Real Story · 中文
进了 Armenia 以后，第一段路就把我吓到 almost collapsed。
06 March 2024，我终于从 Iran side 进入 Armenia。 但这个 entry 不轻松。 Toyotaki 在 customs 被 x-ray scanned 两次。 等我真正离开 customs 的时候，已经差不多 1pm。
冬天的下午，天色很快变暗。 我开始觉得不舒服，因为接下来不是普通平路，而是 Armenia 的 mountain road。 路面冷，部分结冰，altitude 越来越高。 我本身又怕高。
The Mountain Road
Not like Nepal. This fear was different.
I had driven mountain roads before, including Nepal. But this felt different. In Nepal, the frightening sections might feel like around 300 metres. In Armenia, the uphill road felt like one kilometre after another, with long hairpin bends.
The road was icy, the weather was cold, the altitude was high, and I could feel my fear rising inside the driver’s seat. I decided not to force myself to continue.
Kajaran
The first village became my stop.
I told myself: the first village I see, I will stop. That place was Kajaran. I parked Toyotaki at a petrol station that was no longer functioning, and I stayed there overnight from 06/03 to 07/03.
I stayed two days because I needed time to recover. It was not a mechanical repair. It was my mind and body healing from the fright of height, ice, and winter mountain road.
English Memory Summary
The first Armenia road was a psychological test.
On 06 March 2024, after waiting at the Iran side for the Armenia e-visa, Tuzi finally entered Armenia. Toyotaki was x-ray scanned twice at customs, and by the time she left the border area it was already around 1pm.
The winter afternoon grew darker, and the road immediately became an icy mountain climb. The long uphill hairpin bends, high altitude, cold road surface, and Tuzi’s fear of heights made the first Armenia drive extremely frightening. She decided not to push further and stopped at the first village she could find: Kajaran.
She stayed overnight from 06/03 to 07/03 at a non-functioning petrol station in Kajaran, and needed the extra time to recover emotionally before continuing. On 07/03, it was still snowing.
Heart Statement
有些路不是车过不去，是心需要先停下来。
Armenia did not welcome me with an easy road. It asked me to climb first, then breathe.