Vlad Capusan

It was once the capital of a medival Armenian Kingdom that covered much of present day Armenia and eastern Turkey. The city is located on a triangular site, visually dramatic and naturally defensive, protected on its eastern side by the ravine of the Akhurian River and on its western side by the Bostanlar or Tzaghkotzadzor valley.

Huge cathedrals and mosques, are abandoned for hundreds of years,nobody knows what happened... with the people,and with all the life in this city.

At its height, Ani had a population of 100,000–200,000 people and was the rival of Constantinopole, Bagdad and Cairo .Long ago renowned for its splendor and magnificence, Ani has been abandoned and largely forgotten for centuries.

A small town remained within its walls at least until the middle 17th century, but the site was entirely abandoned by the middle of the 18th century. The depopulation of Ani was paralleled by the depopulation of its rural hinterland as a result of political unrest in the border region during the Ottoman-Iranian wars and a fragmentation of central control by either of the empires.

socialist life through communism in Caucaz

mystery and still color in a forgotten place

Even though, I was far away from home, in a country that seemed to be at least 20 years ago,
I was enjoying every moment, Just that strange and Communist feeling , was so interesting.

Traveling in socialist style

The Capital - Tibilisi - under construction

highways in Georgia

An incredible country

way through the Caucasus to mother Russia

nothing has changed

We ware near the border with Russia, but the landscape was changing permanently ,a rare fealing was in our face- colors, the rivers ,the chechen villages , were part of a picture stopped in time, silence was everywhere.

many times a single image can put you in a forgotten world

So it begins

Is really hard to find beauty, but when you find it .. you will certainly feel it.

Old Gergeti trinity monastery

The giant was in front of us now...from here on ,
everything would be a dream, a story and finally a memory.

little tired after heicking 2000 m l.d in 6 hours

More than friends

base camp -free day

      I realized that mountains are God's gift for men
             the last untouched creation
                               if you managed to be one with what's around you.
   you can hear the wind as scratching the rocks

Climbing on a new rute through the west- southtern glacier was a hard nut

snow, high winds, fog, crevices, ice wall, rock fall

All in one- only on promotion

On a baffling time we reached the peak at 14.30 with a delay of over 3 hours from the initial plan.
From the top you could not see anything becouse the wind was unbeatable,but the release that after 10 hours of climbing on a icewall full with crevices was finaly over... was fantastic/