Sun Rise Hotel Baku

The relief to enter the harbor at Baku and then to actually dock and not anchor-off as we half expected was fantastic. We could finally get off the boat!<br><br>The actual process of getting off took seemingly hours of course and we were through to the Customs in Baku.<br><br>Fun and games ensued with Pete in particular taking the brunt of the wrath of a couple of 'Jobs-worth' officials with lots of ...

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 nothing but Molly's ...

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 ...

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! Chris and I shared a double bed, but he only hugged me once in his sleep. It was a special moment.

... de baisser. Un grand boulevard tres sovietique a ete amenage pour se promener le long des plateformes petrolieres, mais en gonflant les poumons a bloc on reconnait vaguement une odeur d'iode quand meme. La traversee des champs de petrole pour rejoindre le centre du pays etait quelque chose d'assez indescriptible. Des foreuses et des derricks partout, pire que dans le pire des westerns. Et des flaques de petrole tout le long de la route (ne pas jeter son ...

... interesting because it has a massive, apparently solid buttress on the seaward side, blending smoothly into the circular tower wall. It's now in the 30's, and we're quite hot. We have seen the #20 minibus plying the main road, so decide to take a punt and get one back to the hotel. Find a genuine bus stop, with shelter, and flag down the bus. It stops, and we are welcomed aboard. Looks like you pay on exit. Get out a stop early ...

... dann doch tatsaechlich getan! Um 11:00 ging es los, das Tempo war all**dings nicht so atemb**aubend, 12km/h... Schleichfahrt. Das Me** war recht ruhig, kaum Seegang. Halbes Haehnchen sollte US$15 kosten, also Diaet... Ab** wenigstens konnte ich jetzt meine Cola trinken:-) Am naechsten Morgen, Sonntag Morgen, nach 56h auf See (statt 18h) haben wir doch tatsaechlich im Hafen von Baku angelegt! Die Einreise nach Az**baidjan war ziemlich easy, nicht ...

Hi Everyone in Uk. This is the first entry in our travel blog! Managed to get online in our Apartment so communication is now a lot easier. Where do I start! The first week has been pretty busy and gone very quickly. Emily came with me and that was great as we have explored together. She went back home today and i will ...

... has a Duro tank that catches rain water. The little freak that I am, I have brought plenty of bottled water along to ensure that I am not ill. The day evolves by preparing breakfast, playing with children, greeting everyone again with the formal greeting in the Okanisi langauge and then paddling over to another village a short distance away called Lebi Doti to check in with another Peace Corp volunteer by the name of Nathan. The dynamics in these villages are very ...

... to notice that another fleet of invaders had been munching away through the night. I had bed bugs. Tiny red spots, cluster all over my body. AHHHhhhh! That was it. I'd had it. No sleep, dirty, bitten to shreds and frustrated, I packed and stomped out of my room. I walked passed the Russian squad at the front, brushed off the offers 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 ...