*** My previous blog post with lots of photos about our trip here.***

Between September 12-19, 2016 we spent a week in Azerbaijan. It was on my must-see list for some time, but for a period of time WizzAir has stopped flying to the country’s capital city. Fortunately, a since the beginning of this year they have re-launched the Budapest-Baku route. Initially we wanted to travel to Iran, but because of the failed military coup, we thought it’s safer not to travel through Istanbul.

So, Azerbaijan stepped forward on the list, which also includes Russia, Canada and as many –istan states as possible. In the next 10 years, of course… 🙂

We can mainly travel if there’s no visa requirement or we can get it for free upon arrival. Also, if there’s no low-cost airline flying there, that country is off-limits for our low-cost way of traveling. Moreover, we sleep in tents (see Iceland) or are use CouchSurfing to have free accommodation. Food? We never spare many on this, but we always try to eat local food, where the local people have their meals. This was valid from Morocco to Jordan.

Costs per person:

1. Return airline ticket: 130 euros
2. Visa: 62,5 euros (with an Azeri travel agency)
3. Cluj/Kolozsvár/Klausenburg-Budapest return gasoline cost: 13 euros (we shared our ride on Bla-bla car)
4. Metro and airport bus tickets in Budapest and other costs: 10 euros
5. Car rental and gasoline in Azerbaijan (4 days, 1000 kilometers): 42 euros
6. Food, transportation, entrance fees to museums, accommodation castles and other expenses in Azerbaijan: 80 euros

Grand total: 337,5 euros (Thanks to my foreign sponsors!)

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Please click on the first photo:

Siesta

Father and son everywhere…

In the mosque

They don’t throw bread away. The garbage collectors will…

On our way back from the mud volcanoes: Murat also showed us cows eating from a smoking garbage dump

Azeri girl

Door to eternity

Father and son everywhere

Beauty

Everybody together

Tough girls

Music? ON!

Love

The “water” from the sewage system on the road. With some help…

Entrance

Neighborhood

No windows

Cars matching the surroundings

Luxury

Closed

Playing

Shrek also helps

Sports competition

Here?

We didn’t see it in Geneva, we saw it in Baku

Deluxe

Together

Rahat?

Road works

Going to school

Not a Dacia?

Love