Balion Hotel Baku
12 Tarlan Aliyerbeyov Baku, Azerbaijan
Travel Blogs Nearby
Aïe Aïe Aïe Aïe AÎe… Tovaritch…
... et vas-y que je te construis des autoroutes pour desservir le moindre village, et allez-hop que je te fais une salle de concert pour 500 000 personnes pasque j'ai gagné l'Eurovision en 2011, et tiens que voilà un nouveau musée du tapis en toute simplicité et en forme de tapis enroulé marbre et or pasque j'ai vendu 60 millions de barils au Vénézuéla, et tiens que voilà un Hilton qui pousse tout seul au centre ville, et zou que je te fais un avtovagzal en forme de Titanic ...
An all-day Customs saga
... somewhere, they send us to the cashier, she sends us to the cash office where we pay the fine. 20 Manet. About £15. Back to smuggling and guns, he issues another receipt, and we are off! Success! If we'd paid everyone we saw 50 kopeck, then it would have cost us MUCH more. But at least they all have jobs.
So we go off to join Dave Kavanagh and collegues for a few drinks. And a few more. Great bunch of guys, in a bar devoted to ex-pats. Eventually we ...
First day of no travelling
... more space and cheaper. Only downside is, there's no wifi, so blog posts may become intermittant again! Emin also is sorting the customs problem we have. Although the visas we have are for a full 30 days, the car papers say it has to be out of the country within 3 days, which expires today. Emin's contact told him what we need to do in the way of paperwork, and that the customs office isnt open weekends, so he'll help us on Monday with ...
My first few days
... Speaks Russian) and he is from Uzbekistan. I was shown around the city by two fellow interns both local Azeris. It was great – Except the locals stare; a lot, it’s almost like their eyes are asking what i want with their country.
On night two, we took a 4 hour journey north to Nabran, where I am right now. The Summer school resort has about 20 cottages (4-6 people in each), only two of them for students and pupils, maximum 10 pupils! The beach ...
Caspian Sea!
... however we managed to find the 'chef' and communicate to him that we would like some food. The only thing he seemed to be able to describe was deep fried chicken and chips, which by the third night got a little old. Eventually after 3 nights and 4 days at sea we docked at Aktau harbour. Relieved to finally be on dry land, us and our 7 fellow passengers slowly made our way through customs and into ...
This small hotel was formerly known as: Hotel Balion



