Your right Mark, I knew the answer. I was hoping there might have been a change recently that I hadn't read. I've read hours of the history concerning Armenia and finding things I never knew. The massacres and genocides atrocities that most people don't know about. The Ottoman's reminded me of Pol Pot. And there are areas I don't want to go close to. When I rode through Georgia in 2013, I rode from Elista, Russia. It was a volatile area at the time. I saw trucks unloading tanks on the side of the road. The crossing I tried to use was closed except for local people. I guess the Armenian area could become like this at any time.
I can accept those risks. I don't want to get locked in Turkey for months with a lockdown. I've read about some travelers having this happen. I am in the mode of waiting till the Covid scare looks safe before pulling my trigger. I have the same outlook as Grant. Do it while you can.
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