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3G's Traditional Cache

Hidden : 5/5/2016
Difficulty:
1 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

When you are in Armenia and you want to go to Garni and Geghard. You can visit this place in Goght. When you are on a roadtrip you can also stay here for the night. When you are here you have a beautiful view over the village and the mountains.

 


The cache is near three villages in Armenia: Garni, Geghard and Goght

Garni is mostly famous for its ancient temple but there are many other places that worth seeing. One of the most extraordinary places of interest is the often forgotten Symphony of Stones. Besides these, the entrance to Khosrov National Park , where you can walk and drive around, is also situated in Garni. There are two churches in the park that you can visit. They no longer run services but the view is breath-taking.

Geghard is one of the oldest and most beautiful churches, which is also on the Unesco World Heritage list. The church is famous for its unique construction. The main part of the church is made out of one rock. Though Garni and Geghard are situated very close to each other, the environment which surrounds them greatly differs.

Goght is a small but very charming village arise from 1828 at that time they had 7 houses. Now the village has 560 houses and 2102 people (2014). The village which is situated in the middle of Garni and Geghard.  Goght is on the 1654m height of the sea level. The people are very kind and friendly. They gladly help everyone as much as they can. While driving through the village you can see animals walking freely on the streets. There is a trail that leads you to the river Azat  that begins to flow from Geghard through Goght and Garni and ends in a lake for Yerevan’s  drinking water. It is not a big river but it gets really wild during the spring and the autumn. Once you cross the river, you can enjoy all the beautiful flowers, plants and animals on the other side of the rive

 

 

 

 

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)