I am still alive and kicking although work has been a bit tense lately. I finally visited heaven!!! I have been trying for the past 3 summers to visit Ughtasar and I finally did it last weekend. This place is truly heaven on earth, petroglyphs on rocks, a great lake, an altitude of 3100 metres or something like that, and an amazing view from top. We drove down to Sissian on Friday night and spent the night in a hotel. The next day with an artist friend, Ashot Avakyan who paints these petroglyphs, we went up to Ughtasar, the journey takes just over 2 hours by car and the rest is on foot to reach the lake. I would strongly recommend visiting this place and Ashot�s studio, he�s a great guy.

Since I have been travelling for the past 4 weekends, some of them being pretty difficult off the beaten track roads, I have decided to take this weekend off and relax at home. I have 2 more places to visit on my agenda before the cold sets in, that are Kapan and Meghri and hiking up Mt Aragats. So far it�s been a great summer with plenty of visitors, meeting tons of new people with many more to come.