Petroglyphs

“Um, those aren’t them… are they?”

After conquering the mud volcanoes, our taxi drove us out to the petroglyphs that decorate the rocks surrounding Baku. Except, we kinda ended up here.

In a field of rocks.

So they’re pretty neat looking rocks… and we felt like a giant should pop out from behind a rock a la this scenario… but it wasn’t the proper destination. Then we lost the taxi.

Eventually he popped up again.

A drive a bit further down the road deposited us at the site of the correct rock etchings.

An English speaking guide took us on a short (yet loooong) tour of the different petroglyphs. He was an entertaining guy:

Guide: “Tell me what this is!”
Molly: “Um…?”
Guide: “NO! It is goat!”

Man was passionate about his ‘glyphs. He would demand we tell him what the images were, then strike us down. Honestly, as someone who can never see the hidden picture… I was pretty ready to be done.

The Tambourine Rock was pretty cool though… it’s hollow so you can play it when you bang on it with other rocks.

We stayed until the park closed with the police guards pretty ready to head home as well. Fancy cop car, huh?

Another good day of travelating.

xo, jill