The Drive to Samsun We woke early to a beautiful blue sky day and left our beachside camp before 09.30. It was a bit of a manoeuvring job to get out through the trees and the low power lines strung between the trees. The assistance of the owner with a…
A warm night. On the road by 11am with 385 k’s to reach Samsun, our chosen destination for the day. The camp is 30k’s inland and starting to climb up into the clouds. According to Jen’s phone it was raining hard. Ah huh! Luckily we missed it. It wasn’t till…
Leaving our Camping Spot It had been a secure, flat place inside the tumbledown stone walls of a derelict building. Getting in was reasonably easy, but getting out a lot harder. Dennis decided it was necessary to turn around, as it was too difficult to reverse out. This was achieved…
Breakfast in Poki outside the guest house, in the street was a fruit laden one. The usual porridge but with strawberries, cherries, blueberries, raisins and banana. On the road by 10am and our first destination, Another Holocaust Memorial, on the outskirts of Yerevan. It’s an imposing edifice. Grey basalt structure…
Today was a rest day, so we weren’t hurrying. After a leisurely breakfast in Poki, we decided the first thing we would do, would be to go to the market we visited last night, to purchase some fruit and vegetables. Once we reached the market, however, it was closed, it…
Our accommodation was …interesting. Stately room with lots of marble and ornate furniture. Typically Russian. The food was nicely presented. Our appointment at the Skyway, Wings of Tatev is at 10am. First of all I wanted to revisit the amazing rock formations, Jen photographed in dying light, last night. To…
Lake Sevan and Sevan Town I had a good night, but Dennis said it took him ages to get to sleep. It was a sunny morning and a dry night, so for a change we packed up a nice dry tent. We drove into Sevan, which was not as I…
Our hotel last night was…adequate. Breakfast in Poki surrounded by 4 dogs with longing eyes and wagging tails. Haghpat First stop this morning, a monastery. Yes, another one, but this one knocked my socks off. As you will see from the photos, it’s very unkempt and it seems barely touched…
Leaving Guest House Calma Our accommodation at the guest house had been better than expected. We were just finishing breakfast in Poki when the Austrian couple in a Toyota Land Cruiser we met yesterday, drew up. We chatted for a while. They were heading for Armenia. It was our intention…
Last night As we finished setting up camp, the heavens opened up. Given that we were in the property of a white water rafting operation, means we were close to a river. Checking the river at the time, it was trickling along and there were reasonably high banks on either…