Baku

July 29, 2007

(This post and the next I wrote after the events happened and tried to write fast so I could get some posts up so I apologize if there isn’t as much thought in them.)

Wow what a city. I generally had a good time this weekend but the city has both the things I like and dislike about the U.S. I’ll post a blog later to get my feelings out better after I have a few more experiences there.

I went to Baku with nine other people from PC and we a really good time together. We got there and eventually found our hotel. They give us the PC discount which is 50 Manat a night so we being broke PC volunteers got two rooms for 10 people. When we got there we found out that rooms at mid level hotels in baku are really pretty different than hotels I’m used to staying in. The two beds were not even big enough for one person to sleep in but especially not for two and a half people to fit into. It got interesting but we made it work.

We first went to tequila Junction where we were able to get nachos!! They weren’t the best I’d ever eaten by any stretch but at the time they sure tasted like it. Then one other guy and I went and got haircuts (which was a much better experience than I thought I would have) while some of the girls went out to buy some clubbing shirts. And the rest went back to the hotel to pre funk for the night. (mom that’s not anything really bad. it just means to start drinking before going out so you don’t have to spend as much money when you do go out on all the expensive drinks at bars.).

Later that night we met up with an AZ4 who showed us around a bit and took us to a really cool little bar that we could play pool and darts at. Then we went across the street and danced the night away. Think about me at Dave and Lyndi’s wedding Yeah buddy! I was a dancing fool.


The next morning we eventually got up and around and then headed over to seriously the coolest McDonalds I’ve ever seen. The place way more upscale than any other McDonalds I’ve ever seen. After that we walked around town for a little while before realizing we needed bloody marys. So we went over to the Irish pub and sat in the shade for a few hours. Finally we decided to head over and get some Thai food and then head home.

It was neat to see Baku and all but other than the nachos I could probably do with out the rest for the next two years. As I was riding back to my site I was thinking about how the weekend was great but how I could do all of those things in the states and how that wasn’t why I gave up so much to come out here. But like I said in the beginning I’ll dedicate a blog just to Baku later on in my service and we can see if my attitude will change. It may turn out Baku trips might just be the thing that keeps me going when I feel like I need that little taste of the states. It may be that this time was still a little too early?