Tbilisi in Georgia

   Things happen suddenly in the life. Tbilisi was one of them. We bought 4 tickets for Georgia. Now We're on the way and we finally arrived there about seven o'clock am. We took a taxi to city center. But we're starving. Before it, we need to exchange some manat to lari. If we have some money let's go to a cafe for breakfast. Of course the streets are so silent in the mornings.

I was a bit impressed by the streets. It was really clean.

Let's keep traveling.

It's Kur river.

We were in the church and listened to prayers.

   Of course we youths get hungry so quickly and We're in a popular restaurant. As I remember it's called I love Tbilisi. 

Don't forget to use cable car.

And then You meet Tamara. 

My name is there.

Let's swim in the river. 

There're beautiful homes on the river.

I know that, it was a short blog next time it'll be better.

Nakhchivan in Azerbaijan

   It's going to be first time my trip in 2018. It's an Azerbaijan city where is really far away from the capital city of Azerbaijan. It seems like a step brother but it's a part of Azerbaijan. Let's discover new things on the earth. My home mate invited me while I would like to take a break after exams. He's from Nakhchivan and everything went well and I'm his home. I didn't notice any interesthing while going there.

   I'm so lucky to have a friend from here. If you come to Azerbaijan, I want you to know that, tea comes with jams, snacks, chocolates and homemade sweets.

   We started travelling first place which is called Tomb of Prophet Noah. This place is where people believe Prophet Noah was here. If you don't know who Prophet Noah is immediately search it even if you're not a believer. There's an interesting story about all people in the present.

  

   There's a restaurant below it and left side is a castle. 

   Let me protect this castle with my ooollld friend. How's it going man ? I'm sure that,You've seen so many things in the life.

   I said bye to my old friend, We're going to Carpet Museum now. If you're interested in seeing good old carpet you should go there. There're a lot of carpets come from 19th, 20th, 21st century. 

   The system is how women make a carpet. It really takes a long time to do it and you need to be patient front of it.

   There's Edebiyyat Museum around here. When we are done in Carpet Museum, We went to Edebiyyat Museum directly. Azerbaijan poems, stories are much more than mine.

Nizami Ganjavi

Molla Nasreddin is about how a Molla tricks ignorant public. As you see in the photo he makes people mute and take the girl.

   When you get out of museum you can find this park easily. Come here I've something for you.

   This  monument who is founder Republic of Turkey. He's Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. It was just such a great feeling for me. 

   While travelling you should visit photo the below. It's called Mömine Xatun Türbe. It's a symbol of love. Her husband who was really in love with her he did it by Memar Acemi. Memar Acemi was a great architect. How much I love her, I probably wouldn't do that. That's my truth opinion. 

That's it for today. I'm enough tired. 

   Second day we're driving Kehf Dağı. There's a belief who 7 guys lived in the mountain.  It just takes 15, 20 minutes from center of city. 

   It has a good view.

I was with my host in mountain.

There're mini cafes there where you can drink cup of tea, coffee . People go there for their wishes as I learned from a local guy.

Now an advice comes from same local guy and we're taking a taxi to go Duz Dağı.

   If you're an asthmatic, it helps you. People go there to take care of their health. But The air in the mountain was really heavy. It smells like a dirty feet. You see in the photo is just salt. I tasted it. 

   That's my short trip in Nakhchivan. I was there for 3 days. I don't recommend you what food you need to eat. I was hoping that you found some useful things for yourself. I want to finish this blog asap. That's why I don't write every detail. I want you to know that, every letter I get better. Thanks for reading it. 

   By the way there're a few things Nakhchivan is better than Baku. It's clearer. Taxi drivers don't bother you. Men usually clean in the street not women. Museums are free, no need ticket.

I'm sorry. I forgot to write something about Xan Sarayı. It wants you to see its :)

Ganja in Azerbaijan

Where am I going now ?

