Georgia Armenia and Beyond 2026

Iits all over except the sniveling. So last nigjt in Yerevan and tomorrow  the 14th August 26 I fly back to Cape Town. Turned out to be a gret trip, looking back at it, never made the Stans but will hopefully  next year. Feel very fortunate to have met old friends along the way and to have had seen some amazing places and rode in some icredible mountains  and countries.     View from my room

Only 94Kms to Yerevan where i had booked a room ,but when i arrived they told me they are full. So scrambled to find another place and luckily Charmain got  me a nice apartment in the centre of town.   Then the next day, 13the August I took my bike to 3 G's to store it for the winter. The gal has a rel nice set up , and there are 12 other  bikes there and it is a nice resort with rooms and camping. Removed the battery which she routinely charges and was able to leave my helmet there aswell, one less thing to carry back and forth.  Took a taxi back into town and then rode the Metro to see some more buildings and sites to pass the time.     SYMPHONY OF STONES        Republic Station        ...

They give you so much food at breakfast, there's  no way you can eat  it it all. Lots of bread with every meal , two boiled eggs, two Vienna like sausages which you wrap in a tortia and  five thick slices of their salty cheese that you eat with scrambled oily egg, and a bowl of jam for the fresh bread. After I gougged myself, I headed to Dilijan ad I wanted to see the Monastery I missed when I took the wrong tracks last week.  Went back up on the same road i had come down on but then turned north up to Sevan Lake and followed it up to Sevan. Had to pull off the road at a hotel to avoid a massive downpour for an hour and then proceed.  Stopped to see The Writer's House and then continued on to Dilijan to the same place I was at last week , arriving at 5 pm. I quicly changed and rode up to the monastery and then had a twenty minute hike into the forest and found it. Was built in 1247 and still standing, bolted back to the bike and got to my room and the heavens op...