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well hello friends we are in the south
of armenia
i'm currently in the small
city of goris it has a population of
about 20 000 people and this is kind of
the gateway to a lot of major
attractions here in this area so where
we will be going today is definitely one
of the top things you have to see if you
come to armenia
which is the tatev monastery and how we
get there is the longest
ropeway
in the guinness world book of records
it's a little bit overcast today i'm
really hoping it doesn't rain
but it's basically been like this
every single day so
we gotta make it happen
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this is going to be so epic you guys we
are just at the bottom of
the cable car right now i'm going
on the first ride of the day i got here
as early as possible because apparently
it does get busy throughout the day and
this is going to be epic because this is
the longest reversible cable car
in the world it's about a loop of six
kilometers and it takes 12 minutes to
get from one end to the other
this is actually the fastest way to get
to tev monastery because if you were to
drive all the way there it would take
about 40 minutes so you're basically
getting there in a third of the time
you're 320 meters
above ground so i am super excited to
see how this goes
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wow wow wow wow wow you guys
this is
definitely
one of the highlights
of my trip here
in armenia so far and i now understand
why so many locals were saying that
unless you go to tatev monastery you
have not
seen armenia this is definitely a must
for any trip to this country the cable
car itself was incredible 100
worth it really smooth ride to be honest
and you just get the most beautiful
vista out here in the mountains so i'm
just walking now to the monastery itself
it is a little ways off from the cable
car and this is a 9th century medieval
monastery and fortress right now it's
actually in the process of being
reconstructed and they were actually
saying that through the proceeds of the
cable car that is the main source of
income for the reconstruction
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i can't be a hundred percent certain
because there's no signs
but i'm pretty sure
that this might have been the area where
they held tatev university because
outside of just being a monastery this
complex was very well known for being
the stronghold for armenian culture
where all the great minds of the country
came to study science
religion calligraphy and in the times
when armenia was being attacked by many
other nations this was kind of the
stronghold of their own national culture
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well it's about 1pm right now and i am
actually quite
hungry
so we are near the actual
village settlement of tatev so let's see
if we can find
a good authentic armenian restaurant
so since i haven't had my morning coffee
yet i decided to start off my meal with
this
and allow me to say
one
little negative thing about armenia
that's kind of been difficult for me
over this past month because you guys
know that i'm a very big coffee drinker
i drink a lot of coffee and in year
event it was no problem in yerevan you
can find all kinds of great cafes really
good
americanos cappuccinos no problem but
basically since i've left and have been
exploring other parts of the country it
is very hard to come across any place
you know with an espresso machine
armenian coffee is nice i don't mind the
taste it's just not
my personal you know favorite sort of
taste for coffee so if i have gotten
coffee i have usually uh chosen to get
uh armenian coffee or the odd time i get
those
mixing powdery drinks like mac coffee
and that kind of stuff so first world
problems for sure but that is one thing
that i am definitely missing and that i
am so excited to finally have again in
yerevan
the food has arrived and it looks
fantastic i am so excited to dig in but
i decided to get a beef
kebab because i don't think i have had
that in my prior videos and that's
something that's super common to eat
here in armenia i got some roasted
potato
i got a cabbage
salad
with some lavage
some
bubbly sort of water
and that is my meal if you guys do ever
come to armenia just some common dishes
to keep in mind that are popular to
order are things like a local
cheese sort of platter
olives you can get fresh veggies the
summer salad with just tomato and
cucumber is usually the most common that
people get
they have different kinds of soups and
then for hot dishes it usually is some
kind of meat and then they also have
dolma which i've showed you guys before
it's the meat wrapped in grape leaves
super good
this place has a lot of different
omelettes if you felt up to it and then
barbecue is also super popular in
armenia
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all right friends i think i'm going to
end off the video here as i'm about to
get on my cable car back today has an
absolutely spectacular this is
definitely a highlight of my trip and
while there are so many so many
monasteries in armenia i think this one
is a must if you're thinking of coming
here for a day trip from the air van i
feel like that might be a very long day
because it would be about a three four
hour drive each way so ideally if you
could come
stay overnight
have a couple days to explore the area
that would be ideal so stay tuned hope
you guys enjoyed it and as always keep
being your own kind of beautiful
bye guys
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