First of all, I never see Caucasus region as part of Eastern Europe, despite Georgia’s tourism propaganda which goes: Georgia – Where Europe starts; despite the favor of European Union(EU) on Georgia; despite the post-Soviet westernization of the capital city in Armenia; despite the fact of Armenia being the first Christian Nation in the world; etc.
It is not because of the German guy – Markus who kept on telling me how friendly the people here are. It is also not because of the Iranian-Israelis-Canadian girl – Shadi’s occasional cry out which goes: ’See, they are so Middle Eastern!’ It is because three of us experienced it vividly when we were here, in June 2011.
From time to time I never short of meeting good and nice people on the road, be it traveler or local people. Nor do I receive care, warmth and hospitability from everybody I met on the road. However, it all get intensified when I spent 5 weeks traveling around in those three countries of the Caucasus region.
Caucasus region is never a part of Europe, ever!
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| Yerevan, Armenia |
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| Goris, Armenia |
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| Tatev, Armenia |
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| Quba, Azerbaijan |
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