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It's the little things that count
Blog: Joe's Trippin' - 9 October 2009
"You can't see the forest for the trees".
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Hangin' in the Shah's house
Blog: Joe's Trippin' - 24 September 2009
With a few exceptions, Azerbaijan lacks any major architectural wonders from the golden age of the Silk Road.
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Sumqayit - seaside the way nature didn't intend
Blog: Joe's Trippin' - 6 September 2009
In 2007, Mercer, the unofficial consulting firm for the U.N., ranked Baku as the worst city for
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No trick photography - It's really RED!
Blog: Joe's Trippin' - 5 September 2009
No really, that's its colour! No, i didn't take a weekend trip to Mars. For any fans of arid or semi-desert regions, a bright pink lake might not seem that out of place.
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Deflowerin' Baku's Monuments
Blog: Joe's Trippin' - 30 August 2009
Paris has it's Eiffel Tower. In Moscow, St. Basil's Cathedral draws them in. In Rome, it's the Colosseum. Athens, its Acropolis.
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Back to the far East!
Blog: Joe's Trippin' - 18 August 2009
I has taken me nearly 4 years to migrate East from Japan to Azerbaijan. However, last weekend I could not resist the call of the wild east. Taunting me like some dual-toned singing, Tibetan yak-milking snow monkey.
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Say Zaqatala 5X fast.
Blog: Joe's Trippin' - 15 August 2009
Located so close to the Georgian border you can smell the khachpuri, Zaqatala was the first stop on a recent 3 day trip.
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Qax & Ilisu
Blog: Joe's Trippin' - 14 August 2009
Seeing as I was in western Azerbaijan, and with a bit of time on my hands to kill, I opted to check out the village of Qax (said Gakh).
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Kish me, baby!
Blog: Joe's Trippin' - 12 August 2009
Located approximately 5km north of Sheki, and with a population of only 6,244, the tiny village of Kish is a shadow of it's once "mighty" glory.
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Coppersmithing in Lahic
Blog: Joe's Trippin' - 11 May 2009
Azerbaijan isn't exactly a hotbed of tourist attractions. As a matter of fact, it doesn't have any world famous sites (Baku old town in UNESCO though). What it does have is plenty of quaint little mountain villages.
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Naxchivan
Blog: Joe's Trippin' - 4 April 2009
So, you want to get WAY off the beaten track in Azerbaijan? There's no better place to do it than the enclave of Naxchivan.
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Lankaran and the Astara border crossing
Blog: Joe's Trippin' - 1 April 2009
In southern Azerbaijan lies the sleepy town of Lankaran. Although it is the largest city in the south with a population of 80,000, life here is just a little slower.
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Absheron Peninsula day-trippin'
Blog: Joe's Trippin' - 9 March 2009
Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, sits on a jetty of land thrust out into the Caspian Sea. But the Absheron Peninsula is home to much more than just the country's capital. The word Absheron consists of a few parts.
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A night at the Ballet
Blog: Joe's Trippin' - 9 March 2009
Much like the other former Soviet republics, Azerbaijan is proud of it's
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Mud volcanoes of Qobustan
Blog: Joe's Trippin' - 12 January 2009
Located less than an hour south of Azerbaijan's capital of Baku is the town of Qobustan.
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Into the Caucasus
Blog: Joe's Trippin' - 21 December 2008
I've been in my new home of Baku, Azerbaijan for nearly 2 months now. And having arrived by land means that I've seen none of the rest of the country.
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