Coffee break along the highway	Vorotan pass: 2,344 m (7,690 ft)	.	Mount Ararat in Turkey: 122 km (76 miles) away	In a cable car ...	...
...	... 5.7 km (3.5 miles) later: Arrival at Tatev	Tatev monastery, 9th century	.	.	.
The Armenian cross	.	One of the 3 churches	.	Below us: The Vorotan gorge	The Tatev village ...
... information/restaurant	The good, hearty soup warms us up	.	.	A small church above the village	The B&B greets us with warmth
Would you like ‘dolmas’, vodka ... ?	The B&B is really a farm ...	... where they make their own vodka	.	Sweet peppers are much appreciated	Next morning ...
... frozen everywhere !	It's guaranteed homemade	.	Tatev-Goris: Steep descent by bus	Goris	.
Very nice hotel	.	Downtown	Old Goris ...	.	Cave dwellings
.	.	.	Goris	Terrace cultivation	A pastoral scene
.	Sheep dogs guard the sheep ...	... they attack Rain !	Ancient Khndzoresk ...	... cave dwellings	.
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Goris: Big open square ...	... Russian style	.	Street scenes ...	.	.
.	.	Armenian has a different alphabet	.	Beautiful brick buildings ...	...
...	.	.	.	We buy our lunch	.
Great outdoor restaurant ...	...	.	.	Karahunj (Speaking Stones) ...	... site archéologique 5000 ans avJC
.	Rain and Ara	.	Ara and Ghislaine	.	.
.	.	Invited to Ara's mother	Ara and Nelly, his wife	Une vraie fête !	.