Archive for category: 'Nagorno Karabakh'
Video of Agdam Mosque Nagorno Karabakh
The town of Agdam is empty. Only empty and destroyed building is what is left of this maybe once nice place to live. In the center town you still have a really well preserved mosque with impressive architecture. Nowadays the mosque is used to guard cattle so all if full of animal feces. If you [...]
Video of driving in Agdam Nagorno Karabakh
One of the things that impressed me the most while traveling in Nagorno Karabakh was definetelly the town of Agdam. This is a huge town empty and all destroyed. When we reached Agdam we wanted to go to the center but didn’t know exactly where to go, so we followed the towers of the mosque [...]
Off Road Videos in Shahumian Region Nagorno Karabakh
Video Off Road Nagorno Karabakh Map of Shahumian Region in Nagorno-Karabakh You can navigate this map with the arrows on the left to zoom, pull to the side and choose how you want to display the map: Land, Map or Satellite (buttons on right side).
Hotel in Vank Nagorno Karabakh
Back in 2008 I stayed in the interesting Hotel Eclectic in the small village of Vank located deep inside the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Hotel Eclectic is very peculiar since it has the shape of a ship, and also because it is built in very good construction and amazing quality, something not normal in this [...]
Amaras Monastery in Sos Nagorno Karabakh
Frank and I decided to take a different path than the rest of the rally (www.caucasianchallenge.com) and see some different things outside the itinerary set by the organization. We drove south to see some interesting monasteries on the road to Stepanakert but with a detour of some miles across the border going from Agdam to [...]
About Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
The Nagorno-Karabakh Republic is a de facto independent republic located in the region of Artsakh in Transcaucasia west of Baku the capital Azerbaijan. I visited Nagorno-Karabakh in September 2008 during the Rally Caucasian Challenge, an adventure that took me to go into forbidden regions without permission. I crosses amazing roads surrounded by mountains, valleys and [...]
Holidays in the Danger Zone: Nagorno Karabakh
The Nagorno Karabakh is a disputed region in the Caucasus. By this, you should know a bit more about its current politic situation and learn more about its past. For me it is incredible important to insert this place within a specific time and history. I now share with you a series of videos that [...]
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