Acclaimed travel writer Rick Antonson sets his adventurous compass on Mount Ararat, exploring the region's long history, religious mysteries, and complex politics. Mount Ararat is the most fabled mountain in the world. For millennia this massif in eastern Turkey has been rumored as the resting place of Noah's Ark following the Great Flood. But...Read more
Acclaimed travel writer Rick Antonson sets his adventurous compass on Mount Ararat, exploring the region's long history, religious mysteries, and complex politics. Mount Ararat is the most fabled mountain in the world. For millennia this massif in eastern Turkey has been rumored as the resting place of Noah's Ark following the Great Flood. But...Read more
In the 1960s and '70s, the overland route from Europe to Asia became popular with disillusioned Westerners seeking what they saw as the paradise of the East. Their journeys are now the stuff of travel legend. Road to Katmandu is the story of Patrick Marnham's own pilgrimage from Turkey to Nepal in 1968. He travelled over three thousand miles,...Read more
In the 1960s and '70s, the overland route from Europe to Asia became popular with disillusioned Westerners seeking what they saw as the paradise of the East. Their journeys are now the stuff of travel legend. Road to Katmandu is the story of Patrick Marnham's own pilgrimage from Turkey to Nepal in 1968. He travelled over three thousand miles,...Read more
<DIV><DIV><P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">A world away from Istanbul, the rugged region of eastern Turkey is now opening up to travellers after years of instability. Here visitors can see churches and entire cities hewn from rock, fairytale castles on looming crags and fantasy palaces built by power-crazed Anatolian chieftains....Read more
<DIV><DIV><P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">A world away from Istanbul, the rugged region of eastern Turkey is now opening up to travellers after years of instability. Here visitors can see churches and entire cities hewn from rock, fairytale castles on looming crags and fantasy palaces built by power-crazed Anatolian chieftains....Read more
Das Panorama der armenischen Hauptstadt Jerewan ist vom schneebedeckten Massiv des Ararat geprägt. Der über fünftausend Meter hohe Berg, auf dem einst die Arche Noah gestrandet sein soll, ist das nationale Symbol der Armenier, deren Stolz es ist, das älteste christliche Staatsvolk der Welt zu sein. Aber obwohl der Ararat nur rund vierzig...Read more
Das Panorama der armenischen Hauptstadt Jerewan ist vom schneebedeckten Massiv des Ararat geprägt. Der über fünftausend Meter hohe Berg, auf dem einst die Arche Noah gestrandet sein soll, ist das nationale Symbol der Armenier, deren Stolz es ist, das älteste christliche Staatsvolk der Welt zu sein. Aber obwohl der Ararat nur rund vierzig...Read more
Caught way up on the mountain, no one is safe, from the archetypal nightmare of Tony Kurtz, seen to freeze to death by his stranded rescuers as he hung off the Eiger, to events that unfolded on the Grand Teton, where rescuers narrowly escaped being clubbed to death by their reluctant rescuees.This collection of 35 first-hand accounts will shock...Read more
Caught way up on the mountain, no one is safe, from the archetypal nightmare of Tony Kurtz, seen to freeze to death by his stranded rescuers as he hung off the Eiger, to events that unfolded on the Grand Teton, where rescuers narrowly escaped being clubbed to death by their reluctant rescuees.This collection of 35 first-hand accounts will shock...Read more
Mount Ararat is the most fabled mountain in the world. For millennia this massif in eastern Turkey has been rumored as the resting place of Noahs Ark following the Great Flood. But it also plays a significant role in the longstanding conflict between Turkey and Armenia.Author Rick Antonson joined a five-member expedition to the mountains...Read more
Mount Ararat is the most fabled mountain in the world. For millennia this massif in eastern Turkey has been rumored as the resting place of Noahs Ark following the Great Flood. But it also plays a significant role in the longstanding conflict between Turkey and Armenia.Author Rick Antonson joined a five-member expedition to the mountains...Read more
Kultur und Leben im KaukasusEs ist nicht geplant, aber es ergibt sich wie ein Zufall, dass Constanze John im Jahr 2014 insgesamt vierzig Tage durch Armenien reist. Das ist so lange, wie der Regen w hrend der biblischen Sintflut anhielt; der Berg Ararat, auf dem die Arche Noah damals gelandet sein soll, ist von Jerewan aus bei klarer Sicht...Read more
Kultur und Leben im KaukasusEs ist nicht geplant, aber es ergibt sich wie ein Zufall, dass Constanze John im Jahr 2014 insgesamt vierzig Tage durch Armenien reist. Das ist so lange, wie der Regen w hrend der biblischen Sintflut anhielt; der Berg Ararat, auf dem die Arche Noah damals gelandet sein soll, ist von Jerewan aus bei klarer Sicht...Read more