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Where Even Smugglers Don’t Go: Our Day Trip to Khinaliq in the Mountains of Azerbaijan

“Even the smugglers don’t come here,” were the comforting words of the guide on our day trip to Khinaliq, one of the most remote villages in the Caucasus. “Hopefully we can get back okay…” It was winter. Azerbaijan. And for some reason we decided to abandon the cozy, deserted Baku old-town coffee shops and head…