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,armenia and turkey are both super safe
'''Armenia''' is a country in Western [[Asia]], as the whole of the Caucasus sometimes also called a part of Europe or the unofficial cultural border between the Western world and the Orient.
Hitchhiking here is very easy, and safer in comparison to [[Turkey]]. Hitchhiking here is done by waving your hand to the ground to an oncoming car, but sticking out your thumb works just fine as well. Some drivers might want to charge some money and sometimes you might get picked up by unmarked taxis without knowing - however, if before you get into the car you make clear you are not going to pay you can avoid misunderstandings at the end of the ride.
[[File:Beautyofarmenia.jpg|400px|thumb|left|The beautiful landscape of Armenia makes hitchin' here quite enjoyable]]
Hitchhiking in Armenia is also for locals one of the best ways to get around. Public transport is not very good and only goes to bigger cities, and the mini-vans are usually overcrowded. That is why people hitchhike a lot. The fun thing about this is that you can find yourself hitchhiking with, for example, an elderly couple of around 80 years old. The other side of this is that people usually give a small amount of money to thank the driver. When you're not planning on paying, tell the driver beforehand. Prices are usually around 500 dram (<1 euro) per 50 km.
In most of Armenia one can put up a tent and sleep comfortably. Do be cautious however about pitching a tent near the Azeri border especially in the North East, where a section of the road is technically the border! It is sometimes possible to stay with Armenians, but they are often unwilling hosts. The nation's Kurdish population, on the other hand, is extremely hospitable.
Sleeping outside is possible without any big problems. But in october it starts to be cold.
Cheap but adequate hotels cost 5,000 to 6,000 dram, and it is possible to bargain at hotels.
[[Armenia]] has one border crossing with [[Iran]], [[Meghri-Nordooz border crossing|Meghri]]. You have to be a bit careful on this border, if you are hitchhiking from Iran, as there is 5 kilometers of forbidden zone, which means that it's only possible to move there by transport. Border guards might force you to take a taxi if you try to walk across.
[[Nagorno-Karabakh]]- If you go to Nagorno-Karabach there is only one pasport control (Karabach one). On borders police will give you adress of ministry of foreign affairs in Stepanakert where you have to go and make your Karabach visa. These borders are ok and there shouldn´t be any problem to go to Karabach or back to Armenia.
== Getting in ==
One can be subject to more attention and interrogation with an Azerbaijani visa in the passport. Turkish stamps are in general no problem.
Armenian language is quite hard, both in pronunciation and vocabulary. As [[User:Fedecicco |Fedecicco]] didn't speak Russian, he had to learn it a bit, as for Georgian. Here some useful words:
* Baref Barev - Hello(informal)* Barev dzez - Hello (formal)* ur es kenuOur ek gnum? (oor ais kainooaik gainoom?) - Where do you go?
* Pokh - money
* pokh cheAnvchar? (anvaichar?) - for For free?* arnunitenchaAnooned incheh? (arnooneetainchahanoonait eenchaih?) - What's your name?(informal)* Inch e dzer anuny? (eenchaih dzer anoonaih?) - What's your name? (formal; or when asking someone older than you)* vorteghr Vortegh e ... ? (vortaighr vortaigh ai..?) - Where is ..?
* ...ka/chka? - Is/isn't there ....?
* joor - water
* atz hats - bread
* meerk - fruit
* hesht - easy
* dehjvar - difficult
* yerp? - when? which? what?* inchpeshinchpes? - How? how* inchoo? why- Why?
* araj - before
* ima heema - now* heto- later* karik kareek - need* Aeesor Aysor - today
* yerek - yesterday
* vaghra vagheh - tomorrow* sor or - day* gheeshaij geeshair - night
Placing "che (chai) " before the verb works as negation so . For example, gheedaim - I know -> che gheedaim - I don't know.
* oozoom em ... - I want ...
* asel - to tell* knel - to sleep* khmel - to drink* ootel- to eat* oknel - to help
* tsoort - cold
* shok - hot
* hasranoom haskanal - to understand (che hasranoom * haskanoomem - I understand* chem haskanoom - I don't understand)
* dandagh (dundugh) - slow
* araghr arag - fast[[trash:Armenia]][[visa:Armenia]][[nomad:Armenia]]
== Personal Experiences ==