Friday, May 13, 2016

The Great Former USSR Hottest Spots to Squat in The Middle East

Introduction

Alright, Its yo Boys the International Slav Squat Simple Travel Union and like last time in Africa we going to show you the Hottest spots to squat in the middle east.

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates


So before we head out to Former USSR Land areas, we decided to stop by Abu Dhabi. Alright, so Abu Dhabi is the second largest city in the UAE and is the capital. However, before we got to the city we decide to stop by in the nearby desert and squat it up. Afterward, we finally went into the city, and we were impressed, but we were sad not to see any communist propaganda. So, we decided to set up shop and start selling weapons, since there are quite a lot of rich people in the city. 
We also put up some USSR Land propaganda and overall had a good time. Then we were invited to meet with the government in Abu Dhabi, which is a constitutional monarchy led by the Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed and the Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Zayed. These two fellas were nice and filthy rich men and we were able to sell them some of our Sturdy Slav Squat Steel and have a good time. Next, we went downtown and were impressed by the supertall skyscrapers; This reminded us of the Great USSR Land city of Moscow which has a booming metropolitan area right now much like Abu Dhabi.  Alright so we were heading out, but before we left, we decided to buy a Tiger, since haveing exotic animals as pets are popular here The Cost of the animals was about 3,000 United Arab Emirates Dirhams (exchange rate is 1USd to 3.67 AED). Also since the UAE is a safe country we thought we should get something that would protect us in the more dangerous place to come.

Gabala Radar Station, Azerbaijan
An early warning radio station that was built by the great USSR. The site was closed in 2012 and is now protected by Azerbaijani Air Forces. This site was constructed during the height of the USSR 1977. 
While being here couldn't believe that Azerbaijan increased the rent of the radio station which causes our USSR land comrades to move out, now who are we going to show our tiger to? While over there we kept feeling the hostility that the Azerbaijan's felt to us. We decided to go into the radio station, but it was completely dismantled. 
The look of the radio station is very Chernobyl like and overall it was a good place to squat, Next we decided to go to the nearby city of Baku. Which is by far the biggest city in Azerbaijan and the capital. The city looks very modern, but has some old parts too.and has many beaches which we decided to visit. These beaches are on the Caspian Sea and are a tourist attraction in Azerbaijan, because of the beautiful water. The city also has Two UNESCO World Heritage Sites which are the Shahanshah's Palace and the Maiden Tower. We went to both of these sites and were impressed by the quality of squat here. The Shahanshahs place is a massive complex where people prayed in the Mosque also it holds the Mausoleum of one of the Shahanshahs rulers and its considered to have healing properties. 
The Maiden Tower contains a few historical monuments and a museum.  The purpose of this Tower was to protect the inner city of Baku. Overall the trip to Azerbaijan was full of great squats, however, it cost a lot of Azerbaijani Manat (1 Manat equals .66USD). The reason for the high cost was because of some bribes we had to give to let our Tiger come with us,
Russian naval facility in Tartus, Syria
This Naval Facility is located in the port of Tartus Syria. This is the only Russian naval base in the Mediterranean. Our tiger proved very useful in Syria because of the recent Civil Wars. The facility is pretty secretive and inaccessible to the public. 
So we instead went to the city of Tartus, which is Syria's second largest port city and it has many vacation compounds, and some resorts, The main religion of the city is Islam, and it was a crucial city during the Crusades where it was used as a landing of the crusaders. The architecture of the town is a mix of modern and old. Also, there are many historical and archeological sites near the city. However, it is considered dangerous to go to these site since the recent civil war. Overall we wish we were able o do more in Syria, but since recent events, we decided that we should leave before anything bad happens. Our Squat Slav score of this area is a solid 7.5 it show potential.  Also, the Syrians use the Syrian Pound which is .0045USD

102nd Military Base, Armenia
201st Russian Military Base, Tajikistan

1 comment:

  1. I'm not too sure about visiting Syria, that's a little spooky! The united arab emirates seems like a solid place to go to though wow those animals are EXTREMELY expensive!

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