Caspian Hotel Baku

... nbsp;                      Baku-Caspian Sea             We receive a note under our door ...

... lunch I go to old city to visit the maiden tower and Shirvanshah's Palace. After that another walk on the shore of the Caspian sea, from where you can see the abandoned oil platforms. I call a taxi, have to negotiate with the driver about the ...

... update you on the mud volcanos and Zoroastrian fire temple at the moment as we have to race to catch our boat across the Caspian to the weird and wonderful world of Turkmenistan. We expect to be followed by the secret police and have all our hotel rooms ...

... for me.   Another 3 days hard slog got me across the flat boring plans until I hit the Caspian sea, where I turned north to reach Baku. I checked into Hotel Araz and got a single room for US$17.40 /night. A bit steep but its an expensive city, ...

... bitter night cold.  I awoke at sunrise on the Kazakh steppes, covered in a little snow, as we decended to below sea level, the Caspian Sea at Aktau, where for a change, the weather was balmy. Here I managed to cash a traveler's check, with just enough ...

... open and b) to get through it in about five minutes. Thankfully our local guide was there to meet the eight of us and take us to the hotel. Baku is the Azeri capital and due to its huge oil and gas is home to many expats. This makes it modern and quite ...

... their stuff – literally everyone, young & old alike. We decided to head to the beach to dip our toes in the Caspian Sea; we were somewhat sceptical as to the cleanliness of the beach & sea, bearing in mind the amount of oil rigs and ...

... imaginative sky scrapers, and the well-watered Bulvar (boulevard). It's a pity that that same oil is also forming a nice film on the Caspian Sea.. Despite the 40 degrees, we did a short tour around the newer city, then found the old city, where we did ...

... so they would not bother me so much. Baku is a nice city, with lots of beautiful buildings and a nice promenade by the Caspian Sea. It is very messy and badly kept though and the traffic...!!! Azeris seem to have discovered technology and cars yesterday! ...

... to find a new hotel. ... Azerbaijan was a lovely country but staying in the old ferry to Turkmenistan which was now a raunchy hotel on the Caspian would make for the worse night of my travels, read on! -- Azerbaijan Assault It was 11pm when the ...

... day was one of the shipmates carefully disgarding about 3 wheely bins full of trash overboard into the clear blue waters of the caspian sea.  nice one..... but what can i say. me, who hails from the only affluent and developed country in the ...

Hello! Right, last time I spoke to you I was in Baku hoping to catch a ship across the caspian sea to Kazbakhstan....well the next day tim went down to the port at 8am, they said tickets would be on sale at 9am, it then moved to 12pm, then 4pm!!!! We ...

... we have been up all night or have had broken sleep, at last we are on the ship and have sailed leaving Baku in our wake. The crossing of the Caspian Sea will take us to Turkmenistan. En route the only other ship we pass during our cruise is another ferry ...

... in Turkmenistan Wednesday 18th June                Caspian Sea - Turkmenbashi (Turkmenistan) The seas are pretty calm overnight, and up the bow where we are, it is quiet, as we ...

... , with possibly a photo of the very bay by which we were bogged.   We see a lot of sand between here and the Caspian, which we cross somewhere south of  Turkmenbashi, and also Baku, with photos of the coastlines. Later we pass to the north of ...

... a van, we could have driven around the cities more.  A good example of this would have been Baku, where we could have visited more places on the Caspian, which were a few kms out of town. ...

... camp site- didn't manage both bottles but had a bloody good try. 2/. Turkmenbashi and waiting for the ferry across the Caspian sea. Spent better night. - Toilets were the most foul I'ver ever experienced and after travelling India last year I've had my ...

... of my journey from Baku, Down to Bandar Abbas, ive been heading as far South as i have East, initially fleeying that cold Caspian weather. Coming down out of the mountains from Shiraz and arriving on the Persian Gulf changed all that. Its 28 celcius, was ...

... presence, but it was possible to get to the water via a path near the train station.  The little spot by the Caspian had a couple of picnic tables shaded by grass overhangs and a guy selling drinks.  I didn't stay, although I probably ...