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7/4/2025, 2:06:45 PM
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There was a thread about the caucasus a few months ago and I was just gonna copypaste my post, but you've got focused questions and I'm happy to yap more about Azerbaijan. I've been there 4 times now because I managed to stumble into a good friend group there and I'm a big fan of cheap food.
>how is the public transport?
Baku has a comically small metro (although it's being expanded over time) that covers a decent amount of the city, although it doesn't connect to the airport. Otherwise there are a gazillion bus lines that take the most retarded routes and are horribly signposted, just use google maps (although I once missed my stop because the route had changed and wasn't updated).
In between cities you can use yet more busses or their fancy clearly blatantly corrupt new bullet train (that just goes to Agstafa and Quba). There should also be soviet style sleeper trains between more cities, but I know nothing about them.
Note: Because the value of labor [and life lel] is low here, It's actually not too expensive to simply take a Bolt or Yango everywhere, at night it's often the better option (the metro closes at around 22 I think)
>best season to travel?
I haven't been there in autumn yet, but I can confirm that both winter and spring are much better than summer heat. I'm a pasty white boy and the sun is merciless, the only way to survive is by constantly hiding in the air-conditioned indoors and avoiding the outside during noon. Most people actually do this, which is why going outside at 3 am feels pretty similar to earlier times in the night, although lots of stores still close at normal times.
>cities/towns/regions which are a non negotiable to visit?
I haven't been there myself yet but I've heard the more mountainous northeast I.e. Sheki is pretty nice; milder climate and actual nature instead of desert.
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There was a thread about the caucasus a few months ago and I was just gonna copypaste my post, but you've got focused questions and I'm happy to yap more about Azerbaijan. I've been there 4 times now because I managed to stumble into a good friend group there and I'm a big fan of cheap food.
>how is the public transport?
Baku has a comically small metro (although it's being expanded over time) that covers a decent amount of the city, although it doesn't connect to the airport. Otherwise there are a gazillion bus lines that take the most retarded routes and are horribly signposted, just use google maps (although I once missed my stop because the route had changed and wasn't updated).
In between cities you can use yet more busses or their fancy clearly blatantly corrupt new bullet train (that just goes to Agstafa and Quba). There should also be soviet style sleeper trains between more cities, but I know nothing about them.
Note: Because the value of labor [and life lel] is low here, It's actually not too expensive to simply take a Bolt or Yango everywhere, at night it's often the better option (the metro closes at around 22 I think)
>best season to travel?
I haven't been there in autumn yet, but I can confirm that both winter and spring are much better than summer heat. I'm a pasty white boy and the sun is merciless, the only way to survive is by constantly hiding in the air-conditioned indoors and avoiding the outside during noon. Most people actually do this, which is why going outside at 3 am feels pretty similar to earlier times in the night, although lots of stores still close at normal times.
>cities/towns/regions which are a non negotiable to visit?
I haven't been there myself yet but I've heard the more mountainous northeast I.e. Sheki is pretty nice; milder climate and actual nature instead of desert.
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