Earlier this year, (namely July) I had the opportunity to rent an apartment and live in downtown Baku for five weeks. During these 5 weeks, I had the opportunity to explore Baku and the surrounding area. First off, renting an apartment was quite the task. For my trip, I had a company (FINCA Azerbaijan) rent find an apartment for me. When I arrived at the first apartment they chose for me, I was shocked at how horrible it was, how far from the center and how expensive it was (1500 USD a month). I simply told the company this would not work for me. I had to spend one day in this apartment and they found me another apartment for the same price much, much closer to the center and much nicer (two bedrooms,
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