Day 49, 21st May, Artashat, Armenia
After a good night’s sleep at what we thought was an abandoned filling station, we were awakened at 07.00 by banging and shouting and peeked out of the window to … Read more
Month: May 2018
Day 48, 20th May, Marneuli, Georgia
A fascinating day. We were driving out of Borzhomi, regretting that we had been unable to have a mineral water bath, when we drove through the small village of Rveli … Read more
Day 47, 19th May, Borzhomi
A not very productive day in Borzhomi. Started with two fruitless visits to Beeline and then Askme to see if they could get my mifi to work. Finally decided that … Read more
Day 46, 18th May, Borzhomi
We drove to Akhaltsikhe and visited a low-grade supermarket where a girl followed us round to ensure that we didn’t pinch anything. There were individual bog rolls on sale for … Read more
Day 45, 17th May, Vale in Georgia
Ani, a 5,000-year-old Armenian city located on the Turkish-Armenian border and located on a hilltop near the bank of the Akhuryan River, is the most famous among the Armenian capitals. … Read more
Day 44, 16th May, Ani near Kars
We spent the night in a huge lorry park at the Turkish border with Iran after talking to the owners. When we arrived there must have been at least 200 … Read more
Day 43, 15th May Border with Iran at Gurbulak
We slept at a filling station/restaurant/lorry park on the outskirts of Erzerum last night after passing through some spectacular mountain scenery between Bojnurd and Erzerum, where we drove above the … Read more
Day 41, 42. 13th and 14th May, Trabzon
Day 41 was rather boring. After sleeping in a parking place south of Samsun, we drove along the southern coast of the Black Sea, where dozens of small-to-medium sized towns … Read more
Day 40, 12th May, Hattusas
We spent the night at an abandoned garage and found some garlics which had evidently fallen off a lorry and were still quite edible. We then drove to Hattusas, the … Read more
Day 39, 11th May, Kayseri
A lazy day, wandered about in Goreme where Jennifer bought some ear rings which change colour in different locations for Kaffa. We then set off for Kayseri, a large industrial … Read more