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Old Sovjet-Palace in Vale

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first Invitation for a Beer behind the Border

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City and Fortress Akhaltshike

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Snowcovered Mountains beside the Road

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Ruined Church in Atskuri

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Part of Family in Atskuri

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Timeless Village Atskuri

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House of Family Balalchadze

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every few Kilometers there are Ruined Fortressses

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always following the River Kura

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Plattenbau from Soviet-Times

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Cleaning of the City-Sign

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One of numberous Hangmat-Sellers in Kashuri

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Horse carriage beside the Road

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the big Kaukasus with it´s snowtopped 5000m high Mountains...

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gifted Vegetables

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this three gave me a lot of Fruits to taste

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brandnew Restplace at the only (18km long) HIghway of the Country

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Plattenbau in Gori

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newly renovated Oldtown of Gori

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wonderful Church beside the Road

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wonderful Church beside the Road

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still life next to the road

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Oldtown Alley in Tiflisi

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Old meets new...

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creative new building in the Oldtown

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The Peacebride over River Kura

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like in a Bad Movie... Police Cars in Georgia

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View over the City from the Fortress Hill

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View over the City from the Fortress Hill

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Backgammon in the Spa-Area

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the freshly renovated Spa-Area

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collecting Rubbish

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the new Cathedral in TIflisi

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Also Peacebridge has to be cleaned from time to time

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as also my bike has to...

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Building from good old times

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Amazing soviet-architecture

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Chickens to be sold along the Road

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first signs of civilisation after the Border to Armenia

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The Ropeway stopped years ago on the half way...

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The industrial Town of Alaverdi

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Monastery Sanahin

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from the Inside

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Tombstones as Floor

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wonderful Domes

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every pillar unique

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my little armenian Dictionary

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on my way back into the Gorge

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Olli!

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The road winds through the Valley to Vanadzor

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in the BAckground appears the City

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Junkyard in Vanadzor

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Village next to the Road to Dilijan

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Rubbish Dump near Dilijan

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in the upper Part of the Pass... view back down

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View down to Sewan Lake

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Hayravank Monastery next to the Lake

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Invitation beside the Road: Vodka for Breakfast

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between the two peaks in the BAckground: Sewan pass

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Carawanserey of Selim

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from the Inside

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wonderful descent into the Arpa-Valley

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Cow-Shit drying next to the Road

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following the river for some Kilometers

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riding through beautiful Landscape

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Visited a Bakery, all handmade

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Rainbreak on the Way up

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Got it! Vorotan Pass

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Hut at the Lake armenian Style

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the Trucks deliver Iranian Oil to the Country

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when sheeps are crossing traffic stopps

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View back to Goris, nice setting in the Valley

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From this Point its going down into Vorotan Gorge

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and up again...

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Gravel Road and steep but nice cycling

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in the Tatev Monastery

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little Church in the Monastery

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and the overview with the Gorge in the Background

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View to the Surounding Snowcapped Mountains

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wonderful Sunset

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old russian Motorcycle

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on little Roads the way leads down in the Valley

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Countrylife has a different speed

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Kiosk from Better (?) Times

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short after Kapan the road climbs again

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Near the Border to Nagorni-Karabach

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on the way to the Pass, first moderate...

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with short refreshment breaks...

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then steeper and steeper

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not only the bike looks tired

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The View from the Top is breathtaking!

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and a endless descent is following

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the Nature gets greener again

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the roads are still winding down

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and at the End you reach the Valley

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I follow the River for a few kilometers to Meghri