Tag: fire
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Baku's Atashgah (Fire Temple)
After failing to find a suitable bus, train, or marshrutska, I eventually took a taxi out to the Baku Atashgah (Fire Temple). The taxi driver chatted with me in weak English. He complained about government corruption and how there should be lots of money in Azerbaijan but it didn’t make it down to the people. …
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Tbilisi's Atashgah (Fire Temple)
On my third try, after much searching, I finally found Tbilisi’s Atashgah, or Fire Temple. The two Lonely Planet maps show slightly different locations for the Atashgah, both of which are close but slightly too far East. You can’t access the Atashgah from the path to the Narikala fortress; rather you must come to it…