Blogs from Kapan, South, Armenia, Asia

Day 7 Over the hills and far away We’re driving to Goris today, 4 hours away from the bright lights of Yerevan. We honour certain rituals: the last flush of the gurgling toilet; the push of the lift button in anticipation of the dragon’s breath hiss of the door as it slides open (with close monitoring of the gap); the emergence into Charles Azenavour Square with film stars names in the paving in front of the Moscow Cinema. And a last breakfast at Baguette and Co. where we notice that Charles has visited this very place. Our car, an automatic Dacia Logan, is ready and in good nick. We follow the orbital route around and out of town without raised voices or contact with any other car, and in half an hour we’re trundling through a ... read more

Noc totalne nahovno. Postel mala, trcali mi nohy, neuveritelne teplo a kokoti nechali rozsvietene na chodbe. Takze tu dalsiu noc neostavam. Co som nakukol do nemcovej izby, ten tam mal fan. Nemec siel na marsutku o 7.30 co ide smer jerevan, v rovnakom case ide aj smer goris, potom uz nejde nic. Vyplacam ubytko i veceru a okolo 9.00 zahajujem vystup na blizku pevnost. Prechadzam mini centrum, dedkovci opat v parku na lavicke. Idem k miestnemu kostoliku pod drobnohladom jedne zenskej. Male mesto, kazda cudzia tvar je tu dokladne skumana a sledovana. Kostolik zavrety. Pomedzi cinziaky stupam vyssie k horam. Za cinziakmi sa davam doprava a po polnacke idem k pevnosti. No k pevnosti,je to len jedna mala buda z kamena. K nej musim vyslapat kopec, cesta ziadna, tak idem rovno za nosom. Na vrchole ma ... read more

Despite going to bed quite late, I woke up at 6am and couldn't get back to sleep. I hate it when that happens. I tried to make the most of my time and so I got up, showered and spent a bit of time updating the blog which is quite a time consuming business. The uploading of photos is particularly slow especially as I am also trying to rename them as well. Breakfast was at 9am so once we were all up we sat outside on the balcony where the view across the valley is fantastic. It was starting to warm up and I could feel the sun on my back. Anoush. Our first trip was to Matosavank which is close to Rasmik's place but up quite a steep climb. My legs were feeling a bit ... read more