The holes in the stones are for peering at the stars through. Nowadays, the holes aren't lined up with the same stars they used to be. The stars move, our solar system moves and the earth moves (particularly in Armenia, where earthquakes give the stone circle a wee shoogle every few years), so even if you hand about till it's dark, you might still not find out what the builders were trying to do.
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Here's my mate Boris sitting on one of the stones. He always does that. Everywhere we go, I have to take a picture of him sitting or standing on top of something.
I think the stones in this first picture look great. You could use a whole roll of film just taking pictures from interesting angles (or you could fill a whole flash-memory card).
Here are some shots of Goris. It's not the first time I've posted pictures of this town. I put on on my 'interesting towns and villages' page a while ago. But I like this view and I can never resist photographing it again every time I visit.
As usual we stayed at Khatchik's homestay B&B in Goris. Khatchik is a wonderful host and his balcony is a magical place to be as the sun goes down and the Nightingales in the orchard below start to sing. Khatchik's home made mulberry vodka is pretty good too....
