12inn Burvar Baku
27 U Gadzhibekov str Baku, Azerbaijan
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Aïe Aïe Aïe Aïe AÎe… Tovaritch…
... 8230; Non, franchement,; c'est un univers à part.
Qu'il s'agisse des Djan ou des Stan, j'apprécie toujours, à chaque fois que j'entreprends des programmes touristiques, la régularité avec laquelle on me balance des guides ou chauffeurs
qui soient des ex-KGB. Non, sans rigoler, ces mecs là sont forts en reconversion : ils ont des contacts partout, ils ont déjà interrogé dans le passé la plupart des gens qu'on rencontre, on économise vachement en ...
An all-day Customs saga
... car proves unable to run at 50 - 55 ish.We arrived in Baku with car running something like right and it seems to have deteriorated on its own.
So now our efforts are concentrated on getting car on Friday's "ferry" and tieing up with people in Turkmenistan.I suppose all legs of the journey are critical but I'm consumed with thinking that this next bit is.I could probably just see a way back if we had a trip-threatening condition with contacts made in ...
First day of no travelling
... around sightseeing. First exercise I've had in a long time, so it was good to get the legs moving. Amazing city, there are so many contrasts. Huge building developmets, but low safety standards, old and new, beautiful gardens in the central square, the old city. No idea how many photos I can post, but I really enjoyed my swift trip through the city. I love this place.
Mileage 15.7, probably half of that walking!
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My first few days
... as well as Azeri in Azerbaijan) it got sorted, I was with the 3 others I came with and I met Dominika, a Polish student from Birmingham also who would be teaching here.
This place is probably the most 'holiday’ like place I will see here so I have and will be enjoying the pool and sun when I can before I go back to Baku to teach even more advanced pupils. Oh how this perception changed........
The thing is, before coming me and Dominika ...
Baku
... from the train, a lost and confused figure who seemed to know neither our names nor what we looked like quickly latched onto the fact that we were the only people that looked even vaguely like tourists and move in to greet us. Our first impressions of Baku were mired by a smog that enveloped the whole city, Visibility had been reduced to literally a few metres, reports of Baku as the 3rd dirtiest city in world appeared true it seemed. L explained that the smog was the result ...



