Crossing the border

I just lost an entire post, so the retyping will be a bit brief.

The last few days in Baku were great. We made several friends who drove us around and took us to see all the sites. They also found us a contact in our next destination, Ganja, the original capital of the first Muslim democracy in the world. Today, we crossed the border into Georgia. I'm not a smoker, but a pack of cigarettes was the most useful thing that I could have had on me aside from my passport. Making friends with the border guards helped us avoid getting fleeced for bribes and cut down on the processing time. Being an American actually is a huge asset in this part of the world which is rather strange for us. We're kind of instant celebrities. We have to head back through here on the way back to Turkey so we'll see the sights then and just have a much needed rest today.