AF Hotel-Aqua Park Baku
Novkhani settl Baku, 0119, Azerbaijan
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Salut à Tous,
Bienvenue sur la péninsule d'Absheron, à Bakou, là où tout change à la vitesse de la lumière, merci au pétrole, et à ses tarifs prohibitifs dans tous nos réservoirs de voitures occidentaux.
Depuis trois ans déjà, l'Azerbaïdjan affiche des taux de croissance proches de l'insolence là où nous autres, vieilles nations européennes, cherchons encore un moyen de faire en sorte que l'augmentation des prix à la pompe ça se voit pas trop. Oui, ...
An all-day Customs saga
... We wait. They promise to call us when the guy returns, so at 3 we go for tea, which is very pleasant, and costs 1 Manet for 3 cups. Last night we paid 6.50 manet for 2 cups of coffee! They do call us! We go and get involved in discusssions, so they write a letter explaining what happened. We have to take it to Head Office to pay the fine.
We drive to Head Office. At least, Abass (sp?) drives us. When we get there, we go to the second floor, and are ...
First day of no travelling
Had a bit of a lie in this morning, no need to push things too early. However the routine of getting going as soon as Martins alarm clock goes, means that I dont enjoy a leisurly lie is as I used to do in the pre Morris days.
Went across to Kurt's office, where we were put in touch with Swift Engineering, and Kurt got his driver in specially to take us to their offices. In a Raddisson hotel complex no less! Why didnt I work for an oil ...
From desert to polar in 2 hours
... Baku in direction of Singapore.... but somebody had played on the airconditioning and we ended up with freezing 10 degrees, I put on my pullover and fleece jacket, Nathalie took her scarf. In the end we managed to get it heated up again to a normal temperature. The rest of the flight was normal. Just funny to be ones own ...
Caspian Sea!
We finally boarded our 'vessel' The Mercuri an old german ship that had somehow found its way onto the Caspian. Not that we weren't grateful for the german engineering considering in 2002 the boat that previously ran this route sank killing all 52 people on board. The lack of lifeboats on the other hand didn't do much to calm any fears either. U escorted us onto the boat and into our cabin where he ...



