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Evrovision, here we come!
Azerbaijan had been the country we'd been most looking forward to. Partly because we decided to go to the Eurovision Songfestival next year, and then the Azeri's won, and we'd already booked the tickets for this summer!
Also, we'd both never been on a sleeper train, so our journey to Baku was an exciting one, much more exciting than those stupid flights we always have to go on!
Customs search
The train station in Tbilisi is not a ...
Day 3 of immobility
... br> Martin's Monday moment:
Bit of an awkward day.feeling even more remote from events and unusual for me not to be able to follow through an engineering need.Just have to trust our new found friends that outcome will be OK.main issue is that our contacts in the oil industry are on the heavyside, and are not precision engineers which is what we need.Pray that the finished product will be the business.part of the surreal aspect of this is that we ...
To a litle bit better world
... pace and money pours in from the USA and elsewhere. It's mindset is open and forward-thinking and it's desire to be counted among the "cool kids" means it will do almost anything to get there. Suggest to a Georgian that Georgia is part of Asia, and you feel as though you've just insulted their mother's cooking or spat on the Georgian flag. Georgia, in the eyes of a Georgian, is (despite what geography may suggest) unequivocally Europe. But probe a bit, and you get a strong ...
What can oil do?
... miles and miles of oil rigs and pumps, and a choking level of smog. Nonetheless, I am a sucker for culture and history, and so pollution set aside, I must admit that I have thoroughly enjoyed walking through this wonderfully planned city that looks very little like Asia and feels very much like Europe...for the most part.
Last night we dined in a caravansaray, and after feasting on plov and chicken with walnut sauce, with salads and qutab (pancakes stuffed with ...
Km 5534, Baku
... gleichnamigen Nationalpark. Eigentlich wollte ich nur eine Nacht in Lagodhekhi bleiben, entschied mich aber schnell um. Die Temperaturen überstiegen die dreissiger Marke bereits und deshalb genioss ich ein kühlendes Bad im Fluss und erkundigte die Natur zu Fuss. Die zwei Nächte verbrachte ich im Zelt neben dem Visitor Center. Einzige weitere Reisende im Park war Ewa aus Polen, welche gerade auf dem Nachhauseweg ist und vor sechs Monaten im Fernen ...



