Self-educated “doctors” or “doctors” without any educational background are very popular in Azerbaijan. Mainly, they treat with herbs or doing chiropractic (sawbones), as does our hero Kamal. 74 year old Kamal did not even finish his 4th year at school. From childhood he was on the streets, working as a shepherd, but later on he started to treat people and help them to paste back their bones. As he says, he learnt it from his grandfather and father. Kamal is very popular, and people from other villages, and even from big cities come to ask for his help. His main patients are soldiers from the frontline, because the village is located in the frontline with Armenia. Many villagers left the village because of the fear of bombing.

A Hostel Jazzes up Old Ganja   When in 2011 two friends Elvin Aliyev, 23 and Seymur Valiyev, 26 thought about opening an hostel in Ganja, Azerbaijan’s second largest city lying 300km west of the capital Baku, they faced an immediate problem: people did not understand what an hostel is. There was nothing the like in Ganja. Fast forward to summer 2016, the two young entrepreneurs inaugurated “Old Ganja”, their dream business. It was not an easy ride. Like many other entrepreneurs, the two friends faced ups and downs, and the business was taken back also by regular complaints about the noise from neighbors. But they held on and Old Ganja is today a colorful spot in the heart of the town’s charming historic centre. 

Born in 1977 in Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan's exclave, Alakbarov Samir has been driving since he was 18. In the beginning, he was engaged in carrying the cargo across the country, then he started to drive abroad. Today, he is driving his truck from Turkey through Georgia to Azerbaijan. Samir, who spent most of his life on the road does not complain, and loves his profession. Here inside, he is eating, sleeping and entertaining. His car is a second home for him.