Talking to my neighbour this morning about this and that (she�s been trying to catch me for the past few days as I�ve hardly been home), she stops mid sentence and calls out �Hans, ari�. It turns out that she has a Belgian staying with her for 3 weeks and wanted to introduce me to him. He speaks a little English and Russian so he gets by communicating with my neighbour in Russian.

We get talking and he tells me that he previously came to Armenia for 3 days via Georgia and since he wanted to explore further he has returned for a longer period. This weekend he�ll be going to Karabagh for a few days and of course the biggest problem is transportation within Armenia and Karabagh. I will meet up with him again to give him some ideas re hiring a taxi with other passengers which ultimately works out to cost as much as a bus ride, accommodation etc. Good to see the flow of foreigners coming through Armenia and Karabagh. Hans also mentioned that he was very impressed with the Tourism Information Centre (previously the Aussie guy who stayed with my neighbour had said the same thing), and said that tourists can go there read materials, watch videos etc.