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Neighborhood Mosque in a neighborhood on the outskirts of town.

We are up early this morning and stop at a local open air market in Sheki, Azerbaijan

Nizami Museum of Azerbaijani Literature, Baku, Azerbaijan

The Monument to Nizami Ganjavi, a medieval Persian poet, is located in Baku in Nizami Square,

Carousel on the Nizami Street area

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.

Everyone seems to know everyone in small towns.

Young food servers waiting to start their shift.

Leaving town to the Georgian border at Lagodekhi a few miles from town as well as by a small airfield. We have enjoyed the hospitality of the locals in Azerbaijan. They have been very friendly as well as helpful.

Unique fountains

Baku Puppet Theater. Puppet Theater was founded in 1931

The Baku Ateshgah, often called the "Fire Temple of Baku", is a castle-like religious temple in Surakhani town a suburb in Baku, Azerbaijan.

This is a castle like Hindu temple and monastery complex. It is now a museum and is no longer used as a place of worship.

Great looking watermelons

View of the countryside outside of Baku. Very rural.

Onto Telavi 45 kilometers, 27 miles to our next evening stop in Georgia.

One of the most unique food carts in the world I have ever seen

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

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.

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