BAKU | Capital of Azerbaijan on the Caspian Sea

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  • @alex182618
    @alex182618 Рік тому +23

    6:18 This photo is of Darvaza gas crater in Turkmenistan. They have a pit of fire there that was started during the Soviet times.
    28:29 The house of Vagif Mustafazadeh, a music composer
    31:19 this is a lottery

  • @marvinsalamero9111
    @marvinsalamero9111 Рік тому +35

    Wowwww A Truly Rich historical Culture, Unique Buildings, Structures, Very Clean City, of Baku Azerbaijan ❤❤❤I love this Vibrant if this place and The Mall design Outside is like a Opera house in Australia,
    My dream travel destinations 😍 Soon Thank u so much sir Gabe for your wonderful walk around tour video stay safe Godbless, Godbless all People of Azerbaijan 🇦🇿
    Greetings from the Philippines 🇵🇭🙏🙂♥️👏🎉🎉👏👏👏👏👏🎉🎉👍😍

  • @Sevinc9
    @Sevinc9 11 місяців тому +27

    Baku is so underrated city for me. So safety, clean, have a amazing places, meals and people are so kind

    • @ferhadsemseddinli3293
      @ferhadsemseddinli3293 3 місяці тому +1

      Says the person literally from Baku

    • @Sevinc9
      @Sevinc9 3 місяці тому

      @@ferhadsemseddinli3293 şəxsi fikirdi hər kəs razılaşmaya bilər

  • @DM-hd4xm
    @DM-hd4xm Рік тому +48

    What an impressive city, extremely clean and the people seem friendly, I’m impressed.

  • @User58747
    @User58747 Рік тому +47

    Wow! Never gave Baku a second thought before, but you have opened my eyes to this amazing city.

  • @helencarandreou7368
    @helencarandreou7368 Рік тому +40

    This is a very beautiful city. There is culture and beautie everywhere. It's so clean without the ugly signs of advertising like it's in every city in Australia. The architecture is just amazing. Thank you so much Gabriel for your video. I would like to see more of this amazing place. 🙂

  • @michellesteinbeiss-bryan7366
    @michellesteinbeiss-bryan7366 Рік тому +37

    Wow!! You posted TWO travel videos today! Yay!! I’m thoroughly enjoying Baku, what an amazing place. Such an interesting combination of old and new, traditional versus modern. Thank you Gabe for showing and reminding me of the beautiful places on our planet despite such turbulent and conflicting times that we are living in. Thank you. ❤️

  • @fifistayfia2964
    @fifistayfia2964 11 місяців тому +17

    Wonderful city oh m'y gosh ❤

  • @muradkhalafov3954
    @muradkhalafov3954 11 місяців тому +9

    Welcome to Azerbaijan . Thanks for presenting my country. Hope that you enjoyed and liked . Always welcome to Azerbaijan.

  • @ЛюбомирСтоянов-э9щ

    This video confirms that Baku is amazing city. A nice old and modern architecture. Caspian Sea (in fact a big lake) is exciting. Thank you for sharing!

  • @dee74raz
    @dee74raz Рік тому +56

    Interesting to point out that before 1991, Azerbaijan 🇦🇿 was using the Cyrillic alphabet for Azeri language and when they got their independence in that year, the government introduced the Latin script and now the Cyrillic alphabet for the language has disappeared. Other former Soviet Turkic countries like Kazakhstan 🇰🇿, Kyrgyzstan 🇰🇬 and Uzbekistan 🇺🇿 still use the Cyrillic script for their languages, although Turkmenistan 🇹🇲 successfully converted their language into Latin script from Cyrillic just like Azerbaijan 🇦🇿.

    • @salamanders6969
      @salamanders6969 Рік тому +3

      I thought Kazakhstan is currently working on transitioning to Latin alphabet.

    • @kulik03
      @kulik03 Рік тому

      same here I thought Kazakhstan recently decided to switch to latin @@salamanders6969

    • @dee74raz
      @dee74raz Рік тому +4

      @@salamanders6969 That’s correct but at the moment they are still using the Cyrillic script. It’s interesting that some former Soviet Turkic countries like Azerbaijan 🇦🇿 and Turkmenistan 🇹🇲 succeeded in implementing Latin script amongst its population but others like Kazakhstan 🇰🇿, Kyrgyzstan 🇰🇬 and Uzbekistan 🇺🇿 have been very slow or not bothered to do it.

    • @worldtexmexjj82jr
      @worldtexmexjj82jr Рік тому +3

      I think Uzbekistan is now using the Latin Script for their Language

    • @dee74raz
      @dee74raz Рік тому +5

      @@worldtexmexjj82jr For Uzbekistan 🇺🇿 it is a mixture. Strangely very similar to Serbia 🇷🇸 where their language has Cyrillic and Latin script used co-officially.

