Best Eastern Old City Inn Baku

... br><br>We were stopped at the port entrance by a surly guard and led into another office, this one turned out to be the Ferry Company office, where we were charged another wad of dollars, this time for our transport. It turned out that the $90 we each paid at the other side of the sea was for the passenger and they now wanted another $90 for each bike and $300 for the Landy! Oh, and to add insult, $12 ...

Well, it's taken all day, but we've made it onto the boat. This is one dodgy affair. Happily the few other passengers on this filthy freighter are mostly British, travelling around the world on motorbikes. Everything is filthy, and there is nothing but Molly's ...

Chris didn't feel great, so Damien and I went into town to investigate the ferry, and while we were relieved to discover there was one the next day, we were surprised to find they were after over $600 for the privilege. We got a bit separated ...

We foolishly wasted the morning playing birthday, but then we weren't to know that it would take 7 hours to get through the Azeri border. It was certainly an adventure. Despite being the main entry point from Georgia, the border was a run down disorganised affair, patrolled by heavily armed teenage soldiers. The first of many issues is that apparently, because Molly's steering wheel ...

... honey cheese, and...oh yes cucumber and tomato if you are lucky..Lunch is bread, cheese, ...and cucumber and tomato. Dinner is bread, cheese and some unrecognizable meat. Better not to ask right! Todays cycle was really enjoyable, it was crazy, hot, our tires had tarmac all over them as we got stuck to the roads which were melting. We had an extremely dangerous descent due to the bad road and unfortunately your hands were on the break all the time. Felt sorry for Max whose back ...

... no change, but he will take our US$20 with no change, so have to hunt around for change from the others. Are able to get change in the bank without passports, roughly .82 Manat to the $US. Mill around some more while Paul gets his belt fixed by an old cobbler. Can't find too much in the way of food, so head toward the square, having trouble reconciling the map with the position of the Saki Hotel. See a tea-house in a courtyard ...

... my seatbelt on in his car, as they all drive a crack away from death over here, but Pasch quickly said NO! no! not permitted in Georgia. I think its like wearing a dress. You're not a man if you wear a seatbelt in this country. V sad. At his house I met his ma and pa, who had the table all set for dinner again. We managed to converse a little with the help of frequent phone calls back to Khatuna, our now remote translator. I tried going beer for beer with Pa but this guy ...

... old with loads of sanskrit inscriptions about. unfortunately, so much of the landscape around baku is industrial wasteland, the victim of so many soviet chemical plants and over a century of heavy oil industry i went to get lots and lots of beer to catch up on 5 virtually dry weeks in iran. i like beer. i'm gonna get more beer after this entry. i've been staying with marko whom i met on www ...

... Trepi peal avastame, et üks mundris tegelane on otse meie taga. Üleval suur tühi hämar saal. Tüüp kordab tungivamalt taksopakkumist. Et midagi teha, küsime hinda. Aga palju te tahate maksta? Te olete meie külalised. Azoo... Tahame raudteejaama ja rongiga Astarasse. Tüüp: ei, ma totshno znaju, et rongi ei lähe. Aga helistab kuhugi, ok läheb kell üheksa. Aus värk. "Takso" saabub. Must mersu (?), plafooni pole. Kaupleme hinda, saame 20$ kaubale. Kui oleme ...

... red itchy sores on my body. My body was covered in huge itchy bites and I contorted into a violent scratching frenzy. I stood up to inspect the damage in my cracked mirror to notice that another fleet of invaders had been munching away through the night. I had been assault by bed bugs. Tiny red spots, clustered all over my body. AHHHhhhh! That was it. I'd had it. No sleep, dirty, bitten to shreds and frustrated, I packed and stomped out of my room. I walked passed the Russian ...