[S1 - Eps. 109] ESCAPING THE STORM
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I was excited to ride through the Turkish country side the entire day.
The weather had different plans though and my mission to escape a bad storm begun...
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Famous Armenians | Знаменитые армяне | HD
FAMOUS ARMENIANS | ЗНАМЕНИТЫЕ АРМЯНЕ
Thought you knew nothing about Armenians? Think again - here are some of our most famous people!
The Armenian people are an ethnos, which belongs to the large Caucasian racial group of peoples, that have inhabited the Armenian Highlands since the Stone Age. The earliest possible record identified with Armenians, is from Sumerian records from around 2,700 BC, in which the Armenians are referred to as the sons of Haya, after the regional god of the Armenian Highlands.
Oral history explains the origin of the Armenian people as being the direct descendants of Noah's son Japheth. Armenians call themselves Hay and identify their homeland not by the term Armenia but as Hayastan. In the Bible, the area designated as Armenia is referred to as Ararat, which the Assyrians referred to as Urartu.
The indigenous people of the land of Ararat, Armenians shaped their national identity with the rise of powerful Armenian kingdoms, being the first nation to have adopted Christianity as a state religion, and the creation of the Armenian alphabet, which spurred the development of literature, philosophy and science.
Armenians are born survivors. Since the start of their history over 3,000 years ago Armenians have been the subject of all kinds of atrocities, foreign domination, natural disasters, hardships and genocide. Particular historical fate of the Armenian people formed such features of national character as expressive national pride and merit, love for their land, hospitality, surprising diligence, energy and perseverance.
The number of Armenians in the world counts approximately 10 million people, of whom around 3 million people live in the Republic of Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh. Another 3 million Armenians live in various countries of the ex-Soviet Union, mainly in Russia. About 2 million Armenians are dispersed in the Americas. About 1.5 million Armenians live in various European countries, and 500,000 Armenians live in the Middle East and Africa. There are 50,000 Armenians in Turkey, 4,000 in Cyprus and 20,000 in Australia.
The most common ending for the Armenian last name is ian, or yan (Kim Kardashian, William Saroyan). When Armenians moved from Armenia or from the Middle East, some changed their last names to adapt better to their new societies. Sometimes the ian or yan ending was dropped and the root kept, such as Charles Aznavour (was Aznavourian), or Andy Serkis (originally Sarkissian).
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[S1 - Eps. 113] METEORA in GREECE
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In today's episode, I'm visiting Meteora in Greece. What an incredible place! Unfortunately, being here in the high season means hordes of tourists, so I decide to admire the monasteries perched on rock outcrops from a distance together with Basanti!
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[S1 - Eps. 112] CROSSING INTO GREECE
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Today I'm crossing the border from Turkey into Greece. This means I'm entering the EU for the first time with Basanti! I was very nervous for it, but it turned out to be very different than expected...
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Meeting Sami people in Swedish Lapland ???????? [S3 - Eps. 24]
In this episode I meet some of my followers in Swedish Lapland and she tells me about discovering her Sami roots. Later I meet Jomi, who is also Sami and has his herd of reindeer up in the mountains. He was asked by his friend, the owner of my accommodation, to show me to the place. Along the way he teaches me which trees to use to built a good fire - best tips I ever got!!
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[S1 - Eps. 123] CROSSING into AUSTRIA
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I'm so excited to meet up with my friends Peter & Claudia again, who I met in Myanmar!
The mission of today: reach Vienna!!
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BIG NEWS!! (Good and bad...)
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I have some big news to share with you!!
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[S1 - Eps. 108] DISCOVER CAPPADOCIA
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Today is the day I get to explore Cappadocia in Turkey! What an incredible place and having two wheels means I get to go off the main tourist trails and have a small slice of Cappadocia just for myself and Basanti!
Escaping the heat of this part of Turkey can be done via underground cities - explore Cappadocia above AND below ground!
