YEREVAN, ARMENIA, JUNE 2000

Fountains in Yerevan's Anrapetutyun (Republic) Square. Apparently they are accompanied by music in summer and are known as the singing fountains

The Hotel Armenia in the background here is expensive and has been the scene of frequent pickets by employees who lost their jobs when the Americans took over. I recommend the Hotel Sil at $70 a night

Mt Ararat is just about visible in this picture taken from the genocide memorial complex

The sloping walls represent the historic provinces of Armenia and the vicious-looking pointy structure represents the two peaks of Mt Ararat

This is Manuk Mkrtchyan, the director of Snark news agency, who took me sightseeing

The eternal flame at the genocide memorial complex

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Sunset over the tombs of famous Armenians