Hey Friends,

Armenia 🇦🇲 is one of those places where I didn't know what to expect. I heard so many stories but here's some of the things I truly loved:

• Yerevan, the capital. This is one of the most popular attractions: The Cascades and it's basically a giant staircase with some incredible views of the entire city and some cool contemporary art. If you climb the entire staircase you'll be rewarded with a full view of the stunning Mount Ararat. 🗻

• Culture & history. Armenia is also a great destination for culture and history fans. It was the very first country in the world to adopt Christianity as its main religion. Here's a few great spots to check out all across the country, mainly temples and monasteries:

  • Khor Virap

  • Noravank

  • Temple of Garni

  • Geghard Monastery

  • Tatev Monastery

  • Sevanavank

• Wine. This is actually one of the oldest winemaking regions in the world. The rolling hills of Armenia have provided fertile soil for grape production for a 1,000 years. Areni is one of my favourite wines. In fact, Areni-1 winery is a 6100-year-old winery that was discovered in 2007, you should check it out. 🍷

• Food. My favourite one is lavash, the traditional flatbread. We made it with a local Chef and the technique was fascinating, learned so much from them. Trying the local honey unexpectedly on the road was one of the highlights for sure! 🍯

• Nature. Probably the highest concentration of totally diverse landscapes I've seen in long time and plenty of activities to do. 🌳

I've spoken with some people and all of them told me: “I didn't know Armenia was like that”. Well, I guess time to watch it here! Do you agree? 🤪

If you have some cool stories about Armenia (or any other country I should visit), I’d love to chat with you on Twitter or Instagram.

Have a great week!

Alejandro

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Armenia 🇦🇲 has been my 69th country but I've recently visited my 78th country in 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone. You can do the math and see I'm 9 videos (countries) ahead with my content (around 2 months). I have to because the videos take me really long time to plan, shoot, edit and publish.

Technically I've just seen 40% of the world (78/197 countries). As a reminder I follow the UN list: 193 UN members + 2 UN observers (Vatican + Palestine) + 2 disputed: Taiwan + Kosovo (these are recognised by 100+ countries). That means that a lot of Caribbean islands are excluded as well as Hong Kong, Gibraltar, etc. Still a long way to complete the 197 countries but I can only take one country at a time. Each country is an adventure itself. 🎒

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