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Evrovision, here we come!
... us anymore. And since 18 months of 'studying English' had not really helped the boys with forming English sentences, our conversations were also quite short.
We did make clear to them that all we wanted to do was listen to the Evrovision song, play some Nard and meet his parents, and so we did! His parents did not turn out to speak any English either, though we thought Aziz had told us they did. But after a short weird look ("what are these ...
An all-day Customs saga
... the tuning of the car, as its been running rough since we last filled up with petrol. He is ably (?) assisited by all the oil company drivers who are keen to assist with help and advice. You know, too much advice become a hindrance sometimes! Having replaced the plugs, checked the timing, checked the plugs again, advanced the timing, sorted the distributor, retared the timing, checked the plugs, we eventually get across that its fine and we need no more ...
Day 2 of no travels
... people in Azerbaijan and half of them live here in Baku.Lots of signs of serious wealth mixed up with traffic conditions,construction techniques and dodgy looking security systems that just do not encourage confidence.All the status blocks are in place but it does not seem to fit easily with the culture of the people.
But you have not asked where our heroes are.Well:
In fact quite the cream of the Muscovite team
Was Ivan Petrovski Skivar
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From desert to polar in 2 hours
Our nice crew that we had from Luxembourg to Baku left the plane and we were left alone on board together with the spare captain who was also a passenger to Singapore. As she is technically a part of the crew, she was lucky enough to get the beds.... we had to sleep on the seats... Not a problem if it were not for the 5 hours we had ...
Bibi Heybat mosque (Baku, Azerbaijan)
... Azerbaijan
was traditionally a Muslim country, the country was open and
tolerant of other religious practices including Judaism and Christianity.
The architectural landscape of Baku soon revealed this religious
diversity. Along with palatial residences, community theaters,
clubs and music halls, a new wave of mosques, churches and synagogues
were built.
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