The biggest Market in Azerbaijan
So a long drive ahead today across the wastelands of Az. Looking forward with great excitement when told we would visit the largest market in Azerbaijan for lunch, eat with the locals and spend sometime wandering around looking at the market.
I had visions of camel trains and ancient artefacts, babushka offering their wares, we were after all on the Silk Route.
How wrong can you be!
Welcome to the market

"You are taking the piss aren't you" Said I to our leader, "this is a fucking supermarket, this is not a market" I was weary after 5 hours on the road, hungry and in need of stretching my legs.
Proudly exclaiming " This is our biggest and finest market, come enjoy" our leader set off.
He was oblivious to my "It's not exactly Sainsbury's"


and so food it was, queuing for some sort of slop which the locals seemed to enjoy, grudgingly I ate half of before going to buy some biscuits.


Plenty of Vodka available


Qayalı Market is a brand that has been operating since 2010, has a number of branches across Azerbaijan, it also boasts a fb page and an instagram page, whoop de freakin doo.

What I found fascinating was the multitude of dead faces staring down at me suspended from the roof.


I guess whilst 90% of the world were cowering in their homes, venturing out only when necessary swathed in face nappies, hands slathered in anti-bacterial chemicals, pointlessly destroying their own immune systems, sucking up the shit the globalist cock suckers were feeding respective governments there were young men dying, fighting in a war. A war that lasted 44 days and claimed the lives of over 6,000 warriors from Azerbaijan and Armenia.


The Second Nagorno-Karabakh War

Parviz Balabeyov fought in the Hamla battalion of Beylagan, was killed in action on 27/09/2020, in December he was posthumously awarded the "For the Motherland" medal.
Parviz did not tell his family anything about being deployed in the war, saying simply he would se them in two days.........hauntingly his body was sent to his family two days later.


Strange to see toy guns on sale, is it morally wrong? Nah, boys will be boys.

I did not expect to see my favourite red wine on sale here, though a lot more expensive than the £10 I pay at home.


It was certainly as interesting as the middle at Lidl



All sorts of tinned fish, yeuch

Cured quail on a stick, no thanks,

Asif Azayev a Major and battalion commander of the Azerbaijan Army; shot by an enemy sniper. he too was posthumously awarded medlas of valour, "For the Motherland" and the 3rd degree "Rashadat" order

A camera shy Babushka, taking a sit down waiting patiently for who knows what.




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Haaaaaa....Well he did tell it was big didn't he...
I do love how they have hung the photos up of all the dead soldiers. That is respect, among the many other quiet gestures that honour them.
It was big, the photos were a bit weird, but they are obviously very ptoud of their fallen warriors, a nice touch to keep their memories alive I guess
I like it and I think that the same action should happen in western countries too, if it did, then maybe it would make it more real, personal and human, therefore war would be the last choice for more people....
I agree, it was a strange thing to see, anything that stops needless killing...... BUT it is the politicians that need to wise up
Yes I totally agree. The politicians need to pull their finger out but they won't, not when they rely on donations from the very people who profit in war.....
Agreed on that, too much smoke and mirrors in this world
Reminds me a wee bit of the murals in Belfast from The Troubles.
Murals on both sides only showed the faces revealed when they were dead.
oooh I learnt a new word for today. I thought it came from Kate Bush's song!
LOL, Kate Bush, classic track, a young man's fantasy bird too!
Always wanted to visit Belfast to snap this genre of street art, but it is a bugger to get too.
Oh you would love Belfast then, lots and lots of examples on both sides. I always took the ferry as a nice relaxing way to get there. I guess trickier from down your way.
Yes a bit more arduous, I did plot a road trip that would take me to lots of abandoned buildings across the North, then I read a couple of recent books and realised maybe not such a good idea!! if you know what I mean
Your wish to see Babushkas came true, at least one of them! 😜 Why do they choose a supermarket to hang the "gazes of the dead"? Disturbing.
Yes I know, very very strange indeed!
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What a let down, not a market you imagined at all. Interesting is variety of food on display, no idea about pricing more than likely high prices!
Wars really not a great invention, appears the human race simply cannot live without killing each other.
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Cheers @joanstewart had a hiatus so missed your input, it has always gone on hasn;t it, human beings are bred to be violent I think
Appears we never listen, well we only human! Also not making it here as often as I would like, real life takes over from time to time getting things done. Take care.
yes I feel that way too, enjoy your summer, as we enter our winter LOL
Summer here way too hot, I hide most days from the heat and enjoy the evenings when the sun has gone down.
Gosh I would be permanently bereft of clothes worshipping the sun god LOL
Yeah you can strip down, still nowhere to hide from heat.
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BEERKING.This is modernity, but they still retain that market culture that has lasted for thousands of years and has even influenced the world.
Yup traders along the silk route, but this was a bit of a con Lol
When we travel, we always search for India :D Come to Rajasthan, and you'll have camel-driven vehicles and people in bizarre hats! :)
At least, you found a real babushka and this unusual photo parade.
7 days - no posts... Hope you are well, @grindle! I am personally recovering from having the flu - hoping to see Jodhpur tomorrow - after being sick 4 days in this city, starting from day 1, lol.
Hi @x-rain , hi mate, yeah couple of reasons, bit of loss of interest in the hive if I am being honest , the token is so low, it makes it hard to get excited! Oh and I have been on a boat up to the Arctic circle so wifi a bit hit and miss!
Yes I have been there and well I just love India ( it was all before my hive days)
sorry you have come down with a bug, hope this finds you in better health cheers
Yes, depressing...
🤠👍 Something very special. Then, no surprise - hard to be active online when you are actively traveling.
Feel much better now. Thank you!
Good to hear, that is both of us slightly refreshed and ready to go again LOL