Park Inn Baku
1 Azadlig Ave Baku, AZ 1000, Azerbaijan
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Evrovision, here we come!
... one, but we did manage to find our train and our compartment, which we luckily only had to share with one non-fat, non-stinking, non-snoring, non-old Georgian guy. The train had aircon, too, though it only functioned when we were moving. And the train did not move a lot during the four hours before sunset..
Mostly, we were held up at the two borders, which were not as adventurous as we'd hoped. The Azeri customs censors did not even look ...
Day 3 of immobility
... from place to place very graciously by private driver in large SUV's.Having climbed out of Stanley 3 days ago it is very unsettling.
So 3 days in and we are meeting a number of ex-patriates who are truly world people.They have worked everywhere and live wherever they are ,not where they have come from.Most have local family partners and children.Suddenly I hear European voices everywhere.So are we here or are we all somewhere else? Had spare set ...
To a litle bit better world
... this assertion is more about the power of hope than it is about geography. Europe - as a word - is imbued with connotations of wealth, development, modernization and progress. Asia, to most Georgians that we talked to, seems to be equated with a sense of backward thinking and underdevelopment. It's almost as if there is this naive belief that if the world thinks of Georgia as Europe, it magically opens the door to democracy and development. Our guide in Georgia asked us "Don't ...
What can oil do?
... and spinach), we leaned back on the tapchan, in our private stone archway, and listened to traditional Azeri music, the strains of the kamanche mixing with the rustling of the breeze through the trees in this outdoor courtyard. As we started into a large pot of tea, the music stopped - just in time for the wonderfully comforting sound of the call to prayer. I am not Muslim, but after almost three weeks in Armenia and Georgia, it felt strangely familiar and reassuring to ...
Km 5534, Baku
... ist. Sie reist alleine per Autostop und Bus und uebernachtet in den wildesten Orten wie Bahnhoefen, in Gaerten und wild im Zelt. Super Sache, und das als Frau!! Ebenfalls war auch noch die Ehefrau von Präsident Michail Sarkaschwili zu besuch im Park. Sie verweilte jedoch im noblen Parkhotel. Trotzdem waren unsere beiden Schlafplätze nur etwa 30 Meter auseinander!
Anschliessend gings weiter nach Azerbaidschan. Irgendwie schade. Georgien ...



