Armenia

I have reached the last country in the Caucasus I am visiting and although it is "only" the so called Lesser Caucasus here in Armenia I am very impressed. The country was friendly and welcoming from the beginning. A lot of people here speak English or even some French and German: well, Armenia has about 3 million inhabitants but 10 million Armenians live outside the country, most in the US but also in France and Turkey.

Apart from the friedliness of the people it is the landscape that impressed me most. The mountains are really accessible you can cycle here over high passes on well paved roads - fantastic. Finally I have found what I was looking for.




So it doesn't really matter that Yerevan itself is not a really interesting city.





It is a good place for me to stop for a little spontaneous side trip to Iran. More about this - I cannot tell. Once I am back (23/09) I will contiue cycling through Armenia, then head back to Georgia and finally Turkey.... but slowly.

From top to bottom you see Armenian landscape, some impressions about Sovjet (1920s) architecture in Yerevan and, of course, some of the Armenian monestaries...