AF Hotel-Aqua Park Baku

... a "Bridge Fee" which was apparently for the privilege of using the loading ramp to get off the damn boat! Monies exchanged, the port officials became all smiles and handshakes and waved us on our way.<br><br>Out into nigh time Baku at about 11.30 in the evening, and it seemed like it was rush-hour in New York, with cars racing each other at stupid speeds through the heavy traffic. At this point, Tim ...

... to stop her sliding off the oily deck into the sea. Fantastic. I have met a Russian lorry driver called Alexander, who has taught me to play Kazio. He thinks the crossing will take 3 days. I hope he's wrong but he has apparently done this journey many times.

... lost on the metro, but eventually got back to the Gordons. They had a few friends over and we spent all evening outside chatting and barbequeing. It was fantastic and we will all be reluctant to leave the land of real food, showers and beds.

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.

... BM X5, une porsche et une 407 coupe (oah le pauvre eh). Bah ici il y a du pétrole. Et le système politique a beau être a peu près le même, on peut estimer que le président Azerbaidjanais (si si, je vais vous apprendre un truc, on dit bien azerbaidjanais, les azeris c'est ceusse de l'ethnie mais qui sont pas dans le pays, un peu comme Israeliens et juifs quoi, mais on dit toujours pas madagascariens en revanche). Oui, le système politique a beau être ...

... a variety of pastries on the way for reasonable prices. The cheaper ones were mainly pastry. Internet not quite as described but found OK. Do half an hour, then walk up through a large park with statues, a new mirror glass office block one end, a concert venue the other. Get into the trendy retail area, with some street stalls. Look for pirate costumes for the boat (we've all been given the name of someone in the group to spend up ...

Salam, ich war also um 19:00 gluecklich auf d** Faehre, auf die sich kein TUEV Pruef** drauf gewagt haette. Die Kabine war auch nicht besond**s schoen, keine Kreuzfahrtqualitaet. Und ich durfte sie mit einem and**en Deutschen teilen, obwohl wir die beiden einzigen Passagi**e waren... US$80 kostete die Fahrt nach Baku. Es tat sich wenig, also haben wir uns schlafen gelegt, Bettwanzen od** Floehe od** so was gab es leid** auch, es juckte doch ein wenig ...

... Azerbajan (the old un-refurbished side). I was to spend 3 (long) nights there. I must be either very attractive or look rich because I was offered sex for money by the women at the `reception` several times. Dodgy, dodgy!! I could not be bothered moving again + invented I was engaged so they would not bother me so much. Baku is a nice city, with lots of beautiful buildings and a nice promenade by the Caspian Sea. It is ...

... by our interest and look forward to hearing from us in future whether we can help or not. I promise myself that I will do what I can when I return to Canada even if it is on a personal level for I have fallen in love. We hang our hammocks in Dara's hut and fall asleep quickly from our exhausting day. In the morning we rise at first light - shortly after 6:00 and are told that the first thing we must do is a vaginal cleanse. This happens every morning by every woman by ...

... walls shook with shouting, raucous laughing and ear pinging high-heals clanking passed on the rusting sheet metal floor outside my door. Drunks occasionally knocked violently on my door and yelled inside demanding I open it before noticing they had stumbled their way to the wrong room. The reception TV blasted Russian pop tunes so loud that I had to check to see if my ear plugs were actually in my ears and hadn't fallen out. By 6am I hadn't managed a precious little 5 minutes ...