Azerbaijan Travel Blogs

Land of Fire and Wind
Jan 25, 2008 (19 photos)

... the climate in Azerbaijan, but at the same time sent winds whipping through the streets. Exploring the fire of Azerbaijan further, I visited Gobustan, with its small mud volcanoes burping methane into the windy air. The site overlooked the blue-grey ...

Meet Andre
Jan 28, 2008 (2 photos)

I met Andre in downtown Baku, where he was playing accordion. Stopping for a while to listen, I sat with the local park cat. On another day, I also stopped to see Andre. Andre said: "my father said if I play accordion, God will always provide."

Music Borat might listen to
Oct 1, 2008 (5 photos)

... Although the poverty rate has been reduced in recent years, the promise of widespread wealth from development of Azerbaijan's energy sector remains largely unfulfilled. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/aj.html Another ...

Azerbaijan Photos
Dec 22, 2004 (16 photos)

Some photos of Azerbaijan.

When good nights go bad
Sep 16, 2002 (25 photos)

... for a morning quicky from the resident hookers and their respective pimps and left the floating brothel to find a new hotel. ... Azerbaijan was a lovely country but staying in the old ferry to Turkmenistan which was now a raunchy hotel on the Caspian ...

showers!
Jul 3, 2009

Spent the day in Baku and met up with the Gordons in the early evening. We had showers!  I was disappointed to find that most of my tan was ingrained dirt.  Graeme took us out for a curry and few beers and we returned to sleep in beds!  ...

getting lost on the metro
Jul 4, 2009

Chris didn't feel great, so Damien and I went into town to investigate the ferry, and while we were relieved to discover there was one the next day, we were surprised to find they were after over $600 for the privilege. We got a bit separated and lost on ...

sense of foreboding
Jul 5, 2009

Well, it's taken all day, but we've made it onto the boat. This is one dodgy affair.  Happily the few other passengers on this filthy freighter are mostly British, travelling around the world on motorbikes.  Everything is filthy, and there is ...

Photes of Nakhchivan
Feb 7, 2006 (18 photos)

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Petroglyphs and Mud Volcano
Jun 15, 2008 (33 photos)

Salam, habe heute noch einen Ausflug nach Qobustan unternommen, 60km suedlich von Baku. Man kann es ganz gut mit einem Bus erreichen (Nahverkehrsbus, ist aber doch recht schnell). Dort muss man dann aber ein Taxi nehmen um die Sehenswuerdigkeiten zu ...

Mountain Village
Jun 17, 2008 (35 photos)

Salam, von Baku bin ich mit dem Minibus (Ford Transit) nach Lahic gefahren. Die Sowjetunion hat hier ein gutes Vermaechtnis hinterlassen, oeffentlicher Transport ist billig (5 Euro fuer die 200km) und der Bus ist gefahren ohne voll zu sein! Sonst ...

History of Nakhchivan
Dec 20, 2005

... parts of Azerbaijan. Since 1917, the Armenians laid claims to Nakhchivan territories. NAKHCHIVAN DURING THE AZERBAIJAN PEOPLE (DEMOCRATIC) REPUBLIC (1918-1920) After the February bourgeois revolution in 1917, the Baku Caucasian ...

Nature of Nakhchivan
Feb 7, 2006

... maximum temperature -+44C (Djulfa); at the same time this is the most higher and lower temperature within the territory of Azerbaijan Republic. Wind middle speed rate 2/4 m a sec. Annual downfalls in Arax plains makes up 200-300mm, in highest mountain ...

Seki
Jun 18, 2008 (49 photos)

Salam, von Lahic ging es mit dem Bus zurueck zum Highway wo ich mit einem LKW nach Seki gefahren bin. Dort bin ich erst um 12:30 eingetroffen, auch wenn es nur 140km waren, der LKW war nicht der schnellste, aber auch nicht der billigste. Seki hat ...

aserite juures
Oct 26, 2006

Lend Riiast Bakuusse oli üks veidramaid minu senises elus, kui hüplemine Chennaist Colombosse välja jätta. Kõigepealt lasti terve trobikond rahvast lennukisse, aeti siis mõne aja pärast jälle välja (hea, et me veel peale ei jõudnud) ja käsutati teise värava juurde. ...

