Armenia

Almost ended up going through Iran, but found a last minute seat past it. Love the archaeological sites, and the people are lovely, but the government scares the shit out of me. And I’m a Liberal. . .

A few interesting little mountain places, all visited in a day, and some cultural stuff in Yerevan. This was the most American-like of the places I went to, because a lot of American Armenians had returned to the homeland, probably thinking they would strike it rich somehow. You already know what happened, musically, from the last blog, which started out when I mentioned one of my faves, Adrina Thorpe, is of Armenian descent. This got the DJ really excited and he promised to play her stuff. I wonder if Adrina is going to get CD orders from there and have to figure out just how much postage it’s gonna be.