Ambuya vangu vakakurira muBaku, vaigara ikoko kwemakore makumi matatu, mushure mekunge aenda kuRussia. Vabereki vake vanovigwa muguta rino, saka tinoedza kuuya kwavari mumakuva kamwe chete kamwe chete makore 2-3. Nguva yekupedzisira yandaive ndiri muBaku muna 2012.
Ndiri kuenda ikoko nemufaro, makore anopfuura eguta zvichishandurwa kuti zvive zvakanaka, mune dzimwe nzvimbo dzinondiyeuchidza nezvaDubai. Mukusvika kwedu kwekupedzisira, takagara kuHilton Hotel, iri mune chairo pakati peBaku.
Kune zvakawanda zvinokwezva muguta, Baku Boulevard, musikana weshongwe, Shirvanshah Palace, Mbanpian Embankment, Fontanov Square. Nenzira, zvimwe zvibodzwa zvefirimu "Diamond Ruoko" Shot in Baku.
Vanasekuru vachiri vadiki, muBaku, maererano nenyaya dzake, zvese zvakange zvakasiyana. Pakanga pasina kudzvanywa kwevaArmenians, veRussia uye maJuda (maKristu), kushamwaridzana kwendudzi kwakatonga muguta. Iye zvino zvinhu zvese zvakaverengera zvachose nekukurumidza paunenge uchisiya iyo ndege, iwe unonzwisisa kuti uri munyika yekwaMuslim. Kutsamwiswa kwakadaro sokuIjipita, zviri nani kusaitendera iye amene, kuti ufambe-fambe guta nenzira pfupi yandisazova. Ini kazhinji ndine ruzivo rwakawanda nemaMuslim, saka ndinonzwisisa kuti vanozvinyudza chaizvo zvine hukama nevashanyi.
Ambuya vanofarira kufamba-famba negungwa regungwa reCaspian. Nyanza isina kudzika uye inodziya, sandy beach, musimboti isarudzo yakanaka yekuvaraidza nevana. Kunyangwe Baku isiri iyo yakakurumbira resort guta, asi zvichiri kuenda ikoko kuzorora. Mahotera ehotera sezvandinonzwisisa kwete zvakawanda, kazhinji maguta nemusango.
Pakusvika kuBakuri, ini ndinotanga kutenga yavo pahlav, ini ndinodya kebab kubva kugwayana uye ndinotenga shamwari dzese Azerbaijani waini. Ini ndinokurudzira kushanyira mugwagwa wekutenga, kune akawanda marutiques ane mitengo inoratidzika. Guta rinofadza kwazvo kubva kune vashanyi maonero, asi avo vanoda kuishanyira nekuda kwechimwe chikonzero. Dai ndakanga ndisina chikonzero chekuenda kuBaku, ndaisazoenda kuguta nekuda kwekufarira, uye ndinotozorora kwazvo.