Well I ended the last blog saying that arranging transport from Yerevan to Tumanyan could be interesting. Well it was. We had asked at the Information centre about getting a bus to Alaverdi. I think they misunderstood what we asked and we misinterpreted what they told us. We arrived at the bus station expecting to catch bus 259, whch we thought left at regular intervals. We were wrong. There was no bus 259 and the bus we needed apparently wasn't leaving for...

The moment had arrived. Our flight from Nur Sultan to Yerevan was booked with SCAT Airlines ( an unfortunate name). Reviews had not been promising, so our expectations were not high. However a seamless check in, on time departure, pleasant crew, a meal better in quality and quantity than you'd get on Qantas, and an on time arrival, resulted in 2 very happy travellers. Our first Arnenian lesson came via a "cab driver". Having negotiated him down ( with almost ...