  • @JennyGunner-ge3lz
    @JennyGunner-ge3lz Рік тому +21

    Wow this city looks so fascinating. Lovely blend of old and new architecture. Seems like lots to see outside of Baku as well. Another great video. Cheers🍺

  • @effie-Toronto
    @effie-Toronto Рік тому +17

    WOW never thought about this country it is really amazing thank you Gabe

  • @Seanney25582
    @Seanney25582 Рік тому +22

    Azerbaijan looks so underrated 😍

  • @inkabazinkaasmr1215
    @inkabazinkaasmr1215 Рік тому +18

    I really wish to visit this country one day!

  • @debabanerjee9131
    @debabanerjee9131 Рік тому +13

    wonderful view of Baku from the tower and beautiful promenade at the Caspian Sea ...truly fascinating old town...only the weather was not fully co-operating

  • @living_peace
    @living_peace Рік тому +23

    Thank you for taking us to different countries and showing different cultures

  • @bsr6823
    @bsr6823 Рік тому +17

    If an underpass says something about a country then Azerbaijan is amazing. That underpass was so clean and had art and vending machines that weren’t destroyed or in this cages like in the U-Bahn.

  • @jennyoshea1958
    @jennyoshea1958 Рік тому +11

    I knew as soon as you said you like the sound of the Caspian sea, that it was down to reading C.S. Lewis's 'The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe' ☺️ same as me! I read all the books in the series and loved them, hence the Caspian sea sounded magical. Cool 🎺🥁🦁 🧹☺️

  • @rossjudd6049
    @rossjudd6049 Рік тому +17

    28:29 In this house lived the founder of Jazz Mugama, Prominent composer and pianist, Vagif Mustafa-Zade.

  • @willviana3838
    @willviana3838 Рік тому +15

    I love Baku ❤

  • @isamaaltaein8672
    @isamaaltaein8672 Рік тому +12

    Hi Gabe, we love the city so cleaned and too many things to see. Thank you for showing us beautiful places. Chaos

  • @jennyoshea1958
    @jennyoshea1958 Рік тому +10

    Such an interesting country 🎺🥁🍂🍁

  • @vaultkeeper2
    @vaultkeeper2 Рік тому +14

    The village Qırmızı Qəsəbə, across the river from the city of Quba up north near the Russian border, is the only exclusively Jewish population center in the world outside Israel and the United States, would be a very interesting place to visit! Gobustan with it's mud volcanos and rock arts, near Baku, is also an absolute must.

  • @pomidorus9
    @pomidorus9 3 місяці тому +3

    About Futuristic builds i recommend visiting the Heydar Aliyev Center. That build has 0 corners (the build itself not the stuff inside) and is completely made out of curves.

  • @apostolia2124
    @apostolia2124 Рік тому +10

    "Somewhere over the rainbow..." beutiful Baku!! enjoy your new shoes!✌✨

  • @dianegarcia6562
    @dianegarcia6562 Рік тому +11

    I had no idea there were 14 books after wizard of oz. Wow! Very nice country. Loved the tower

  • @angelinaferguson1307
    @angelinaferguson1307 Рік тому +8

    I like the design in the bricks. Haven't seen it anywhere.

  • @yusif84
    @yusif84 11 місяців тому +9

    Hi Gabriel. Thank you for filming great video about my home city. If you still in Baku I can buy that bus card from you to compensate your financial loss. I think on that machine there is note that there will be no change. If you are not in Baku, you can come back))) this is positive perspective of your loss)))

  • @ragnarkophaug6313
    @ragnarkophaug6313 Рік тому +11

    Was there in 1995, visiting Baku, Ganja, Sheki, an Udin village and caves in Lenkoran. A lot has changed but reckon on country side much of the same. People spoke Azeri outside and Russian in Baku. Had some nice old church ruins nearby Ganja.

    • @ragnarkophaug6313
      @ragnarkophaug6313 Рік тому

      Btw was only Lada and in Baku during that time, sometimes styled as other cars like Mercedes once

  • @samgully7215
    @samgully7215 Рік тому +7

    Go to the North side of Azerbaijan, Sheki,Kish, Qebele, Khinaliq, then south side to the Talish mountains. There are a lot of old Albanian churches

  • @sigedytravel
    @sigedytravel Рік тому +20

    That "odd" building you mentioned was the Carpet Museum. It's really worth taking the funicular to the Flame Towers (although you can also easily walk up the stairs) since there is a nice park from where you have great views. Don't miss on visiting the Shirvanshak's Palace in the Old Town. If you want to make use of your pass, take a bus to the Heyder Eliyev Museum which has a very interesting architecture with a park surrounding it.
    I can also highly recommend taking a day tour to Xinaliq in the North of Azerbaijan (I think the lady wanted to sell you a tour). I went there by taxi but we were two so it was cheaper. The road from Quba into the mountains is absolutely stunning. It will be a long day but totally worth the effort!

