Tag Archives: Yerevan

Why I Can’t Live In Armenia (I’m Too British)

By Tom | Published: January 23, 2010
My life is boring. My daily routine consists of getting up an hour before sunrise, going for a run, jumping into (and rapidly out of) a cold shower, having breakfast and then sitting down for an 8-to-12-hour stint in front of my computer screen. I am making websites for a living these days. It puts [...]
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Company For Christmas In The Caucasus

By Tom | Published: December 15, 2009
It’s December and the mercury is dropping fast. This week I experienced my first morning run in the falling snow, crunching quietly in the pre-dawn blue around the faded grandeur of Victory Park and its empty dilapidated walkways, crumbling statues and rusty fairground rides. The onset of winter took me back a couple of years [...]
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A Little Video About Cycling In Yerevan

By Tom | Published: December 9, 2009
My last post was an invitation to come along to one of the many global bicycle gatherings that happened last Sunday on the eve of the COP15 climate change summit in Copenhagen. I helped to organise a ride here in Yerevan, and I took my trusty video camera with me. I’ve been slaving over a [...]
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Join Me On Sunday – Wherever You Are

By Tom | Published: December 3, 2009
This Sunday I’ll be dashing around the streets of Yerevan on my bike, furiously trying to film a bicycle demonstration that I’ve been organising for the last few weeks, together with a group of local cyclists, as part of the Ride Planet Earth project. Kim Ngyuen’s been cycling from Australia and is poised to arrive [...]
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What Happened When I Tried To Organise A Bike Ride In Yerevan

By Tom | Published: November 29, 2009
Hello dear readers. I’m in a particularly frustrated mood this evening. I’ve had a great day climbing one of Yerevan’s nearby mountains, trudging through snow all day and having a lovely  picnic on the summit. When I returned home, I read a particularly aggravating email, and so I wanted to share the situation with you, [...]
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