Leigh in Azerbaijan

Chris arrived on schedule.  Everything went well, bar the missing suitcase.   We’re told it will arrive in the morning and will be delivered to the apartment.

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There’s been some developments in the classroom.  Michael and I each have one more computer in our rooms!  Life is good!  At least now I can kids working on typing skills or extension maths activities or writing stories in pairs which is much better than one at a time.
I’ve asked about a data projector and [...]

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Tomorrow morning Chris flies in from London and Adelaide after nearly two days of flying.  His trip didn’t really pass through Baku but he’s such a nice character that he’s coming to say hello.  My first guest from back home!  I’ve lined up a trip to Gobustan and to the opera if he’s interested.  One [...]

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Sam went to buy a ticket to the Whirling Dervishes from Konya this week but learnt that the government has bought every ticket for its own people.    Does this seem unethical to you?

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Photos.
Yesterday (Thurs 19th) I went with Chris, Guyani, Adam and Sam to Quba, which is north of Baku by several hours. Afer having passed the sad industrial Russian chemical wasteland of Sumgayit, which had the world highest infant mortality rate for a while, we got to Quba fairly late in the day and [...]

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