In Armenia there were some great sites. Here is where I went
in total:
- Dinners (3 traditional feasts hosted by my new aunt’s family who are from Armenia)
- A Water Park
- Republic Square
- A 5 star apartment
- My uncle’s wedding
- A 9D show at the cinema
- An ancient church from the 7th century
- A monastery from the 1st century
- The Blue Mosque
- The Opera House cars
- The Cascades
- KFC
- McDonalds - at Dubai Airport
In Armenia we went to several dinners and at every dinner
there was VODKA (not for children of course). The first dinner was at a
restaurant called, Tavern Yerevan…. Yerevan is the capital of Armenia.At one
such an occasion this man, Benno, did this party trick with homemade vodka
where he lit his arms after pouring vodka on it. DON’T TRY THIS AT HOME KIDS!!!
There were children my age – below there is a picture of
myself and Robert, a 10 year old Armenian boy. It just shows you, no matter
where you go 10 year old boys are all the same. Into soccer, Nike and PSPs J
At the Water park, we were lucky to get in because it was
the last day that the park would be open. This is because in Armenia in
September, the summer is just ending. Here is my brother and I catching some
sun.
The Armenian currency is the dram and for each R1 of South
African money, you would get 40dram. We flew to Armenia via Dubai airport and
there the currency is Dirham, although they also allow you to pay with US
dollars. Here is a picture of some money that came out of my mom’s wallet at
the end of our trip… Rands, Dollars, Dirham and Dram:
Near to where we stayed, was The Opera House and outside the
Opera House was a huge open space with vendors renting out mini cars and bikes
that kids could drive. My brother and I
went several times.
When we went to Republic Square, there were loads of water
fountains like this one. Republic Square is the middle of the city.
We went to a 9D show and we could smell the smells in the
movie and felt water on us when water was sprayed in the movie. Shortly
afterward we had ice-cream.
The
day after the wedding I climbed a mountain called mount Aragat,it is 3000 ft
higher than Table mountain. I took 10 breaks every 1 hr and the hike was 5
hrs,at the top I was so tired I slepped on the rocks.
We
went to an ancient monastery and there were caves carved into the mountains
where if you shouted it would echo.
We
also went to the Blue Mosque, when we went inside and had
to take off our shoes. Yusuf acted SUPER CRAZY!!! I tried to calm him down…..but
unfortunately it didn’t work, so we had
to leave.
The wedding was SUPER COOOOOL!!! There was a
dancing old lady who nobody knew.If I rated the cake 1-10,it would be a………..6
wa wa waa.The floor was slippery so I did the Moon Walk!!!
On
the way back, at Dubai airport, we went to a McDonalds with an item on their
menu that I had never tasted before… McWings… They tasted SUPER GOOD!!! I also saw this beautiful Ferrari at the
airport
Dear Imran:
ReplyDeleteWow, it seems like you didn't sit board for one moment there is a huge list of things you done and it took a while to read.I like the pictures, you must have had lots of fun!!