In my never-ending quest to see every corner of this Earth, I find myself headed to explore the Caucuses (Armenia, Georgia, and Azerbaijan) for the new ~2.5 weeks. What will I do / see?
As thereโs no Mana return for adding answers to other peopleโs multi-markets, feel free to suggest places, things to do, food/drinks, and Iโll add promising/popular ones. Iโll try to Resolve each answer with a picture.
I will have a car, and will be driving around each country (and flying between capitals). Places that I believe Iโm fairly likely to visit to include:
Armenia: Yerevan, Gyumri
Georgia: Tbilisi, Stepantsminda, Batumi, Surami, Gori
Azerbaijan: Baku, Lankaran, Sheki, Quba (and connecting roads)
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@mattyb so I went the border, as best I could, itโs completely shut to everyone and this is all that you could see
However, thereโs a greenbelt that divides the two countries and I found a cemetery where I could see Iranian mountains off in the distance. Those dark mountains are in Iranโs Gilan Province.
@mattyb got 3x in Azer. Gotta love having a red light camera every 3km when youโre driving 3,600km
@mattyb definitely a bit hard to see, but the Romans carved the equivalent of โwe were hereโ in a rock in Gobustan
@HenriThunberg you and you alone ๐
What Iโve got left is Lankaran, where I hope to see Iranian land, and then a bit around Baku, Tbilisi, and Yerevan as I slowly head back to the states. For all intents and purposes, the trip is nearing its end.
@mattyb wow, this one was pretty annoying to Resolve. My carโs rental contract literally said โno mud volcanoesโ, so I had to park on the road and walk (I donโt wanna lose my deposit).
One was no where near where Google Maps claimed that it was, and I got swarmed by bugs. But, I did see 2 mud volcanoes today.
@mattyb i did already get a ticket, but it wasnโt for speeding - it was for illegally passing someone in a country where people pass each other constantly and will just casually drive down the middle of the road. fucking tourist tax.
however thereโs so many cameras EVERYWHERE (and Iโve driven 1,700 KM already, and the trip is only halfway done). Iโm damn near certain this is an inevitability.
@HenriThunberg iโve seen a few saddled horses, but there hasnโt been a good time to ask to sit on one. iโm going to keep trying for this one. my goal is for them all to resolve YES.
@HenriThunberg Iโve already been there, similar shot! They only had a single horse when I was there too.
@mattyb a really interesting place, in Stalinโs hometown of Gori. Itโs like 85% Stalin reverence without any acknowledgement of the bad, and then it heel turns in the final rooms and talks about all of the people he imprisoned, disappeared, jailed, and then it goes on to talk about Russiaโs 2008 invasion and ongoing occupation. A really interesting POV on a not so great guy
@HenriThunberg Georgian casinos gamble in USDโฆ so strange. Anyways I lost $3.80 (US), fun time
@mattyb For Tbilisi I personally liked ...
High quality ballet for very low prices
Botanical garden in the heights was decent if you're into that kind of thing
When you do Stepantsminda I highly recommend doing the hike up to the chapel before dawn, much better temperature and very spectacular to get the sunrise.
Genocide museum in Yerevan was worth a visit IMO.
I wasn't tracking in Google Maps places I went, and a few favorites have unfortunately closed since then. Enjoy!