Cataclysm.... nah, just winter in Baku

Winter in Baku... warnings: collect the water, go out and buy bread and candles, then stay home and don't move. A cataclysm, end of life as you know it. First time snow, we had a little laugh about the doom scenarios, but wisely did save some water and buy some extra bread. Winter came to Baku, but it wasn't too bad. Three days of snow, and while it was chilly, seeing Baku white is very pretty. Fewer cars and fewer people were on the road, because going to work when it snows is just too dangerous.

Then the second snow 'session' hit the city... this time with icy cold wind accompanying it. Virtually no water for three days, half the city in the darkness, various power- and gas cuts. We were flushing our toilets with snow collected from the streets... Ques at the bakery, streets nearly empty, people shoe skating along, cars driving in each other's tracks.

Check the pictures below:

View from our house: 'snow and wind', and the president's military gards shuffling snow... maybe it would be a good idea for them to do this on the main roads, rather than just in their military compound?




People still try to dry their laundry in the tropical conditions.


Stunning icy daggers hanging from every pipe, while few people brave the weather.

Zjigolies/lada's on ice, they are my favorite after all! Here, snow is stamped down and icy.

And this is the bread que. When we found out that some of these people were waiting for an hour allready, and after 5 minutes of immobilisation, we decided to just go home. On our way, about a minute from this bakery, we entered a shop that sold, to our great delight, to hot, steaming, fresh bread...