Tag Archives: Baku

• Catching a ride on a cargo ferry from Baku. Part 1. Trying to get on a boat

  Posted on July 5, 2014 by noflytri in Azerbaijan, Boats, Kazakhstan, Travel tips.

  If anyone is reading this who is looking to take the boat across the Caspian Sea, some of the info here might be useful. I caught one from Baku to Aktau in Kazakhstan, but much of this will apply to the Turkmenbashi run. The info is current as I write it, but it seems evident […]

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• The bright lights of Baku…

  Posted on July 2, 2014 by noflytri in Azerbaijan, First Impressions.

  After spending an extended stay in Tbilisi its fair to say I was looking forward to Baku, and indeed I’d harboured plans to come here at some point for some years even if I never had planned on it being during this trip. But I’ll be upfront. Baku was something of a disapointment. Perhaps some […]

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