The best and worst of Baku

I live on the eighth floor of a tower block on top of the hills behind Baku and am lucky to have the "classic" Bakuvian view across the town, the bay and on to the Caspian.

This image does however show you some of the best and worst aspects of the city. The beautiful location, some of the amazing new architecture springing up and twenty years after independence, the worst of Soviet domestic architecture that continues to be the lot of most residents...