driver could only speak
a little bit over minion and persian in azerbaijan none of it we can speak
the first talk i told jesse jesse i want this truck and it stopped
and then behind this truck there was another car that wanted to stop
so we just arrived in dilijan and our hotel
is uphill it's very difficult to climb but the view is just so stunning
i think it's amazing what do you think look at this mountain this is amazing i'm so happy
to be here i'm so excited this really feels like home so peaceful mountains birds river
so quiet such a good air really wonderful place truly wonderful place
and right now we're gonna check out the local cuisine
and this one is called Jingalovhatc is like a bread made with greens tastes very good
now jesse is trying armenian tan it's a milk made product
with gas he could choose the one with without gas but he decided to try this one how is it
it's like sour milk but yes very weird this is armenian coffee very good they know how
to make it oh my god it's the opening coffee is very bitter and it's burned and it's very
strong even if you try to make it soft it's still bitter in armenian coffee sweet and
it's it's medium fried or low-fried so you can actually taste the coffee not the burns me and
coffee can also be strong they serve you in a small small cups and it can be very strong
just they add more coffee and then you have strong coffee not bitter burnt coffee now we rented this
room in the mountains in dilijan and the weather here is changing maybe five ten times during the
day sometimes it's sunny and you're all sweating it's very hot then in five minutes it starts
raining then it's cold so nights are very cold in the mountains so when you travel to armenia
take warm clothes with with you rain protection because uh even in the house it's very cold in
the evening backward when you come to armenia to the mountains so this is the second day and
it rains a lot in this city um but today now the sun is out and we're gonna go to hagerty
monastery it's in 30 kilometers from dilijan and we're gonna take a cab and the price is 1500.
we arrived in Hagartsin with a very nice taxi driver and look at this beauty around
all the mountains the road was very very epic cinematic forest all around
right now behind me there is Hagartsin in monastery an interesting fact about armenia
that it was the first country in the world who established Christianity the Hagartsin monastery
is located in the diligent national park and it was built in the 10th
century and finished building in the 13th century let's go inside
in this hall all these twelve poems they represent twelve apostles of jesus christ
so here is an old victory this tree was burned with lightning and the legends say if you go
walk through this hall then your wish will come true i feel like my dream is coming true
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city is five kilometers from this um beautiful monastery and now we we're on our way to hike back
down now as we are hiking back we were running out of water and it's amazing to be in armenia
because free sources of water are everywhere in even in the mountains you don't have to bite
what a gift of earth to armenians to have pure clean water everywhere
so okay right now behind me there are wild pigs oh my god they're running here no this is very scary
we were just walking in this forest enjoying the mountain views and then
we saw there is a family of two big pigs and one little black one take a closer look
this is a local pizza called carahunch and the meat that you can see at the top of the
pizza called sujuk which is traditional armenian meat so i found out that the name of this place
is which is armenian stonehenge this is an ancient observatory that was made 7500 years ago which is
4 000 years older than the stonehenge that is very famous in england today is almost over
jesse's trying another beer that is called ararat and the road is so vertical here
on the way back home and in armenia it's in diligent in this city you're walking either up or
down it's never straight so we had enough hiking for today and a good dinner now we're going to
edit work sleep and rest see you tomorrow and tomorrow we're gonna hitchhike to the lake sivan
one of the most beautiful lakes of armenia
and i'll tell you more about that interesting fact about that lake tomorrow don't forget to
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