Category Archives: TRAVEL Blogs

Day 7 May 3, 2026 Baku Azerbaijan to Tbilisi Georgia Today we flew back to Georgia. We will overnight here as the flight to Germany leaves at 5:00 am. The BOLT service (An UBER wannabe) is scheduled for a 2:00 am pickup. We are starting off with a short night’s sleep in economy seats. BothContinue reading “Azerbaijan 2026”

Day 6 May 2, 2026 Baku Azerbaijan Today’s highlight was very special. We met Ida and her husband Mike (not their Azerbaijani names). Nam from Vietnam set us up. We agreed to meet at a very special restaurant inside a museum. The food was incredible and the conversation stimulating. After lunch we had a guidedContinue reading “Azerbaijan 2026”

Day 5 May 1, 2026 Baku Azerbaijan Today’s big adventure was trying to find a donor cafe. We had seen one across the street from one of the banks. Of course there are a lot of banks in a city this size. Also we drove in and around so many places we easily got confused.Continue reading “Azerbaijan 2026”

Day 4 April 30, 2026 Baku Azerbaijan We are going further from the city today. A huge shopping mall is on the outskirts of town. Anything and everything can be purchased here. We had seen other malls around the city but this one surpassed those all together. Adjacent to that was a large industrial area.Continue reading “Azerbaijan 2026”

Day 3 April 29, 2026 Baku Azerbaijan We have the guide and driver again today. The journey will take us to the Burning Mountain. This is a protected area so their is a fee. As usual foreign visitors pay significantly more than nationals. The site has a small section of flames coming from a thinContinue reading “Azerbaijan 2026”

Day 2 April 28, 2026 Baku Azerbaijan The cook let us in even earlier today. The reception guy says she really likes us. Today she had hard boiled eggs and sunny side up eggs. Most of the rest was very similar. The two ladies showed up shortly afterwards. Today they didn’t take away quite asContinue reading “Azerbaijan 2026”

Day 1 April 27, 2026 Baku Azerbaijan Not the best night sleep. The coverlet was thin and too small for the size of the mattress. Therefore getting up by seven wasn’t too difficult. We wanted to be sure to make breakfast. We got to the breakfast room a few minutes before 8. The cook wasContinue reading “Azerbaijan 2026”