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Azerbaijan - a nation with a Turkic and majority-Muslim population - regained its independence after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. Despite a 1994 cease-fire, Azerbaijan has yet to resolve its conflict with Armenia over the Azerbaijani Nagorno-Karabakh enclave (largely Armenian populated). Azerbaijan has lost 16% of its territory and must support some 571,000 internally displaced persons as a result of the conflict. Corruption is ubiquitous and the promise of widespread wealth from Azerbaijan's undeveloped petroleum resources remains largely unfulfilled. To be updated

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By Dr Jon
July 31st 2006

Graves, Ghosts, War, UXOs, and more Churches Asia » Azerbaijan » Nagorno-Karabakh

tombstone

Laying on my cot late at night, unable to sleep, listening to the eerie whaling of a far away dog, I realized it was death I felt around me, emptiness and death. There are thirty thousand ghosts in Nagorno-Karabakh. Everyone has lost sons. In a graveyard I saw a tombstone etched with a picture of a boy holding a machine gun and the dates 1969 -1993. There were hundreds more like it. From '89 to '93 residents of Stepanakert lived in their cellars while Russian missiles rained down on them from nearby Shushi. After the collapse of the Soviet Union the [View Full Entry]

By Byrkjeland
July 31st 2006

Hoeydepunkter Asia » Azerbaijan

Vi har faatt beskjed om at Inga er trygt hjemme i Norge, og det er godt aa hoere. Jeg trodde vi alle var enige, Inga, om at Heydar er en kjempemann, og aa se hans navn eller hans bilde fra bilsetet er en glede hver gang. I alle fall, turen har naa faatt en ny karakter. Vi er troette, slitne og late. I dag har vi vaert paa stranda og bada, og saa spiste vi en heller daarlig tyrkisk middag. Foer Inga dro av gaarde i natt, klarte vi alle fem aa komme opp med noen av turens mange hoeydepunkter. Paa [View Full Entry]

By Byrkjeland
July 29th 2006

Tilbaku Asia » Azerbaijan

Paa nattoget

Naa er vi tilbake i Baku, eller tilbaku for aa si det litt enklere. Togturen var lang og varm, men vi fikk oss mange nye venner. Foerst maa vi nevne vaar nye amerikanske venn Jay, med det artige etternavnet Wacker, som vi traff i visumkoe paa den aserbajdsjanske ambassaden. Han dukket ogsaa opp i togkupeen vaar. Jay er professor i fysikk ved Stanford University i San Francisco. Ikke smaatteri, med andre ord. I nabokupeen bodde fire veldig store, veldig glade og til tider veldig kaate moldovske sigoeynerdamer. Da den georgiske grensevakten kom, dro de han like gjerne rett inn paa kupeen [View Full Entry]

Liten norsk nordmann og stor moldovsk sigoeyner

By Byrkjeland
July 17th 2006

Back where I belong Asia » Azerbaijan

Saa fornoeyd er Marte med aa komme til Aserbajdsjan

I gaar kveld kom Marte, saa naa er vi alle sammen klare for store eventyr i Aserbajdsjan og Georgia. I dag har vi utforsket den lille byen Qobustan (uttales Gobustan). Der finnes det to severdigheter. Foerst var vi ved en rekke gjoermevulkaner. Det er definivt turens saereste innslag saa langt. Godt ute i oerkenen laa disse gjoermepyttene, som med jevne mellomrom feis gasser saa det sprutet gjoerme paa oss. Jeg holdt nesten paa aa dette ned i en av dem. Egentlig litt synd at det ikke skjedde, for det hadde vaert en god historie... Selveste Thor Heyerdahl har vaert i Qobustan [View Full Entry]

