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The Travels of BBQboy and Spanky

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Why Visit Yerevan? And why it’s proof that people don’t know what they’re talking about…

by Frank (bbqboy)

Why Visit Yerevan? Updated March 2023 If we had listened to people we would have never gone to Yerevan. “Yerevan is like Tbilisi used to be. It’s really backwards”. “Yerevan is poor, like the rest of …

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Bad Airbnb experiences

by Frank (bbqboy)

Updated December 1, 2022. Bad Airbnb experiences. What do you do? And how to avoid them. We’re big fans of Airbnb. During our 6 years of full-time travel we averaged over 300 nights/year in Airbnb …

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Tbilisi or Yerevan: which to visit?

Tbilisi or Yerevan: which to visit?

by Frank (bbqboy)

A couple of years ago we spent 2 months in the Caucasus region, splitting the time equally between Tbilisi (the capital of Georgia) and Yerevan (the capital of Armenia). There are so many …

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Exploring the highlights in and around Tbilisi

Exploring the highlights in and around Tbilisi

by Frank (bbqboy)

We stayed a month in Tbilisi. I’ve previously written about our impressions and observations (Tbilisi is very different than almost any place you’ve ever been). This post covers more practical …

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6 Must See Attractions in Armenia

by Frank (bbqboy)

6 Must See Attractions in Armenia During our month in Armenia we spent 4 days touring Yerevan and the countryside with Arara Tours. We covered a lot of ground, saw a lot of beautiful countryside, and …

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Group Tours vs Independent Travel. The Pros and Cons… and some thoughts.

by Frank (bbqboy)

Group Tours vs Independent Travel. Before our recent trip to Georgia and Armenia we’d always travelled independently. In Georgia and Armenia we tried something new: taking part in an 8 day intensive …

Read moreGroup Tours vs Independent Travel. The Pros and Cons… and some thoughts.

Highlights along the Georgian Military Highway

by Frank (bbqboy)

Visiting Georgia’s north was the highlight of our visit to the country. I didn’t know this before coming here, but the highest mountains on the Georgia/Russia border (the Great Caucasus Mountains) are …

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Is Tbilisi worth visiting? Impressions, Observations, and lots of photos

by Frank (bbqboy)

Is Tbilisi worth visiting? Is Tbilisi worth visiting? What’s Tbilisi like, I mean really like?  We spent a month in Tbilisi, discovering the city and the Georgian countryside. It’s a complicated …

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Newsletter June 2019 – Touring Georgia & Armenia, shitty Airbnb experiences, fake butts, remembering Jacques, and more…

by Frank (bbqboy)

June 11, 2019 Greetings from Armenia! Welcome to the land of the Kardashians where we’ve seen more duck lips and fake butts than any other place on our travels. If you think aspiring to be a …

Read moreNewsletter June 2019 – Touring Georgia & Armenia, shitty Airbnb experiences, fake butts, remembering Jacques, and more…

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