Stepan's grandpa lent us his '85 Volga for the trip. Stepan's friend Hacob is driving, and check out the awesome map Stepan is using to find our way! You can see all of Armenia in 3D...

The buzzards started circling as soon as they saw the city-slicker hikers pull up.

We hiked near the confluence of the Dzoraget and Debed rivers.

A fancy hotel in a very nice spot

There was a family of vultures circling near the high-point of the hike, we spent a lot of time observing them.

It had a wingspan of approximately 150cm

The first part was the toughest, we decided to rest early on.

Check out the small town at the top of the plateau. Our starting point, the Tufenkian hotel, is at the bottom of the canyon below the plateau (click to enlarge).

The girls needed some help getting through the trickiest spot.