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16 photos of the delicious food of Azerbaijan
For some reason, one of the highlights of any trip is trying out the local cuisine. Maybe someplace out there only has mediocre food, but I have yet to be disappointed, and Azerbaijan was no exception....
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13 interesting facts you didn’t know about Azerbaijan
Basically anything could be worth mentioning about Azerbaijan, since nobody seems to know anything about it in the first place. They’re kind of in the middle of nowhere in the minds of many Westerners,...
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Life in the tiny mountain village of Khinalug
This was another major highlight of Azerbaijan: The tiny mountain village of Khinalug (also spelled Xinaliq) is an isolated settlement more or less in the middle of nowhere, surrounded by daunting...
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Cobblestone streets and coppersmiths in Lahic
So along with the tiny mountain village of Khinalug, Lahic is another picturesque town worth going out of your way to visit if you’re ever in Azerbaijan. It’s one of those tiny settlements that looks...
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Visiting the mud volcanoes of Gobustan
So while Baku is busy spending ridiculous amounts of money on prestige projects and racing tracks, Azerbaijan isn’t quite as showy when it comes to some of the lesser-known attractions throughout the...
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The Flame Towers of Baku: Gaudy showpiece, or cultural landmark?
Globalization has brought us many things. Cheap t-shirts. Exotic houseplants. The odd proliferation of yoga studios and trendy sushi joints. But on the downside, it’s also brought a whole lot of...
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A visit to Nakhchivan
The world is getting smaller, they say. Soon everything will look like everything else. Everyone’s going to speak English, go to Starbucks, and drink at the Irish pub. Wherever you go, people are jaded...
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Old town Baku, in photos
I don’t have a whole lot to say here. This is basically just going to be a photo dump, because these photos are mostly going to speak for themselves. Baku’s medieval old town, locally known as Icheri...
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Liberal Americans misunderstand the appeal of Trump at their own peril
It’s like Myers-Briggs, but with real-world consequences. Like actual warfare. For the record, I do not support Trump. Not even a little bit. I find him to be an insufferable buffoon whose only...
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If Trump can’t even do fascism right, then what the hell good is he?
Damn, I would have expected a full-blown national crisis to have taken at least a year or two, but here we are at the end of Week One of the Trump era, in which we appear to have passed the critical...
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