Azerbaijan VI – Friendliness

I do not recall ever visiting a country, where virtually everyone that I spoke with, was friendly and even very friendly. That in itself, would be a reason to re-visit Azerbaijan. The trips into the countryside were not very interesting. Baku is vibrant and the streets are full and cheerful. It is a Muslim country that comes over as quite secular. It seemed that most of the women with full face cover, were tourists. Interestingly, most of the tourists that I saw were either Saudis or Israelis. The guide who showed us around, was very eager to display his knowledge of Hebrew. I expect that he does the same with Arabic, when he has Saudi clients.