http://www.europetrotter.org/2007/10/22/sheep-for-shashlik/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:20:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 http://www.europetrotter.org/2007/10/22/sheep-for-shashlik/#comment-356 Too many frogs and 1 brit » Blog Archive » paris of… Sat, 09 Feb 2008 12:00:19 +0000 http://www.europetrotter.org/2007/10/22/sheep-for-shashlik/#comment-356 [...] Once upon a time, in a hair-raising race to buy sheep in the Altai Mountains, my Azerbaijani drivers urged me to visit Baku – “it’s the Paris of the Caucasus” – they assured me[...] […] Once upon a time, in a hair-raising race to buy sheep in the Altai Mountains, my Azerbaijani drivers urged me to visit Baku – “it’s the Paris of the Caucasus” – they assured me[…]

]]> http://www.europetrotter.org/2007/10/22/sheep-for-shashlik/#comment-40 Koen Tue, 23 Oct 2007 12:05:48 +0000 http://www.europetrotter.org/2007/10/22/sheep-for-shashlik/#comment-40 Great to read about one of the most amazing places of the world. It reminds me of Mongolia. However, it's hard for me to imagine how it really is up there in the Altai, even with your lovely description! I remember meeting a Canadian in Ulaan Bataar who just got back from the Mongolian Altai. It took eight days driving (read: bumping in a Russian van) to get there, and therefore decided to get a 'black-list' airplane back to UB... I remember him because at that moment I got the same feeling as now, reading your story: I just need to get to Altai asap!!! Great to read about one of the most amazing places of the world. It reminds me of Mongolia. However, it’s hard for me to imagine how it really is up there in the Altai, even with your lovely description! I remember meeting a Canadian in Ulaan Bataar who just got back from the Mongolian Altai. It took eight days driving (read: bumping in a Russian van) to get there, and therefore decided to get a ‘black-list’ airplane back to UB… I remember him because at that moment I got the same feeling as now, reading your story: I just need to get to Altai asap!!!

]]> http://www.europetrotter.org/2007/10/22/sheep-for-shashlik/#comment-39 mish Mon, 22 Oct 2007 09:33:28 +0000 http://www.europetrotter.org/2007/10/22/sheep-for-shashlik/#comment-39 Do you remember that plastic bottle of vodka I got... something like vodka for the adventuring man? I could almost imagine the little comic picture being changed from the hunter or fisherman to a axe weilding man making the (international) kebab, with a big moustached grin... Do you remember that plastic bottle of vodka I got… something like vodka for the adventuring man? I could almost imagine the little comic picture being changed from the hunter or fisherman to a axe weilding man making the (international) kebab, with a big moustached grin…

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