A harmadik út

Vámbéry nyomában

4th May - 25th August 2013.

14 countries, 7700km

2 wheels

Armenia

Capital: 
Yerevan
Population: 
2 968 586
Area: 
29 800 km²
Cycled distance: 
599 km

I left my Armenian friend Laci and went on with my journey to Iran. It was a 425km long pretty hard track. I had 5 days to complete it, and in the meantime I planned to visit three monasteries along the way.

It was the 19th day of the expedition when I reached Armenia. Getting pass the border was pretty quick, as we aren’t required to have Visa to enter Armenia since the beginning of the year. It was already night when I arrived at the second largest city of the country, to Gyumri.
The roads looked and felt like I was riding just after a carpet bombing. I made several attempts to get my currency changed, but I had just no luck. I used up all my strength to cycle out of town and find a suitable place to camp. I used up all my bread, I didn’t had Armenian currency, but I did not bother, as I knew, tomorrow at that time I will be in Yerevan, where I will meet Laci and get my well deserved shower, to wash away the dirt which was laying on me for 5 days.

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