By Byrkjeland
July 16th 2006

Xinaliq Asia » Azerbaijan

Paa stranden

Fire dager har gaatt, og vi har mye aa fortelle og vise dere. Siden sist har vi hatt mye spennende paa tapeten. Paa torsdag moette vi Anne Helene, som jeg har skrevet oppgave med paa Blindern, sammen med fem andre nordmenn og fem aserbajdsjanere. De var alle frivillighetsarbeidere og arrangerte leir paa et barnehjem like utenfor Baku. Her var det rundt 100 barn, alle med fysiske eller psykiske skavanker. Godt barnetekke som vi har, stilte vi opp og var med dem en gang. Are (red. anm. armensk terrorist) brukte formiddagen til aa spille fotball med de store gutta, Hilde maatte gaa [View Full Entry]

Sjaafoeren vaar og jeepen hans, halvveis til Xinaliq

By Byrkjeland
July 12th 2006

Baku i mitt hjerte Asia » Azerbaijan

Turen er i gang, og denne gangen har vi bestemt oss for aa ta alle dere med paa tur gjennom Kaukasus. Vi kom til Baku i gaar kveld. Det var en opplevelse i seg selv. Vi maatte kjoepe visum, noe som ble gjort paa en noe tungvint maate. Men hva annet kan man vente seg, det er da en tidligere Sovjetrepublikk vi kom til. Med visum i passet kunne vi bare gaa gjennom passkontrollen og hente bagasjen. Alle utenom Are. Are er nemlig et armensk navn. Aserbajdsjan er i krig mot Armenia. Aserbajdsjanere liker ikke armenere. Derfor tenkte passkontrolloerene at siden [View Full Entry]

By kptnkrazy
July 12th 2006

Smuggling Azeri Style Asia » Azerbaijan

Independence Day Celebration

Hello all. Sorry it has been such a long time since my last blog. Life here in the T-bizzle has been hectic, but in a good way. First off: you’ll be happy to know that the AmCham-US Embassy Independence Day party I coordinated went very well. The whole event took place at what is known here as “Turtle Lake,” and about 1500 of Tbilisi’s finest attended. I ended up being in charge of Pepsi, Nestle, Borjomi Water, FirstAid, and Security—yeah, I definitely know how to throw a shin-dig. Despite my several heart attacks due to trucks breaking down, ice deliver [View Full Entry]

By JoelStern
June 2nd 2006

Baku Asia » Azerbaijan

Ateshka Fire Temple

Tuesday 23rd May 2006: Joel ''Ah, Baku! How long shall we spend here'' Adam ''Well, we'll get our visas sorted and then see when the ferry goes. Hopefully just a couple of days'' Joel ''Aye, hopefully just a couple of days. I don't think theres that much to see here anyway'' We arrived into Baku in the baking heat. Clear blue skies and a slight mugginess in the air. We had decided to walk to the hotel we had chosen but had gotten our bearings completely wrong and had ended up walking in the wrong direction for a good 20 minutes. [View Full Entry]

By gabe
September 30th 2005

Karabakh Asia » Azerbaijan » Nagorno-Karabakh

Mamik yev Babik (Granny and Gramps)

On my first weekend in Armenia, I was privileged to join a group of students from Yerevan State University on a trip to Karabagh. I am incredibly thankful to Prof. Yeranosyan for allowing me to join him and his students on this fascinating adventure. The following story is based on that trip. By 7:00 am friday morning we were ready to go. Gor and I met Constantine (Cot) and his girlfriend Tanya (Tan) downstairs and split a cab to the University. We arrived first though more students trickled in slowly, as did Yeranosan, the organizer. A school bus and micro bus [View Full Entry]

By hauteboy
July 21st 2005

Zoroastrian Fire temple Asia » Azerbaijan

Baku train station

Overnight train to Tbilisi $26 Since we had been so busy yesterday, we took things slowly this morning. We met an Australian woman staying at our hotel who had recently come from Tbilisi, and she recommended a hotel. After breakfast at the bakery down the street we left our laundry with the lady at the hotel. We only had one other sight we had wanted to see, the Fire Temple in nearby Suraxani. We went by the station again to check on the local train, but weren't able to find one, so we hopped in a cab again. Suraxani is located [View Full Entry]

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