欸，所以這幾個國家到底是有什麼好玩啦？
我想去的最主要原因，是因為在這塊不大的區域裡，有著超級豐富多元的宗教及語言。三個國家分別有自己的宗教（GE：東正教；AZ：伊斯蘭教；AM：東方正統教會），還有自己獨特的語言及文字（GE：喬治亞語；AZ：亞塞拜然與，屬突厥語族；AM：亞美尼亞語，屬印歐語族），各方面來講都堪稱是地表上最複雜的幾個地方之一，而獨特的文化和人群一向是最吸引我的地方。
其次是過去共產統治留下的痕跡。這三個國家都是原蘇聯成員國，蘇聯解體之後經歷了很長一段時間的經濟衰退與政治動盪，現在雖然非常穩定，卻仍在慢慢擺脫過去的陰影，因此仍然保留不少蘇聯留下的遺跡，這是在西方國家見不到的。
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Alright, so why am I going to these three unpopular nations?
First and foremost, for the religious and linguistic diversity within a relatively small region. Each nation has a different state religion (GE: Eastern Orthodoxy; AZ: Islam; AM: Oriental Orthodoxy), and a distinct language+script (GE: Georgian; AZ: Azerbaijani, a Turkic language; AM: Armenian, a relatively isolated branch of Indo-European languages). It's one of the most "complicated" area on earth in many senses. They have cultures that you cannot find anywhere else.
Also for their communist relics. All of the three were members of USSR, and all suffered from economic backsliding and political unstableness. While relatively quiet and safe at this time, they're still recovering and thus retain many Soviet heritages, you don't get to see much in Western countries.
And there's no need to mention the natural beauty in the Caucasus.
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