Budget Travel – The Weekend Rambler

Driving to a Non-Existent Country

The side hull of an old Soviet train, a close up of the hammer and sickle on a blue background

What do you do with a car and an extra week? Drive to Transnistria!

Oppulent Yerevan

Yerevan offers a stark contrast from the rest of Armenia. When you go to any other city in Armenia, it will most certainly feel unlike anything else you’ve previously experienced. Most cities feel as though they have not been updated since the 1980’s. Megalithic brutal skeletons of Soviet decaying buildings loom over cities, casting shadowsContinue reading “Oppulent Yerevan”

The Grand Armenian Winter Roadtrip

Armenia may feel like an intimidating destination for some, but with a rental car this mountain Shangri-La becomes a lot more manageable.

Armenia and Plan B’s

Some visit Armenia as a Plan B, or just because their in the neighborhood and may as well. But Armenia can be so much more.

Journey into the Rose City

We had avoided zig-zig in Aqaba and begun piloting our little spam can up an hour and a half towards the fabled Rose City hidden in the dusty valleys of Jordan. Several millennia have passed since this city was first inhabited, yet the feeling of awe that struck the lungs of Roman conquerors is theContinue reading “Journey into the Rose City”