09-Sep,2011

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Every year a bunch of adventurers get together forone great reason – Caucasus Challenge rally that is all about an epic 17-day adventure  which leads them through the Balkans, Greece, Turkey to the wonderful  lands of Georgia, Armenia and Nagorno Karabagh.

Everything started in 2008 when Attila who is one of the organizers he rally and a group of ‘challengers’ first drove 6000 kilometers from Budapest to Yerevan going through all kinds of challenges and  experiences on the way to their final destination. In August 2011 it was the fourth time in a row these guys repeated the same trail and ended their wonderful trip in Yerevan.

As Attila explains Caucasus Challenge is an adventure – trip, not a rally  or a speed race; it’s more like a discovery and their main goal is to  nteract with people and see all these countries, regions that one  doesn’t get to hear in the news. For example, they had all heard of  Nagorno Karabakh because of the war in the past but they didn’t know  where it was, what the people were like and how they lived. Thanks to  the Caucasus Challenge, it’s the fourth time they have had the  opportunity to visit the highlands of Nagorno Karabakh and have had  amazing experiences  meeting the locals and even being invited for lunch.

The roads and the weather can be challenging but the toughest of all are the cars as they are not all modern and well equipped. Attila came all the way from Budapest to Yerevan in his 29 year old Soviet ‘Moskvich.’ There were 18 teams and 51 participants of the Caucasus Challenge 2011 but only 3 cars with 9 participants arrived in Yerevan on time.

The most interesting part of CC2011 was that they donated few of their cars and lots of goods that they brought with them from Hungary to a local charity to help poor families in Nagorno Karabakh.

Envoy Hostel was honored to host all these guys four years in a row and we are definitely looking forward to meeting the CC2012 teams next August here in Yerevan and hearing about their new experiences and adventures.