YAY! I finally went to the Yerevan Zoo, which I had planned to visit for months. One Marshrutka (public transportation van) to get there cost 100 dram (about 26 cents Canadian) plus admission was 150 dram (about 39 cents Canadian, 1/46th of the admission price for the Toronto Zoo, which apparently they have closed down now because of the SARS outbreak). The place was great with lots of animals (monkeys, horses, hippos, reptiles, tigers, lions, wolves, a big ugly hyena, bears, deer, camels, etc.) and I took 170 pics. Here is one of a bucktoothed llama.

Work is coming along well and I've got quite a few projects to work on, plus some work to continue in Canada (but will prepare here).

The other day I was at a cafe with a couple of friends and while sitting we witnessed a crazy Marshrutka lose one of its tires which went rolling down on Baghramyan (across from where we were sitting) and hit our car twice! Luckily no damage to the car or anyone in the Marshrutka. Everybody just came out of the van and started walking away like nothing had happened. If you happen to visit Yerevan this summer, check out how low to the ground these things are....filled with about a hundred people.

So a few hundred members of the military, from 19 countries, are here in Armenia for the NATO exercises. For once I'm not the only one being stared at because of my skinhead.

Weather is beautiful, usually around 32 celsius, but raining a little more than usual for this time of the year. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, life is beautiful here in Armenia! :-)