Nightmare

BTW just a reminder that I can't spell and I don't have spell check, like aubergine (eggplant) and museum - both I have constantly misspelled.

So Sevan - although it's the end of June the first place I chose to stay was not open for the season yet, which is why I went to the expensive place. I thought I could use my credit card, which I had packed before I left. I could save my precious dollars - low as they are.

The hotel didn't take credit cards. It was actually $76 not $80. There was a huge pool with two slides going into it, but I was told it wasn't open yet, although I saw a man cleaning it. Like I said it was cold. It feels more like April here. The hotel had an indoor pool and sauna that I could use for an extra $36 AN HOUR. I looked at it and the pool was really too small for laps. As if.

They wanted money now. I had to walk back to Sevan town which is down the highway about 2 km. Sevan, except for the lake, isn't very scenic. Understatement. I don't even think the lake is scenic unless you like looking at lakes from the highway. There was no where to walk except along highway and that's what I did.

I changed some money then I went looking for a beer passing an internet cafe, where you got my last post. In the cafe I asked for a beer, having no idea what the word for beer is. I just pointed and said I wanted to get drunk. I guess some guys knew what I said and laughed as they left the cafe. Really I never get drunk when I'm travelling. I know some people will find this hard to believe, but it's true. I need to be in control.

I drank one beer and went back to the hotel to eat. I was a little buzzed because I had had nothing to eat. I told the waiter I wanted a rack of lamb. I doubted him but he convinced me to have the local fish. I also had stuffed aubergine. Both were excellent and I couldn't finish it all. The meal put me in a better mood.

It wasn't even 6 pm. I took a nap and woke up around 8 pm. The waiter told me there would be a band tonight so I went back up to the restaurant to see what was going on. Oh back to the restaurant or main part of the hotel meant walking up a steep road. They had put me in their cabins at the bottom.

But there was a band. A group of Armenian were having a private party and they let me watch. I didn't dance. I wasn't dressed properly. I had on hiking boots and the women dancing all wore 6 inch heels. Armenias like to swing their arms wildly, swing their arms, legs and step highly.

There were two singers. One sang traditional songs and the other more pop. I know he didn't speak Portuguese but he also sang some Brazilian songs. This guy was a big flirt, or maybe because I was the only single. He would look directly at me as he sang and then sat next to me. Fortunately he was called away. I'm not into nylon shirts. This was my highlight of Sevan. Because the next day:

There was suppose to be a mini bus at 10 am to Dilijan. I walked to the town. I know I spent $76 on a hotel but I was not taking a taxi. I get to town and the first, second and third person said in so many words that I would have to go back to the highway to get the bus to Dilijan. I'm not happpy about this. It was 9:45 so I'd have to take a taxi to get there in time.