tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4565845984512808077.post8074277833421895217..comments2024-03-19T21:41:42.835+01:00Comments on Poemas del río Wang: Armenia minute by minuteStudiolumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06377777909296284368noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4565845984512808077.post-20838451431667827312016-10-21T20:01:05.262+02:002016-10-21T20:01:05.262+02:00Hi your writing is perfect.Which month did you tra...Hi your writing is perfect.Which month did you travel to Alaverdi? Was it snowing ?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05914918139489164030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4565845984512808077.post-30254818789596742882016-02-28T15:58:05.246+01:002016-02-28T15:58:05.246+01:00Araz, you know well that enemies come in many grad...Araz, you know well that enemies come in many grades, and that in the recent Iranian-Armenian approach the fact that Azerbaijan is an ally of the enemies of Iran, plus a potential threatening to Iran’s territorial unity, has indeed played a role.<br /><br />I’m afraid that your hastily deduced conclusions about what I meant while mentioning, not mentioning or not mentioning enough certain things, and what I intended to reach thereby, have incomparably more to do with what you think I think about these things than what I really think. With such preconceptions it is easy to skip what I have written about the destroyed Azeri quarter of Şuşa here and in the photos published about it in Facebook, or about the status of Karabagh in the “Come with us to Azerbajian” post; to generously and gratuitously donate to me a number of Armenian clients on whom I depend in a servile way, when you know that my fellow travelers have hitherto been mostly Hungarians even with some Turkish nostalgia; and to suppose that I would not say anything to them during the trip about the Khojaly massacre and the ethnic cleansing in Zangezur, would not show them the old Azeri tombs in Yeghegis, or would not read them the beautiful remembrances of Qurban Said about Azeri Şuşa. As to fight with preconceptions is on the one hand pointless, and on the other hand unworthy of us, please forgive me for considering it as if I did not read them.<br /><br />As to the non-eligibility for an Azerbaijani visa involved in visiting Karabagh, I am sorry you do not suppose enough responsibility on my side to inform about it the potential fellow travelers and offering them the choice.Studiolumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06377777909296284368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4565845984512808077.post-21033286141286175452016-02-28T12:22:34.544+01:002016-02-28T12:22:34.544+01:00Dear Studiolum, I believe calling Azerbaijan a &qu...Dear <b>Studiolum</b>, I believe calling Azerbaijan a "common enemy of Iran and Armenia" is far stretched. However wishful this situation is Iran and Azerbaijan do have quite extensive diplomatic and other relations, unlike Armenia.<br /><br />Once again, you may well decide never visit Azerbaijan again, but potential tourists should be informed that once they visit no war-no peace zone in Garabagh through Armenia, which is still de-jure Azerbaijan despite being de-facto under occupation of the separatist regime supported by Russia-backed Armenia, they will not be able to visit Azerbaijan in current circumstances. <br /><br />I am afraid you also lost your declared noble impartiality, humanist objectivity. In "Come with us to Azerbaijan" you hastily acknowledged "expulsion of Armenians", while tens of thousands of Azerbaijani civilians who lost everything in Shusha, Ggarabagh and surrounding regions were not worth to mention. Perhaps you are afraid of loosing the favor of potential clients, some possibly of Armenian descent, who grew on the politicized hatred towards everything Turkish or Azerbaijani and who feel very strong about their small victory in a way towards the Great Armenia from Black Sea to Caspian. Understandable, you are not the first, neither last in the long list.Arazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14791220527752500079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4565845984512808077.post-3241364594851996862016-02-23T00:38:42.020+01:002016-02-23T00:38:42.020+01:00A marvellous narrative: https://twitter.com/rupert...A marvellous narrative: https://twitter.com/rupertbu/status/701913634226749440Rupert Neil Bumfreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04460239805603476978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4565845984512808077.post-31885271819789699402016-02-21T09:48:12.296+01:002016-02-21T09:48:12.296+01:00Marvellous reading, with only one request - next t...Marvellous reading, with only one request - next time a trip diary is being updated, a separate post be made, rather than being incorporated :-)Rupert Neil Bumfreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04460239805603476978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4565845984512808077.post-12849198025322915192016-02-16T09:49:06.372+01:002016-02-16T09:49:06.372+01:00Thanks, Studiolum. I was surprised to see that you...Thanks, Studiolum. I was surprised to see that you confused it, and wonder what was the literature that liked it to Arabic? Through your eyes I am able to see why Akhtala is Ağ-tala that is "white glade". It would be interesting to hear the term Armenian pride links it to. But I believe its Armenian name is very different, and all locals/neighbors prefer to refer to it by it Turkic name.Arazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14791220527752500079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4565845984512808077.post-70043156945360079532016-02-16T05:12:13.423+01:002016-02-16T05:12:13.423+01:00A beautiful name! And thank you for the correction...A beautiful name! And thank you for the correction. I change it in the text.Studiolumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06377777909296284368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4565845984512808077.post-33915855092541168112016-02-15T14:46:16.464+01:002016-02-15T14:46:16.464+01:00Beautiful photos, Studiolum. Allah-verdi is not Ar...Beautiful photos, Studiolum. Allah-verdi is not Arabic, actually Turkic, meaning "given by God". It is my seventh grand-grand-father's name.Arazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14791220527752500079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4565845984512808077.post-2545358686983876152016-02-13T22:32:31.162+01:002016-02-13T22:32:31.162+01:00Looking forward to future editions: https://twitte...Looking forward to future editions: https://twitter.com/rupertbu/status/698620541121490944Rupert Neil Bumfreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04460239805603476978noreply@blogger.com