A few weekends ago my roommate and I decided to do some exploring in the city. Two months of spending your weekends in the same places caused me to become a little bored and resentful of Baku. The city has such potential, but they just don't really put forth the effort to make this a marketable place to visit.
Anyway, I had wanted to visit inside the original city wall for a while, and so we made our way down through the city to the main gate. Inside the wall was peaceful and quiet. The government restricts the car traffic through the wall and as a result the environment lends itself much more to exploring. Back through alleys and over the top of buildings we made our way through the old city, enjoying every minute of it. Overall the experience brought about a new found love for the city of Baku and coupled with it a heartbreak that they do not make the effort to clean up the rest of the city and make it more like the old city.
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