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[S1 - Eps. 122] CROSSING into SLOVENIA
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[S1 - Eps. 115] LET'S GET DIRTY!
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This day had all the elements for me! Some off-road riding, great scenery, beautiful historical towns, chatting with locals and home-made food. Welcome to Albania!
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[S1 - Eps. 107] THE LONG RIDE TO CAPPADOCIA
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Well, today is a long ride, without any exploring. It is extremely hot and I want to make it to Cappadocia in one day. I just can't wait to reach it!!
But that's also part of traveling around the world by motorcycle. Sometimes you just have to cover long, boring stretches, just to reach the fun stuff!
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I am going to show you MY country - Eps. 1
Because I had to leave my beloved motorcycle Dhanno behind in Peru, while I was repatriated to my home country The Netherlands - I decided to record a series of videos in The Netherlands and this is the first one!
I hope you enjoy it!
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[S1 - Eps. 121] UNDISCOVERED GEMS in CROATIA
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Another day of riding the back-roads of Croatia!
I chose a small road snaking through the forests over mostly unpaved road. Being stopped there by the police came as quite a surprise! Later, some locals told me the police was mostly likely looking for illegal immigrants who are passing through Croatia. Well, I didn't see anyone!
What I loved about today was stumbling upon some ruins of the top of a hill which I paid a short visit.
After the morning of exploring, Basanti also got a small service and I got to stay in a great apartment because of the hospitality of Sinisa, the owner of motorcycle shop Novema Nova!
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Turkey's Dark Past | Armenia Genocide ☠️?
I drive from Mount Nemrut to Trabzon to visit the Black Sea and visit the Kaymaklı Monastery. I stumble across an old Armenian Christian Monastery and after a conversation with my Armenian friend in the States, I ponder the dark side of Turkey's history from the Greek Christian / Turkish Muslim population exchange to the Armenian Genocide where 1.5 Million Armenians were driven out of Turkey into Syria.
Turkey denies that the claims were genocide and claims it was lesser casualties of conflict and that Muslim populations in the area acquired far more casualties Please see links below on the debate.
The Armenian Genocide Debate, True or False:
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Kaymaklı Monastery:
Time Stamp:
00:00 Snow Storm Drive
02:22 Black Sea Region & Ukraine-Russia War
04:18 Trabzon
06:11 Driving in Turkey
08:27 Kaymaklı Monastery
12:55 Turkeys Dark Past
14:03 Little Church
16:40 Greek-Turkish Population Exchange
18:43 Armenian Genocide
20:38 Outro
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He travels Sweden on a 150cc VESPA! ???????? [S3 - Eps. 19]
In this episode I am exploring the Swedish island Gotland a bit more and even take a small ferry across to Fårö island! I go and check out the sea stacks (or... cool limestone formations) but not before I meet this great Swedish guy who travels around on a 150cc Vespa!
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PREPARATION UPDATE...
A short update of what's going on!
An important improvement I was looking for was regarding the windshield. To reduce the turbulent wind hitting me in the face, I bought a taller windshield online and installed it.
I can't say that I'm entirely wind-free, but it's a big improvement!
The website where I found this windshield is
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DISCOVER OVERLAND 2019
Today I'm riding to Ulicoten to the Discover Overland 2019 event! I was asked to give a presentation there and it sounded like a cool place to meet some like-minded travellers, so I said yes!
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Most Memorable Events in 60.000 kilometers of Motorcycling the World
My journey towards Alaska came to an abrupt halt because of the world wide crisis at the moment. Time to sit down and look back at the most memorable events of the past 60.000 kilometers of riding around the world.
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I am riding solo around the world on my Royal Enfield Himalayan 'Dhanno'!
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Secrets of the Armenian Highlands (Video)-armenian subtitles
Motorcycle trip Armenia (Part 1: Belgium - Edirne)
Riding to Yerevan through Turkey and Georgia. The purpose of this trip is to park my bike at 3Gs camping in Goght and continue my trip to Iran in July.
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