Episode 20 Before reaching the first major town in Armenia we had seen a truck that had rolled onto its side as it negotiated a hairpin bend, don't think it had happened long before we passed either as the police arrived as we passed. It was early in the day when we arrived in the large town of Gyumri. This was once the 3rd largest city in the whole region after Tbilisi and Baku. In December 1988 it was flattened by an earthquake that killed 50,000 people. It i...

Episode 18 After a couple of days spent in Tbilisi and with the car keys working again, both sets, I was bundled back into the car into my usual possie propped up by pillows, and we took our leave of this rather charming place. Mind you the traffic chaos we encountered on our way out was enough to give any one gray hairs, perhaps that's why D’s hair is so silver. As we headed east towards Azerbaijan we again passed through a wine producing area but that p...