Day 21 - Lake Sevan by way of the Mtns

We were out of luck, our breakfast was just a s stodgy as yesterday ! The weather was equally shitty being nearly fully closed in as we set our way back down the Gorge stopping briefly at Devils Bridge a hard to see rock formation ! Driving up the other side soon became really difficult. The oad conditions were bad enough but the mist made it. Nearly impossible to see the edge of the road ! On one in f at on occasion we driove staright into a car park thinking it was the continuation of the road !

The shitty conditions continued all the way to Goris about 30 kms away when Kev did his best Jane Bun impersonation indicating that the wether wasnt going to change
We about turned missing out on the nearby spectacular cave village and headed back the way we'd come 2 days before . This time we stopped at Areni caves where a guided tour indicated the finding a of a ritual wine production and even the find of 5;000 year old leather sandals !

Because we were in the area we had and look at the beautiful red sandstone hills around the monastery of Sereva k once again before heading inland on a massIve climb over a Mtn pass before heading down to Lake Sevan. The roads were once again terrible but the scenery more than made up for it

The beautiful 1900 metre high freshwater lake of lake Sevan slowly came into view as did some pretty solid rain. While it may have been hard to get lost over the remaining 40 kms following the lake it was none the easier finding our accomodation .. no signs again ! When we finally did though we were rapt ! A beautiful room over looking a.beautiful lake !

After the day longs spell of driving it was a pint of beer for me which Kev reckoned tasted like shit ! A huge Greek salad and some BBQ chicken (Kev pork) was ourbest meal ,for days. Back in the unit it was stunning to watch the sun setting over the lake with a cuppa in hand !
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Areni Caves and Wine casks

Mtn pass on way to Lake Sevan

Lake Sevan sunset

A snack en route