Day 6. Devil’s Bridge
Morning. Good thing our room has separate beds!
Noticed back on last year’s trip with Anton around Belarus — whenever I travel and sleep outdoors, I start waking up around sunrise. This time I also woke up just after dawn.
Walked along the shore. Sevan just keeps begging to be filmed!
When Anton woke up, we packed up and went to Devil’s Bridge. On the way, we stopped by a store. In Armenia, coffee is sold like this:
They grind it right there. I saw both factory-made and handmade coffee grinders:
The thing is, coffee has to be stored away from oxygen and UV light to keep the roast flavor. After about 4 weeks, any coffee tastes the same. And ground coffee loses flavor 2–4 times faster.
Saw chicken feet at the store. I’d seen them before in Asia — people eat them deep-fried as a beer snack. Once I ordered them in Vietnam by accident from a menu all in Vietnamese. Not sure how they eat them in Armenia. And why don’t we eat them back home? :-)
When we were at Sevan, we noticed a bag of sunflower seeds had puffed up — because Sevan is almost 1,000 meters higher than Yerevan (or maybe they’re packed somewhere in Russia).
On the way, Anton remembered that. Then he remembered Hayk gave us a jar of local honey. Anton said, “Won’t the lid pop from the pressure?” We stopped to check — the lid did pop, and some honey spilled into the suitcase. Luckily, it was wrapped in a cloth!
On city and country roads, the police always drive with their lights on. It’s handy — you can see them from afar and slow down in time :-)
You often see herds grazing — mostly cows, sometimes sheep. Cows often just walk along the roads.
We arrived at the so-called Devil’s Bridge. There are caves nearby:
Beautiful — and somehow, oddly, a bit repelling 😬
The sticks get stuck and slowly turn to stone.
There are actually two caves here, but that day the river was high, and we couldn’t get into the second one.
To get into the cave, you have to climb down a small cliff. I saw people refuse to do it. Then you walk a bit through the water — you have to step carefully not to hit deep spots. There are guides nearby who help people through.
On the way back, I filmed a bit of the road (as best I could :-)
Liked it. Definitely worth visiting.
22 August 2024