Evaluating the stans
Jun 16, 2008 (1 photos)

Salam, hm, bevor ich morgen Baku verlasse hier noch eine Bewertung der *stans. Das Essen war ziemlich enttaeuschend, Schaschlyk, Schaschlyk, Schaschlyk. Wenn es lecker gemacht waere waere es ja ok, aber es ist auch ziemlich ungewuerzt. Ich hatte ...

Baku
Nov 6, 2008 (5 photos)

... the lounge where they offer me a cold beer while waiting for my visa. After 45 minutes I finally get my passport back and enter Azerbaijan for the first time. A taxi driver drives me to the hotel, and I was kind of relieved when I arrived. The ...

Ferry From Hell, Part II
Jun 15, 2008 (28 photos)

Salam, ich war also um 19:00 gluecklich auf der Faehre, auf die sich kein TUEV Pruefer drauf gewagt haette. Die Kabine war auch nicht besonders schoen, keine Kreuzfahrtqualitaet. Und ich durfte sie mit einem anderen Deutschen teilen, obwohl wir die ...

I fell in
Oct 8, 2006

Fun couple of days. The first day we visited a Zoroastrian fire temple, where worshippers would travel from all over Central Asia to see the rocks that burnt all day and night. This occurred as the natural gas escaping from the vast underground reserves ...

Fire Tempel
Jun 15, 2008 (10 photos)

Salam, mein heutiger Ausflug hat mich auf die Absheron Halbinsel gefuehrt, wo es in Surakhani einen Zoroastrischen Feuertempel gibt. Dies ist neben Yadz, Iran, der einzige Feuertempel ausserhalb Indiens. Er existiert hier schon sehr lange, da hier ...

azerbaijan is a twisted place
Jul 2, 2009

We foolishly wasted the morning playing birthday, but then we weren't to know that it would take 7 hours to get through the Azeri border. It was certainly an adventure.  Despite being the main entry point from Georgia, the border was a run down ...

Baku
Jul 25, 2008

McDonalds and Mexx

Bakuu-Astara
Oct 27, 2006 (4 photos)

Mingil hetkel saavad uudishimu ja pea kohalt kostev laulja unest võitu ja venitan silmad lahti. Avanev pilt on veider. Taamal mäed, muidu ääretu mudaväli. Iga natukese aja tagant pisikesed valged putkad, kirjaga "traktor" või "Kamaz". Muust asustusest mitte ...

My last stop before the end
Sep 11, 2006 (10 photos)

I was very sad to leave my beloved Iran, but in a way it is good to see women wearing `normal` clothes again and feel a bit closer to Europe. It was funny to find myself surprised by seeing women displaying their looks and wearing sexy clothes! It is ...

Culture and Art in Nakhchivan
Feb 7, 2006

... Painting Gallery. Since 1982 it has been starting its activity. Here it is being guarded professional works belonged to Azerbaijan prominent painters and being exhibited. Such painters' works as dyeing, graphic, thematic table, portrait and other work in ...

Baku, Azerbaijan
Aug 19, 2008 (21 photos)

Hi all (Salem!) Arrived in Azerbaijan....been an amazing experience, see my blog entry below, however unfortunately we are still here...yes we supposed to have left on the ferry yesterday from Baku to Turkmenbasi in Turkmenistan....and were at ...

Azerbaijan
Oct 7, 2006

Everyone with a blue passport (the Aussies, Kiwis and Americans) have to head off to the Georgian embassy to get a visa for the next country, but fortunately the Brits don't have to so I get to spend the day wandering around town. Baku is a British (BP) ...

Monuments of Nakhchivan
Feb 7, 2006 (5 photos)

... . The researches prove that Gulustan Karvansara is the most beautiful and largest railway caravanserai among others in Azerbaijan. NAKHCHIVAN JUMA MOSQUE - this monument belongs to Middle Ages as well, and it was also constructed ...

Astara - border town
Apr 15, 2006 (5 photos)

... guess I am very glad to leave noisy and expensive Baku behind! The train left Baku at 8:30 and arrived at the southern tip of Azerbaijan at 15:30. The journey was nice and peaceful. I am still getting used to my new life as a traveller but it is quite ...

Finally the long planned trip started
Apr 12, 2006 (21 photos)

... first entry for my long awaited adventure. My first experience in Baku might be considered a signal for what awaited me in Azerbaijan. One of the officers working in the airport asked for bribery in order to speed up my visa application. I pretended not ...