Montag, 12. Oktober 2009

8. Baku - Qobustan

11.10.2009

Oil-industry devastated landscape near Baku:




Baku is nice, clean and quite modern:












Old town of Baku:












12.10.2009

Excursion to Qobustan (south of Baku):






~12000 years old petroglyphs (stone engravings) at the Qobustan Petroglyph Reserve:


Caspian sea in the background:






Qobustan mud volcanoes:

Videos of the spectacle:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FG_8iDlgo5U
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bvolVgKF40











Back to Baku:




Baku train station:


Then: Overnight trip to Astara by train for just ~2-3 Euro (platskartnyj waggon)


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