Long Drive day on Friday with 3 sightseeing stops plus a lunch stop. Left Yaravan at 09:00 first towards Mt Ararat in the south then moved north towards Lake Sevan. Stopped at Khor-Virap Monastery overlooking Mt Ararat, then after a winding climb through a gorge we stopped at Noravank Hopabahk Monastery.
After lunch we stopped to see a reconstructed camel stop which originally on one of the silk routes. The building was near the top of another long winding road up a spectacular valley.
Made a bush camp on the shore of Lake Sevan. The view in the morning was pretty good - see photo.
On Saturday we recrossed the Georgian border before bush camping the other side of Tbilisi. It was a second long drive day with a single Monestary stop and a lunch stop in Armenia. Crossing the border was straightforward with another 2 stamps in everyone’s passport. When we were driving around Tbilisi we were held up in a major traffic queue caused by a train crash which resulted in petrol spillage on the dual carriageway next to the railway.
On the way up to finding the bush camp we saw wedding celebrations at another monestary from a distance.
The bush camp is near the top of a hill with fantastic views over the surrounding countryside. The grasshoppers are big and noisy! (see photo).
Truck Cluedo update. The Australian nurse strikes again and again! On Saturday Kieran killed Rakhee with a pen on a truck stop and then within 2 hours Laura with a country guide book in the truck. Apparently Rakkee had previously killed Laura, but did not claim it at the time. Kieran has now killed a total of 4 and husband Glen is beginning to get worried.
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