ODD RUSSIA

Once we Maxim visited the shores of Lake Issyk-Kul, we came back to Bishkek. We spent another night in Jannat, collected bags and boarded a bus to Tashkent. The trip to Tashkent was hard. At night in our broken window threw a stone (it is a local entertainment) because of inter-state showdown, we had to go to Kazakhstan to get to Uzbekistan (which means that 15 hours we had to walk 3 boundaries); bus threw us somewhere the steppe and we caught the car to the Uzbek border, the border guards tried to take away from Max's money, to Tashkent, we went to another taxi. In general, there is nothing good in public disputes with its neighbors. In Tashkent, we spent three days grave. As soon as we entered the land of the capital of Uzbekistan, Maxim came down with fever, dizziness, pain and delirium. In general, my comrade seized intestinal flu, so the city we could not see. All the time I took care of one another; some of his cured and placed her on a plane to Moscow. I myself spent almost all his money and bought a plane ticket to Baku. Our plans have changed - the central point of the whole trip were the Uzbek city of Samarkand, Khiva and Bukhara. But the journey always consists of expectations and failures, and can not stop. So I decided to go on, now all alone.



Three days was in Baku. In the evening the first day I suddenly was struck by the idea, which so far seems to be completely idiotic. I suddenly remembered that Baku - the capital of Azerbaijan, while Azerbaijan is a member of the CIS.
I, frankly, still do not really believe that those three days were held on the territory of CIS. At first I thought that the Alma-Ata - rich southern city. Now I know that the Alma-Ata, near Baku - a relative, who leads neshibko profitable, but steady business. If I suddenly came to the streets of central Baku and did not know that it is Baku, I would say that this must be Paris, Milan can be. In general, far from our territories. No, unfortunately, absolutely no words to describe how good the city of Winds.


Here are some of the entries that I could do in your phone. Perhaps they are somehow able to clarify the situation to be more informative.
"At the Airport named after Heydar Aliyev - a big oil company advertising"


"In Azerbaijan, points-system license. If you rack up 10 points, then Teb take away a driver's license. Assessed in violation points removed from the accounts of exactly one year later. To return to the right, we must again undergo training and pass an exam. In a year. This however, does not alter the fact that in Baku drive badly, fast and scary "

"Crisis. And Baku does not matter: soon discover great boutiques Dior, Ferre, Versace, Kenzo, Yves Laurent Sav "

"Some words are similar to the Azeri Russian counterpart, but the impression that they translit. Balansirovka. Kafe-Klub. Kredit. Mebel. Bazar. Laminat. Elektromarket. Magnit"


"El dolma with the workers in the dining room at the construction site of residential complex Sweet Home"



"Baku-empty beach. Far away in the Caspian Sea are neftevyshki. Naked Azerbaijanis being removed from the bottom of the sea and large stones somewhere to take away their fun. Others are buried in the dirty sand and bad sleep"



"Moscow so visitors get acquainted with girls (- Devushka, how are you?" Can you ask for?), Because they quite sincerely think that the way things should be acquainted. In Baku it all done. However, the result is the same as in Moscow - no "


I liked in Baku.