Day 7. Part 1. Suspension Bridge in the Cave City of Khndzoresk
Woke up at sunrise again. Anton sleeps a couple of hours longer.
Tried recording a video of the view, but it felt kinda like a grandpa move 😂
While Anton was still asleep, I decided to get some sun — it wasn’t too hot yet. Had an idea to film my coffee brewing process. Turned out funny — neighbors opened their door (at 1:30) and waited till I finished recording 😬
Belarusian dairy is sold in Armenia. This cheese costs about 14 rubles at the current rate.
Armenia has preserved a lot of artifacts from the past. This camera still seems to work.
I really love the horizons in the mountains. Photos never capture them the way your eyes do.
By the way, we’re driving a Kia Sportage — an all-wheel-drive automatic. We even had a wardrobe in the trunk.
Arrived at the cave city of Khndzoresk. I’ve been here before — wrote a separate post about it.
Here I’ll post only photos and videos from this visit.
There’s a suspension bridge in Khndzoresk. It was built by a local resident with his own money. More details are in that same post.
The bridge wobbles as you walk on it. Anton kept asking me to take his photos:
Before the bridge there’s a cave house where Sevada gives tours. He was born and lived in Khndzoresk for 5 years.
The caves are man-made. The black on the ceilings is soot.
At the end of this video, you can see the moonshine still. Sevada still distills his own alcohol there.
This time I bought mulberry moonshine from him. Sevada gave me a discount — said I’m a regular now!
We decided to take a hiking route.
Stopped by an old church to rest.
It was about 35°C. Anton walked happily, enjoying the views!
Checked into a cave with a great view:
Apartment tour:
Brewed a second cup of coffee. Tested solid fuel tablets — one lasts just long enough to boil a single cup of water. Unedited 15-minute video:
Secretly: we only had sparkling mineral water. The espresso came out with thick foam — almost like sour cream :-) The taste was actually kind of cool, slightly salty.
Rested, recharged, and proudly moved on.
Saw another church from above:
Anton decided to guard the backpack and let me run there. The view from the church looks like this (the bridge is visible at the bottom right):
The church is older and smaller than the first one. No idea what year it’s from.
Someone left a small matchstick church on the windowsill.
Along the way, there are picnic spots, often shaded by trees.
Anton’s thrilled!
Found a started but unfinished cave:
In this photo, you can see the suspension bridge and the wooden stairs behind it:
The camera doesn’t capture how steep the descent is. In the video it looks like an easy path, but Anton’s Crocs actually slipped on the way down.
Heading back:
Resting and waiting for the moonshine we bought:
The route turned out to be about 4–5 km.
We walked for about 3 hours total. Anton at the finish line:
Anton shows his emotions and gives a like:
23 August 2024