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News – July 2013 (Stepanakert/Nagorno Karabakh, July 11th, 2013)
- Website statistics: Unfortunately 'Webalizer' has been shut down definitively in February. 'Logaholic' is the current counter.
- 'Logaholic' shows now the following figures in June: 16'317 visits / 69'733 pages
- 'Google-Analytics' showed 22'641 pageviews during June. The visitors come from ~221 countries!
- ('Logaholic' May 18'165 visits / 69'139 pages; April 17'123 visits / 72'575 pages)
- ('Google-Analytics': May = 29'672 pageviews / April = 28'087 pageviews)
- Record day since 12/17/1998 = the birthday of our website: on 11/5/2007 = 13'407 visitors and 787'456 hits ('Webalizer')
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- We mentioned already the "Turkish spring" in our News - May/June 2013. In the meantime it wasn't anymore so apparent in the low altitude
- areas of Georgia and Azerbaijan, however returned now in full bloom in Armenia. The upland meadows – located relatively high between
- 5'000 and 8'000 feet – are flowering in all possible colors. The latest "News" was still written in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia. Since then we
- visited another three countries: Azerbaijan, Armenia and currently the 176th – Nagorno Karabakh. Technically speaking it isn't a recognized
- country, because before 1994 it was embedded within the territory of Azerbaijan, although the Karabakhians feel rather connected to the
- Armenians. So what is simpler than to declare "self-governance"? However the international community (Security Council) wouldn't recognize
- this "independence", merely the three other "self-determination-regions" around the Black Sea, i.e. Abkhazia and South Ossetia (claimed by
- Georgia) and Transnistria, which lies in Moldova, identified themselves with the case and started diplomatic relations.
- Well, whatever might be the right choice: Stepanakert, Nagorno Karabakh's capital with about 60'000 people, makes a good and orderly
- impression. The 'country' itself has a population of approximately 150'000 and measured during the Soviet era 1'700 sq.mi. (currently including
- occupied Azeri territory = 4'425 sq.mi.). The majority of the people belongs to the 'Armenian Apostolic Church', in contrast to the "legal owner"
- Azerbaijan (according to the Security Council), which is predominantly Islamic. The center of the conflict could probably be also on the religious
- side. Though we visited already a lot of churches and monasteries during the last week in Armenia, we'll look also at these wonderful treasures in
- Nagorno Karabakh, which – besides a 2'000 year's old plane tree – make up the touristic highlights.
- There's no question that previously also Azerbaijan and Armenia offered their highlights: To mention are the beautifully restored city of Säki as
- well as the huge capital of Baku (2.15M). But we liked even more the scenic and attractive mountain villages of Lahic and Xinaliq. Unfortunately
- the more northerly and close to the Russian border situated "showpiece-village" of Laza became – at least for the time being – uninviting due to
- the enormous construction site of the ski-region of Shahdag. Armenia however, which is poorer than its Caucasus neighbors, comes up with a
- vast range of old churches and monasteries, although Georgia has to offer some magnificent examples too. As soon as we can find time to update
- our website, which lies idle since "Oman 3", we'll publish many beautiful pictures. The trip from Oman through the United Arab Emirates, Iran
- and Turkey into the Caucasus region of Georgia, Azerbaijan and Armenia, brought us nearer the beauty of the Middle East. Over 3'000 photos
- are waiting to be sighted and sorted out.
Pacific (Febr. 2008-Jan. 2010 + Aug.-Sept. 2010) Caribbean (June 2003-Dec. 2004) Fairytale Wedding in Dubai (March
1999) Las Vegas (Millennium change) Pictures from Yemen (May-June 1996) Pictures from "all the continents" (Oct. 1984 - April 1997)
New Reports/Pictures
Sri Lank part 1
Sri Lank part 2
Tongatapu Island
Rarotonga Island
Indonesia 2006/07
Temples,
Pagodas, Shrines
The visit of 14 Pacific
Islands with and 1 without our LandCruiser
The visit of 13 Caribbean
Islands with our LandCruiser
+ added from the United
Arab Emirates:
+ added
from a earlier visit to the USA:
+ added
from our Arabian Peninsula round trip:
+ Flashbacks
of our Worldrecordtour:
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IN LEGEND" and afterwards "HAIR TO MAGELLAN"
