The process at the border was similar to the border crossing between Armenia and Georgia. We were dropped off at the Georgian side of the border, did our good-byes to the bus and the bus driver, took our luggage and made it through the Georgian exit procedure. Similar to the last border crossing, we now had to walk a bit, to get to the Azerbaijan border post, to enter the country and get through customs.

With the Karabakh situation unresolved, the relationship between both Armenia and Azerbaijan is anything but good. When the immigration officer saw that we had been to Armenia earlier on the trip, we were immediately questioned on what we had done there and where we had visited. Customs was interesting as well, as Armenian products are not allowed in Azerbaijan … so any souvenirs (or other products) from Armenia had to be handed over (we did know that in advance, so simply hadn’t brought any).

Otherwise the border crossing was a quick and smooth affair – on the Azerbaijan side we did our final good-byes to our Georgian guide, to then welcome our new guide, bus driver and a (BIG) bus. A trip of about two hours got us to Sheki.