Where we have been
Every trip we have written up, newest first: the towns and villages we are driving through now, and twelve years of travel writing before it. Same country, same reason for going.
33 pieces
Newest29 September 2026
At three in the morning I climbed Mount Khustup by headlamp, met a fox at 3,200 metres, watched the cloud become a sea below us, and ended the day in Kapan at night.
Travel23 September 2026
I set out from Goris with no plan, followed a dog through Old Goris, crossed Khndzoresk’s swinging bridge over the cave town and went over the mountain to Kapan.
Travel13 September 2026
A day trip south from Yerevan through Khor Virap, Areni, Shaki and Tatev to a concert in Goris, with a guide who gave us eleven hours of history and, between the villages, her voice.
Travel8 September 2026
I arrived in Yerevan in August with nothing booked and lost four hours of daylight to it. Everything worth filming happened after I gave up.
Travel8 September 2026
Everyone knows the Mother Armenia in Yerevan, and the one in Gyumri. There is a third, above Ijevan, and she is not holding a sword.
Travel29 August 2026
Forty minutes past Dilijan there is a town with a river through the middle and a hundred sculptures in its park. Almost nobody talks about it.
Travel24 August 2026
Gyumri does not perform for visitors. It is Armenia’s second city, up on the Shirak plateau, and most people see it in an afternoon between Yerevan and
Travel20 August 2026
Almost everyone arrives in Armenia the same way. You land at Zvartnots, outside Yerevan, and if you are heading anywhere else you get in a car.
History26 February 2025
Explore the historical significance of the Battle of Avarayr and its enduring impact on Armenian identity, religion, and resistance against foreign powers.
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