PHOTOS FROM ARMENIA <div><font size=4>
<img src="images/01.JPG" name="img0694" id="img0694" alt="" width="708" height="532" border="0" /><div>MOUNT ARAGATS FROM ABOVE MY HOME<DIV><DIV>Aragats at 14,000 feet is the highest peak within Armenia<DIV><DIV>
<img src="images/02.JPG" name="img7592" id="img7592" alt=""width="708" height="532" border="0" /><div>SWISS AND ITALIAN DISTRICTS FROM THE HILL. <DIV><DIV> 
My house is the third in the first row on the right. These districts were built after the earthquake and<div>
were intended to be the new Spitak, but the old Spitak was rebuilt, leaving the new suburbs isolated<DIV><DIV>
<img src="images/03.JPG" name="img8101" id="img8101" alt="" width="708" height="532" border="0" /><div>SHEEP IN THE VALLEY BEHIND MY HOUSE<DIV><DIV>
<img src="images/04.JPG" name="img8935" id="img8935" alt="" width="708" height="532" border="0" /><div>A COW HERDSMAN ABOVE GUGARK WEST OF VANADZOR<DIV><DIV>There are more trees on the mountains west of Vanadzor than where I live east of Vanadzor<DIV><DIV>
<img src="images/05.JPG" name="img1851" id="img1851" alt="" width="708" height="532" border="0" /><div>THE HERDSMAN'S COWS<DIV><DIV>
<img src="images/06.JPG" name="img6157" id="img6157" alt="" width="708" height="532" border="0" /><div>WOMEN TENDING A POTATO FIELD NEAR THE ITALIAN DISTRICT<DIV><DIV>Husbands are often away working in Russia<DIV><DIV>
<img src="images/07.JPG" name="img2361" id="img2361" alt="" width="708" height="532" border="0" /><div>CUTTING HAY NEAR SARAMEDJ<DIV><DIV>Saramedj is at the head of the valley just opposite.<DIV><DIV>
<img src="images/08.JPG" name="img8564" id="img8564" alt="" width="708" height="532" border="0" /><div>THE HAY CUTTER'S WIFE<DIV><DIV>
<img src="images/09.JPG" name="img7824" id="img7824" alt="" width="708" height="532" border="0" /><div>WILDFLOWERS ARE SPECTACULAR IN ARMENIA<DIV><DIV>
<img src="images/10.JPG" name="img5925" id="img5925" alt="" width= "708" height="532" border="0" /><div>SOME BLUE AND WHITE WILDFLOWERS<DIV><DIV>
<img src="images/11.JPG" name="img5185" id="img5185" alt="" width="708" height="532" border="0" /><div>MOUNT ARARAT FROM THE HIGH COUNTRY NORTH OF YEREVAN.<DIV><DIV>Mount Ararat dominates the skyline of Yerevan--that is, when not obscured by clouds or smog--<div>
and of course the Ararat Valley south of the city, and the long drives coming down from the east <div> or the high country to the north. Though it is several miles inside Turkey, it is the symbol of the <div> Armenian Nation (as opposed to the Armenian Republic), much to the disgust of the Turks. 
<img src="images/12.JPG" name="img3287" id="img3287" alt="" width="708" height="532" border="0" /><div>MEN PLAYING CARDS IN THE STREET IN GUGARK <DIV>Usually they are playing nardi, a form of backgammon<DIV><DIV>
<img src="images/13.JPG" name="img1388" id="img1388" alt="" width="708" height="532" border="0" /><div>BOYS PLAYING IN THE STREET IN GUGARK<DIV><DIV>
<img src="images/14.JPG" name="img1805" id="img1805" alt="" width="708" height="532" border="0" /><div>A SMALL PROVISIONS SHOP IN THE ITALIAN DISTRICT<DIV><DIV>
<img src="images/15.JPG" name="img6851" id="img6851" alt="" width="708" height="532" border="0" /><div>FRIENDS OF MINE IN FRONT OF A PRE-FABRICATED HOUSE IN THE ITALIAN DISTRICT<DIV><DIV>
<img src="images/16.JPG" name="img8425" id="img8425" alt="" width="532" height="708" border="0" /><div>THE FRONT DOOR OF A PREFABRICATED HOUSE.<DIV>
These houses are rented, and the top rent is about $26. Renters must sign<div>
an affidavit that they cannot afford any other housing. The houses are four <DIV>
small rooms and a bath. Some people have added a room on the front. <div>
In some cases it is the chassis of an old bus. <DIV>
<img src="images/17.JPG" name="img0694" id="img0694" alt="" width="708" height="532" border="0" /><div>TOSSING A BALL IN THE SCHOOL YARD<DIV><DIV>
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<img src="images/18.JPG" name="img3888" id="img3888" alt="" width="708" height="532" border="0" /><div>LUNCH AT SCHOOL<DIV><DIV>
<img src="images/19.JPG" name=""img3888" id="img3888" alt="" width="708" height="532" border="0" /><div> THE NINTH GRADE. <DIV>In winter everybody has to keep their coat on.<DIV><div>
<img src="images/20.JPG" name="img0509" id="img0509" alt="" width="708" height="532" border="0" /><div>THE FOURTH GRADE AND THEIR ENGLISH TEACHER<DIV><DIV><img src="images/012_(2).JPG" name="img0509" id="img0509" alt="" width="708" height="532" border="0" /><div>THE FOURTH GRADE AND THEIR ENGLISH TEACHER<DIV><DIV><img src="images/012.JPG" name="img0509" id="img0509" alt="" width="708" height="532" border="0" /><div>THE FOURTH GRADE AND THEIR ENGLISH TEACHER<DIV><DIV>


 
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