| Page Views: 38,534 Last Visit to Azerbaijan: September, 2001 | Azerbaijan by grets - last update: Jul 23, 2004 |
That's what the girls at work asked when I said I was going to Azerbaijan. In fact most of them were unable to pronounce it, let alone place it on a map. Only those over a certain age, remember the less than peaceful split from USSR had some idea of the wherabouts of this country. It also featured in one of the James Bond films!. |
|  | We travelled independently, having pre-arranged everything from home. The flight was on Azerbaijan Air via Istanbul, where all other westerners got off. A handful of locals (and us) remained on the flight and we caused a little interest as in why we wanted to visit Azerbaijan. |
| | The company we travelled with, Facts Travel, were excellent from start to finish - with our travel documents we even received a few notes of the currency to help us over the first couple of hours! The guide spoke excellent English and was so proud to be showing off her country! |
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| Pros: | "Lots of interest and unusual sights" | | Cons: | "Still a difficult destination" | | In A Nutshell: | "A very different place to visit" |
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Markbek Fri Feb 13, 2009 17:02 UTC
Apparently Absheron Hotel is currently being demolished (February 2009) | ruffen Sat Apr 14, 2007 23:59 UTC
I do remember the Clangers! Lucky for me that there are no soup dragon at Firuz as I was vettskremt by the dragon :o) Your page make me want to go there more. | JohnniOmani Wed Apr 11, 2007 23:31 UTC
Do you do these destinations without tour groups? Do you get a chance to meet the locals and 'experience' a place rather than being rushed through? I wonder about most . . . good luck | ellielou Sat Nov 11, 2006 01:27 UTC
I somehow end up at your pages all the time...you seem to be almost everywhere I'm thinking of! Am very serious about Azerbaijan for my Next Big Trip..... |
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