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Travel Blogs from Baku
Funicular
They have a funicular to get you up/down the hillside.
However, I showed up on lunch break. Being adventurous, I climbed my way to the top. Stupid me. 3/4's of the way I ran into construction - I found a way around but I should have waited.
Interesting cemetery at the top (see next entry).
I did take the funicular back down.
Almost got caught taking a photo of the UN Building (see that guard?)
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Welcome to Azerbaijan
... because of our late arrival, we were able to get close enough and were let through the track and to the hotel, rather than having to take the long detour we would have had to take if we had arrived earlier. Staff from the Park Inn Hotel. We were happy to get to our room and get some sleep.
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Still In Asia Or Is This Europe?
... would have automatically disqualified us from entering the country. Not finding any tell-tale stamps, our passports were duly stamped for entry and we were welcomed in. As we exited the airport, we were expecting to take a martshrutka (minibus) to the nearest metro station, so we could make it all the way on public transport. Websites about visiting Azerbaijan warn their readers about taxi drivers at the airport who would insist that there were ...
Amazing Azerbaijan!
29th May to 1st June
We were at the Azerbaijan border quite early to be met by a long queue of traffic. Obviously they must shut the border during the night.
Above the road on the Georgian side there was a sign that said, "Azerbaijan - Good luck!"
We were called to the front and then had to go to passport control. The whole process took just over an hour so as far as border crossing's go, this was pretty smooth.
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Bubble and Burb
... as we found a spot with some mud volcanoes after all. It was an oil field of sorts, with dried and caked up mud flats making our bush camp, we pitched tents and those not in the cook group wandered off to find the bubbling mud. Ryan returned with mud caked feet; the kind of mud that just doesn't wash off easily with some water, it just gets more mucky and messy. I was on cook group so busied myself with chopping the heaps of onions then mixing ...
Location
Other places to stay in Baku
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Park Inn by Radisson Azerbaijan Baku Hotel
Azadlig Avenue 1 , Baku | 4 star hotelfrom $212 -
AF Hotel-Aqua Park
Novkhani settl, Baku | 4 star hotelfrom $76 -
Sheraton Baku Airport Hotel
Heydar Aliyev International Airport, Baku | 5 star hotelfrom $160 -
Hyatt Regency Baku
Bakikhanov Street, Baku | 5 star hotelfrom $255 -
Park Hyatt Baku
1033 Izmir Street, Baku | 5 star hotelfrom $323 -
Ramada Baku
Salyan Hwy Shikhov Beach , Baku | 4 star hotelfrom $150 -
Best Eastern Absheron
674 Azadlyg avenue, Baku | Hotelfrom $50 -
Grand Hotel Europe
1025/30 Tbilisi avenue, Baku | Hotelfrom $183 -
Palace Hotel Baku
39 Khatai Ave, Baku | Hotelfrom $138 -
12Inn Bulvar
27, U. Hajibeyov, Baku | Hotelfrom $224 -
Excelsior Hotel Baku
2 Heydar Aliyev Avenue, Baku | 5 star hotelfrom $203 -
Radisson Blu Plaza Hotel, Baku
69 Nizami Street, Baku | 3 star hotel -
The Crown Hotel
7, Neftchi Gurban Abbasov str., Baku | 5 star hotelfrom $183 -
Ambassador Hotel Baku
934, Samad Vurgun Str, Baku | Hotelfrom $94 -
Azcot Hotel
Husi Hajiyev Str.7, Lane 1, Baku | 4 star hotelfrom $141 -
Empire Hotel
49 Khaqani Str, Baku | 3 star hotelfrom $120 -
Premier Hotel
28, Shamsi Rahimov Street, Baku | 4 star hotelfrom $92 -
Hotel Ambiance
52 A Salamzade St, Baku | Hotelfrom $89 -
Hotel Hale Kai
18 Mirza Ibrahimov Street, Baku | Hotelfrom $105 -
Austin Hotel Baku
Nizami str. 58, Baku | 4 star hotelfrom $176 -
The Boutique Palace Hotel
9 Aziz Aliyev Street, Baku | 5 star hotelfrom $203 -
Sultan Inn Boutique Hotel
20 Boyuk Gala-Old City, Baku | 5 star hotelfrom $177 -
Atropat Hotel
11-13-79 Magomayev street, Baku | 5 star hotelfrom $186 -
Best Eastern Hotel Crescent Beach
Salyan highway, Shikhov, Baku | Hotelfrom $191 -
Old City Inn
16 Kichik Gala, Dalan 10, Baku | Hotelfrom $89 -
Serin Hotel
Babek 76, Baku | Hotel
