vendredi 22 avril 2016

Tatev canyon




We took a day off in Goris and visited an old monastry in the village of Tatev. To get there we hired a cab to go to the village Halidzor. On our way the driver had to refuel his opel with propane. Around 20-30% of the cars in Armenia are fueled with propane. From Halidzor we took the second longest reversible arial tramway to Tatev.
The Tatev monastry was very impressive, built on a cliff in a beautifull valley. Since we sent the cab back to Goris, we had to find a transportation back from Halidzor to Goris. Coincidencally we recognized a couple, we had seen driving by twice on our way to Goris and asked them to give us a lift to Goris. Dasha and Sasha from Sibiria (sorry guys, I have forgotten the name of your city...) were very friendly and asked us if we also want to join their tour to the “devil's bridge“. The devil's bridge is a rock formation which bridges over the creek in the valley under Tatev. We also did a guided tour under the devil's bridge and explored a cave with warm water springs. 
On the way to the devil's bridge there is also a ancient wachtower that looked as built by elves and manned Elrond himself. Dasha and Sasha then dropped us in Goris. Thanks a lot for this journey!

1 commentaire:

  1. Archaic landscape! Amazing mountains! In the middle of nowhere (if I may say so) the monastery, I imagine a place of hope, a place to rest and recuperate in earlier times for the odd wayfarer who must have seen the tower and cross from afar. Very mystic and wonderful! xxx Christa

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