Leigh in Azerbaijan

Life here is fundamentally different than back home with the attitude to animals.  Wild cats and dogs roam the city but very few keep them as pets. They are always thin and sickly. On the road to school there are several packs of dogs that are seen on the bus each morning, some limping, all [...]

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“Two hand grenades exploded at a mosque in Baku on Sunday, killing three and injuring 10 others. The mosque serves, predominantly, followers of Wahhabism.” – AzerNews.az
We are reassured that there is no threat to ex-pats living in Baku, but this doesn’t make you feel comfortable. There was a briefing that came from the BP office [...]

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The weekend is over and Sally, Chee Wan, Lisa and I have started planning the trip to Iran in the October break.  One slightly worrying thing is that on Late Night Live in June one specialist said, when asked about Israel’s potential for unilaterally bombing Iran, that the month before George W’s rule comes to [...]

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Due to a request for images of ordinary things in Baku, you are about to be deluged.

Just a view close to home on the way to school this morning.

Further up the road by 100m.

Does that name ring a bell?

Some language seems to be universal.

imperialismə yox – imperialism no
These last two were taken as I passed [...]

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In need of supplies I took my camera on the 30 min walk to the supermarket and this is some of what I saw.

Newly renovated park.
I’ve shown other photos from this park close to my apartment.  It’s luxurious isn’t it?  Government buildings are to the left of the photo, which well may be the reason [...]

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