Sunday, April 6, 2014

Azeri 2

Spent today wandering around a bit. Went to a the Fire Temple just outside the capital of Baku, which you can watch a video on here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psSNChdSOoo.
Also went to a separate location where the natural gas is escaping through the ground and has been on fire for 70+ years...photos are below.




There was a wedding happening while we were there....



Ilkin has made a new friend.

Mark is cold.


This guy gave us the tour


Fire on the mountain! Natural gas escapes through the soil here and some 70 years ago, legend has it, a sheepherder threw a cigarette out and it lit the hill on fire. Go figure.







I don't have any information on this one...sorry. Just a lady in front of a shop.

New opposed to old.

Left to Right:  Ilkin (Interpretor), Ruzul (Driver), Mark (electrical), at the Maiden tower in old town.

Nerds

Having tea.

For kicks, here is Ilkin, our interpretor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmbeArolU0w

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