   Ganja sounds good. I've heard a lot things about there. So Let me make my trip come real. I need a ticket and if possible a good host who can give me some useful advice about there. I think that, two days are enough for there. If everything is ready don't miss the bus and here we go. By the way I found a host from Ganja.

   During all way to go Ganja I didn't take care of stuffs. I finally arrived there and called my host but he said that, I'm busy right now, You can travel around here, I'll tell you when we meet. Anyway keep traveling alone and ask so many questions to local people.

First step to Haydar Aliyev Park.

There's a big gate to welcome you in the park. (I've never seen a park before like this.It's very big)

Park was really clean and colorful but the weather was bad in the morning. That's why There were no kids around there.

Can I just rent a space from here for summer ?  Baku is really hot and dry in the summer.

My bag is activated again :)

There' re small shops and a cafe where you can eat or buy something in the park.

I've finally found my own path in the avenue. It made me feel better.

   As you see it's Ganja State Museum of Local Lore. I just took 11 number bus from Haydar Aliyev Park and walked 5, 7 minutes for there. You'll see ancients, used materials and even a skeleton.

Nizami Ganjavi is one of my favorite Azerbaijan poets.

(This picture is representative)

   What happened to you man !!! I've no idea What he is doing there. It just seems to me he's taking some rest.

  There's an interesting home near Ganja State Museum of Local Lore. It's literally called ''Şüşeli Ev''. It's made by wine bottles as I learned from a local guy. After II. World War  a guy who is from Ganja made it. I'm warning you, people still live there, it's not a museum OKAY !

Azerbaijan words with Russian alphabet but not exactly Russian and Azerbaijan alphabet.

   Now I'm getting thirsty. I prefer to go Khan Bagi. Let's drink a cup of tea. There's a church on my way when I leave ''Şüşeli Ev'' behind of me.

   Unfortunately I couldn't take photos inside of church. It's forbidden. There's an elder woman who explains that building. By the way I didn't forget to buy a pray card in Russian. 

   There're some monuments inside of Khan park and a cafe. People easily recognize that I'm a Turkish while trying to speak Azerbaijani language. I learned Where Shah Abbas Mosque from waiter. It's easy to find mosque from Khan Bagi. Now Let's go to a silent place.

There're also some part of castle there.

   As you see in the below photo it's ''Shah Abbas Mosque''. I really needed to clean myself in the shadirvan. (Where is possible to take abdast for Muslims.)

   I'm in the mosque and I started writing my travel notes Where I went, What I ate blah blah just for you :). By the way mobile phone is really starving for battery. It's also good stop for it.

   I think, it's enough a trip for one day. It's time to call host. Himm he didn't answer and return me yet. Anyway let's take a walk in the streets. During walking in the streets my stomach reminds me I'm hungry. I don't say that what you should eat in Ganja. I just found somewhere to have a diner even it's peaceful with my pocket. Ohh my host texted me and it was just frustrating. If you're not sure yourself Why you invite someone to your home. But I was enough experienced like this situation.

Second day is going to be about ''Göygöl'' which is Blue Lake. Don't worry about me, I'm not going to sleep in the street. I found a local guy who can host me while looking a hotel. Chance turned on me again. I hope it's not last.

   We need a taxi to get Blue Lake. It would be 30 manat from center of town. I understood why there were a lot of people when I arrived there. A fresh air welcomes you in the mountain with naturally best views. 

   It names Blue Lake because of it's cleanest lake in Azerbaijan in my opinion.

With local guys who hosted me for a night. Except taxi driver.

I want to end up with Nizami Ganjavi words. If I tried to translate it to English, it would be like that,

Don't waste your time

Take a pencil

Take pains in the world

Learn How to learn...

   That's it for Ganja. Of course I absolutely know that, it was all just a short trip. But every trip makes me better than I'm right now. Thank you for reading my blog, I hope to see you in my next trips. Have a nice day.