Leigh in Azerbaijan

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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So many great people to catch up with! There’s no students back yet, just plenty of meetings and classroom organisation.

Introductions and getting-to-know-you up at the Early Learning Centre. The design of the building is a little like the Aussie ABC sign with break-out rooms coming from each of the three spaces.  Very creative!  You can [...]

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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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I arrived in Dubai around 2am and was lucky enough to find a stretcher in the “Quiet Lounge” where I guess I slept for two hours. That probably meant I had around 8 hours sleep over the previous 24 hours – my body didn’t quite believe it however.

This is a crap photo but it shows [...]

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After all this time here’s some current data on The International School of Azerbaijan where I teach.

The school is organised into three sections:

The Baku Toddler Club (Age 2) – 35 children
The Primary School (ages 3-10) – 350 students
Secondary School (ages 11-18) – 200 students

Over 48 nationalities are represented in the total enrollment.
TISA has 63 full [...]

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