When we woke up in Georgia from our incredible camping spot, we drove the rest of the way through Georgia to Azerbaijan. Throughout Georgia, we were fearing the Azerbaijan border as it is illegal to drive right-hand drive vehicles in the country. The border crossing itself was the first complicated crossing but fortunately with a small bribe of Neil’s Sigg Bottle and a beach-ball we managed to pass through no problems.
The roads were immediately far superior to that of Georgia, much to the relief of the drivers and the vehicles, although after a while, we encountered road works on the motorway. Rather than closing a lane, the road works consisted of closing and digging up the motorway with only rough gravel tracks for the traffic. Through the heat of the sun we proceeded further east towards the capital of Baku. Azerbaijan is the first country we encountered with low risks of Malaria so we had a “safety” chat from Neil about the need for anti-mosquito spray application regimes.
We managed most of the distance to Baku, stopping around 60km outside as the sun began to set. We set up camp at the side of a hill near a small farm. The owner seemed very content allowing us to stay there and do as we please. That night we had the best view of the stars so far making the team yearn for less light pollution and excited for a really good look at the night sky.
