In the morning I met a group of tourists from Portugal and I have been invited to join them on the car tour – I was lucky, because I avoided to pay for taxi to the trailhead… But first we went to the city market to see how thd produce a local bread with fresh greens inside and lavash – the paper bread… I had a lot of fun talking with local people – everybody knows Russian here… Then we visited interesting museum dedicated to Karabakh conflict -the real tragedy of the nation. We have been also to see Mamik-Papik monument on the little hill on the ousskirts of the city.
This funny monument (see photo) became the symbol of Artsakh = Karabakh .
In the afternoon their bus took us to the trailhead in Hunot Canyon. We were climbing there upstream the mountain river enjoying the views anc the lush nature. Finally the bus took us to the town of Sushi, where in the restored cathedral I had a chance to see Armenian wedding ceremony. What a day! But it was raining late in the afternoon. Let’s hope that tomorrow the sun will appear again!
