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On Ladas, Brandies and Indiana Jones

August 6, 2014 by Karsten Leave a Comment

White wine bottle from 1924.

In the countryside of Armenia, Nokia brick phones rule. So do iconic 4x4 Lada Nivas. You might be wondering how those old Soviet rust buckets are still running? That's because they were producing them up until 2011. Those things are said to be unstoppable. Well, except maybe by EU emission … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Stories, Trip Reports Tagged With: Armenia, Brandy, Noy, Yerevan

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June 21, 2016 By Karsten 2 Comments

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