A Couple of Days in Baku

Waking up on the park bench outside the Aras hotel at 8am, we start looking for the Thousand Camels hostel. When I eventually arrive in the old town, after a detour of breakfast, I’m twenty metres from the hostel when a guy (Ali) on the street asks me if I’m going to the hostel and says I can stay with him for cheaper.

After agreeing on a price, he invites me into his cafe and pours me some tea, taking me back to his place and offering me breakfast. The view from his balcony is amazing, it overlooks the maiden tower.

 

Maiden tower in Baku Old Town.

Do I look delicious to you?

Om nom nom.

Mosque located near the monument dedicated to the Turkish assistance in the war with Armenia.

Azerbaijan is experiencing some serious growth thanks to the oil money they’re making. With GDP growth at close to 30%, there are construction projects going on everywhere in Baku (and nowhere else in Azerbaijan).

New Museum in Baku, not quite open when I visited. I was kicked out by security after wandering in and looking around.

Another almost finished, not quite yet unveiled building in Baku.

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