Caucasus Hike 1: South Armenia
Day 1: The Iranian-Armenian Border 10.6 kms, June 7, 2021 In the back of his mind, the Traveler has the feeling that this could be a sensitive area, this border between Iran, a Muslim country with a not so peaceful recent history... and Armenia, a Christian country that just had a devastating war with another Muslim neighbor, Azerbaijan, just a few months ago. He knows he should be cautious. But the excitement of being in this special place gets the best of him, and he can't resist the urge to pull out his camera and take pictures to immortalize this moment. This is, after all, perhaps the closest he will ever get to the fascinating land of Persia and he wants to capture any clues about this country that he can. He takes a panoramic gaze in all directions. All around there are mountains. Jagged, bone dry mountains that seem to stand guard, daring humans to try to pass through this region. It would seem to make sense that this would be the borderland between two histor...