Today was our final day in Armenia and our final day travelling together. We have both very much enjoyed Georgia and Armenia after discussing it for a number of years, so it was good we finally made it here. Claire…
Armenian Taxi Adventure
After an early breakfast, where I ate too many of the little pancakes, we headed off to find a taxi to take us on our adventure for today. The first taxi we saw had an older driver and his price…
Armenian Family Roadtrip
Yesterday we left our comfy Haghpat hotel and were driven for about an hour to the next major town where we transferred to another car, which was driven by our driver’s son. We are not sure why but suspect the…
Monasteries of Debed Canyon
Todays plan was to visit four more monastries in the Debed Canyon. We are staying near the UNESCO listed Haghpat monastery which was built between 967 and 991, although the bell tower was added in the 13th century. We have visited…
Avoid the yellow Lada
We left Sighnaghi at 8:30 am. The streets were quite empty and the sound of our bags rolling along the cobblestones probably changed that. A lone yellow Lada taxi was waiting for a fare as it had done the day…