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    BAKU | The Incredible Capital of Azerbaijan



    Exploring the fascinating city of Baku, the capital of the country of Azerbaijan on the edge of Europe and Asia. You can watch Part 2 here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVmu3kda9F0
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    Music during the video (in order):

    “Ghar Thowr” by Sight of Wonders
    &
    “Min Wahi El-Lami” by Ali Sabah

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    Gabriel is a world traveler and travel writer who has been adventuring around the world since his first trip to Europe in the summer of 1990 when he was 18 years old. He is author of “Gabe’s Guide to Budget Travel”, “Following My Thumb” and several other books available on Amazon.com and elsewhere.

    Thanks a lot for watching and safe journeys!

    23 Comments

    2. abraham stepanian on

      hi Gabriel thank you for your nice videos, I have to tell you azerbaijan is not old country this place was belonge to persia and most of those writters you wewre showing were iranian

    8. Jeff Ryan on

      How do you know the a/c in the hotel gave you a cold? šŸ¤§ I Didnā€™t know that was a thing? You donā€™t think itā€™s because of the constant travel, planes, trains, taxis, exotic foods, etc?

    10. J Williams on

      I think the North Africans of today are also very Turkic, except for the Egyptians. As you mentioned the Azeri flag and the Turkish flag is similar — the flags of Tunisia, Algeria, and Libya are also very similar to the Turkish flag. Not only because they are Islamic but I think they are genetically close as well but there was more Roman influence on the south Mediterranean.

    13. Dad Is Phat on

      Soviets could not destroy the Turkish Azeri brotherhood! I hope you go to Kyrgyzstan next! As a Turkish speaker I know they know a lot of Turkish there .

    15. Monte Price on

      Long time subscriber. See if you can check out the villages where Youtubers "Wilderness Cooking" and "Georgy KavKaz" originate. These guys have 2 of the most fascinating looks at life in Azerbaijan….culture food and the Caucusus Mountains.

    17. Å tefan SzlobodnĆ­k on

      moved back into Armenia? no they left the place they lived their entire life, left there everything. you sound like they wanted to take away territory from azerbajdzan. but the opposite is true. just like in gaza and the west bank.

    19. Fidybeanbird on

      Thanks for sharing beautiful places. But please donā€™t use Arabic music for videos about Azerbaijan. The country has its own rich music culture (first opera was written in the whole East in Azerbaijan by a Azerbaijani musician). The local music isnā€™t like Arabic music at all! Also the woman at 12:30 wasnā€™t in traditional dress. Sheā€™s just a Muslim girl wearing a long dress and hijab. Iā€™m not sure if sheā€™s Azerbaijani but anyway, Azerbaijani traditional dress is completely different and you can spot them inside Old City. You worried that winter is cold in Baku but itā€™s actually not so cold at all. Itā€™s very rare to have minus temperature in daytime. Sometimes it becames -1 or -2 at night only but overall winter temperature is something like 5-10 degrees. Much love from an Azerbaijani in New Zealand ā¤

    20. šŸ˜± Darling, Your Epidermis is Showing! šŸ˜± on

      The clothes, the shopping, the accessories! I could get my rocks off shopping there.
      Gabriel, if you are the only person in a store, the store-keepers and such will hound you, I dare say.
      It happened to me in France, and Germany, and especially in Morocco.
      At about 18:10 — it looks as though you were being suckered in to buying something.
      Hard to guard against that, I think, huh?

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