Azerbaijan: Fire Temples and Caravansarays
A collection of Baku reviews written by member HobWahid

Azerbaijan: Fire Temples and Caravansarays
Baku: An ancient city-cum-oil boomtown that is the chicest town in the Caucusus. A refurbished old city and cool breezes of the Caspian give Baku a unique flair.Sheki: A Khan's pal... Read More
Written by HobWahid on November 12, 2005

Velotrek Oteli
“There’s no hotel at the Velotrek!”That’s the cry you will inevitable hear from every cabbie in Baku when you tell them where your hotel is, after which the... Read More
Rated by HobWahid on November 16, 2005

The Petroglyphs of Qobustan
A short 30-minute marshrutka (minibus) ride to the west of Baku lies the open-air museum of Qobustan, home to 12,000-year-old petroglyphs. It’s one of Azerbaijan’s easi... Read More
Rated by HobWahid on November 11, 2005

Border and Visa Troubles
It was a Friday, and I was standing outside the Azerbaijani Embassy in Tbilisi. I wanted to get into Azerbaijan as soon as possible, but the guard on the outside insisted that the... Read More
Written by HobWahid on November 16, 2005

Corruption: A State Policy
“Did you ever see that James Bond movie with Baku in it?” My new Azeri friend asked, referring to 1999’s The World Is Not Enough, which was filmed in Baku. &ldquo... Read More
Written by HobWahid on November 11, 2005

Sheki: A Night in a Caravansaray
As I found out, winter is not prime tourist season for Azerbaijan. While Baku maintains a relative warmth, the rest of the country, especially as you head north towards the Caucusu... Read More
Written by HobWahid on November 16, 2005

The Fire Temples of Absheron
The landscape of the Absheron Peninsula, surrounding Baku, is enough to make even George Bush think twice about the environmental disaster that drilling for oil can be. The peninsu... Read More
Written by HobWahid on November 11, 2005

Baku: Pearl of the Caspian
For whatever reason, the Caspian Sea always conjured up images of a dark, cold, unforgiving sea full of rusty oil tankers and biting winds. Perhaps it was the product of a Cold War... Read More
Written by HobWahid on November 16, 2005

The Scars of War
I rolled into the Baku train station early in the morning after 14 hours on a rickety Soviet-era train from Tbilisi in neighboring Georgia. I had barely slept, was groggy, and stil... Read More
Written by HobWahid on November 16, 2005