Azerbaijan - New and Old

Azerbaijan - the home of the oil and gas industry. We have just completed a two week trip through the Caucasus - Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan (see map). Three very interesting and very different countries. In Azerbaijan there was a fascinating mix of the new (funded by the oil revenues) and the old. Unfortunately we could not travel by road from Georgia, to flew to the capital Baku and based ourselves there. The modern city boasts some fabulous architecture, whilst the.