Baku Airport

Even though the days of the regular shakedown at Baku's bus terminal-style old airport be wary of efforts to make you bribe your way in and out of the airport. This includes the passport control pre-boarding (checking tickets and also just before actually entering the aircraft where army personnel can again take your passport and hold it quizzically sighing. Apart from these exotic annoyances Baku remains relatively clean to the point of being austere. Not recommended for the faint of heart.