Premier Hotel 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 ...

... This pool has a floating solar cell array, and possibly some sort of instrumentation. In the interests of safety of the tourists, Jim and Dan investigate too closely, Dan ending up with a black and sticky foot and thong. Jerri calls the shots on tea- browned onions with garlic, browned cabanossi pieces, boiled then browned potato pieces, then all thrown in together. Came out pretty well, but only enough for one serve, portioned by ...

Salam, zwei Tage in Baku (mit Ausfluegen) haben gereicht, es gibt hier zum Glueck nicht viele Museen (ok, es gibt ein paar, aber recht uninteressante). Baku wurde im 9 Jahrhundert gegruendet und wurde im 12 Jahrhundert Hauptstadt Azerbaidschans. In 1872 wurde Oel kommerziel gefoerdert und Baku wurde eine Boomstadt, als die Kommunisten die Macht uebernahmen haben sie aber lieber in Sibirien Oel gefoerdert (und auf der Abscheron Halbinsel die ...

... what I did and pretty much exactly what happened. Top marks to them for aftersales service. I'd paid a premium price for all my equipment and now, for once, I was getting value for money. Over the phone I explained my problem of continually snapping spokes too. A design fault, the spokes pointing towards the centre of the wheel, needed to be bent outwards to meet the large diameter flange, causing excessive stress at the threaded (wheel) end. So asked for the new hub to ...

... Again we were over the moon, local beer and Western food were a great combination We walked back to our hotel along the shoreline of the Caspian, known as the Boulevard. It was a warm night and there were thousands of people out and about. There were piers, cafes, bars, fairground rides and games and buskers out. The locals all seemed happy and for the first time on this trip I saw locals displaying public displays of affection. Azeris certainly seem happy.

... Planning for the Armenia , Georgia , Azerbaijan triangle trip starts here! What happens now, then?   We go to Iceland for a music festival next week, which we might tell you about if it is interesting.   And next month we leave London to live in Leeds on a canal boat.   Mr R will still be working for The Man, whilst Mrs R is regressing back into academia to do a PhD in wind ...

... airport. The airport was new, big and clean. An obvious new construction built to attract foreign oil companies. I passed through the chaotic mass of politics to finally reach the customs desk. "Hello, umm, before you stamp" I said handing him my passport. "I only have 2 blank pages left, can you please stamp here?" I said pointing to the page with the Azeri visa on it. He laughed and nudged his neighboring customs official "5$" "Your kidding, common, I don't have 5 dollars" I ...