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Departing Baku this morning we view some of the old Soviet era apartment buildings alongside the highway

The Heydar Aliyev Center is a 619,000 sq ft building complex in Baku, Azerbaijan designed by Iraqi-British architect Zaha Hadid and noted for its distinctive architecture and flowing, curved style that eschews sharp angles.

Reflections of nearby buildings in the Flame Tower buildings.

He was ready to pose for the photo

Check out these pomegranates

We drive through the small town of Zaqatala, Azerbaijan on a way to the boarder of Georgia and Azerbaijan. It is a city in northwest Azerbaijan with a municipal population of 31,300 inhabitants.

One of the most unique buildings in the world Heydar Aliyev Center in Baku

You can see the diameter size of the top of the Maiden Tower

Side entrance for women. The door is shorter and the women had to lower their heads to enter the mosque.to enter.

These are the ruins of the 18th century mausoleums of the Khans of Shemakha .

Azerbaijan National Flag and the Eterenal Flame

The buildings consist of 130 residential apartments over 33 floors, a Fairmont hotel tower that consists of 250 rooms and 61 serviced apartments, and office blocks that provides a net 356,436 square feet of office space..

Interesting parts of the animals

Everyone seems to know everyone in small towns.

Throughout this region, snowy peaks can just be made out through the haze. The emptiness of the road today belies the fact that this is an ancient trade route, a tiny part of the old Silk Road that linked China with Western Europe before an alternative route was discovered by sea.

The Flame Towers illuminated at night with millions of LED lights on the buildings.

This is the largest solar installation I have ever seen anywhere in the world.

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