Azerbaijan - a quick dip
The Why Why Azerbaijan ? Bukhara and Samarkand had been in The Bucket for a long time ; surfed the Net for a group tour that included these two pins. Found one, a tried & tested travel company , but alas , the Uzbek tour was labeled "Sold Out". Scroll down . "Amazing Azerbaijan - 4N-5D "appears. Whats really amazing is , Azerbaijan was Terra Incognita to ignoranta-me then. 'Why would people want to travel to this ex-Stalinist pocket of Central Asia - and where the heck is it actually? Near Mongolia ?".... No idea . Except that F1 Car racing is ritualistically flagged off here . And that the name routinely pops up at the Olympic parades...... But the itinerary casts The Bait : Petroglyphs and Mud Volcanos ! Decided . _______ The Tour Packaged group tours are convenient for lazy travelers . One just has to sacrifice the small luxury of having like-minded company . When traveling with ladies who cannot do without kachoris , theplas and