  • @shareonrivas1458
    @shareonrivas1458 Рік тому +5

    loved your Wizard stories of childhood reading --- fantastic --- great sharing TY !!

  • @sandradalessandro2935
    @sandradalessandro2935 Рік тому +13

    Yeah another video today from Gabe. We. Are. All so lucky. Another adventure we get to share I. Am. Grateful 🥰❤❤🌺🙏🏻

  • @sal5966
    @sal5966 10 місяців тому +2

    That odd shaped building is Carpet museum. You should have visited it. Worth it. Caucasian carpets are very popular and expensive here in US

  • @annieis300
    @annieis300 Рік тому +8

    That awesome view was worth the price...💙❤💚

    • @AslanNadiroglu-ft2sl
      @AslanNadiroglu-ft2sl 2 місяці тому

      thanks hun, wish uou take a trip to our city you're welcome

  • @boort8732
    @boort8732 Рік тому +7

    What is wrong with this guy talking about the wizard of oz when is there so much to say about this amazing city the most beautiful I have seen so far, so clean and architecturally fantastic like no other in the world.

  • @Russell-x8w
    @Russell-x8w Рік тому +5

    So cool. Thank you Gabriel.

  • @Ivyslife33
    @Ivyslife33 Рік тому +9

    So interesting, beatiful country 😊

  • @damienohare7473
    @damienohare7473 Рік тому +6

    These is great Gabe!I always associated Azerbaijan with Tin Tin😂definitely a place I would love to see now…..what a great travelling journey this is

  • @suziperret468
    @suziperret468 Рік тому +9

    Hi Gabriel, have you seen the UA-cam channel, Kand Hayati? All about a wonderful self sufficient couple in the countryside of Azerbaijan. The filming is exquisite, and the food they produce is amazing. I think you would enjoy it.

    • @JN-wr9he
      @JN-wr9he Рік тому +1

      Agree, every video is a piece of art and a therapy session and a gastronomic delight at the same time. Wilderness cooking and relaxing village are great as well

  • @wilfredotorres6628
    @wilfredotorres6628 Рік тому +11

    Hi Gabriel, I couldn't believe how fascinating this City of Baku and Azerbaijan is just a really revealing video about this the structures were fascinating from the roof side showing and displaying all the areas around it. The park was incredible with a life-size chess set. Your narration of the Chronicles of Narnia and the Wizard of Oz is based on stories and how they have influenced you and you read the entire book in one unreal evening. You are right it does have a resemblance to the Sydney Opera House. Imitation is the highest form of flattery. Looking forward to seeing those boots or shoes. That was a beautiful tortoiseshell cat.

  • @nicklindsey3872
    @nicklindsey3872 Рік тому +9

    Looks like an interesting place

  • @saratemp790
    @saratemp790 Рік тому +6

    Interesting undiscovered part of the world for us in west.

  • @TrevorDodd-ev1sx
    @TrevorDodd-ev1sx Місяць тому

    I live in Baku and it is a fantastic city.

  • @mistertigre.4611
    @mistertigre.4611 Рік тому +9

    Man that food looks delicious man.

  • @Andrij_Kozak
    @Andrij_Kozak Рік тому +11

    Azerbaijan literally means translated „the land of flames“

    • @GabrielTravelerVideos
      @GabrielTravelerVideos  Рік тому +1

      Interesting, didn't realize that.

    • @h12gvj567
      @h12gvj567 Рік тому +2

      @@GabrielTravelerVideos yes, the local name of the country is, "Land of Fires (or Flames)". It's like a brand of Azerbaijan.

  • @dee74raz
    @dee74raz Рік тому +8

    I hope you’ll visit the Ateshgah of Baku. If you don’t know what it’s is, type it in Wikipedia and there is an article about the place. It was a temple that was used as a place of worship for Hindu, Sikh, and Zoroastrian people.

  • @kaypee4704
    @kaypee4704 Рік тому +3

    One of the symbols of Zoroastrian is the “ the holy fire” and is linked to Persian culture…..love your Azerbaijan tour….❤️❤️🇺🇸

  • @Machka-j7q
    @Machka-j7q Рік тому +5

    I was just typing a comment that the Deniz mall reminds me of the Sydney Opera house when you said it yourself 😂There's even also a Ferris wheel nearby.
    Love the street music esp at 25:10

    • @user-xs8vr5yr4z
      @user-xs8vr5yr4z Рік тому +1

      it is shape of Azerbaijani flag, which has 8 corner star

    • @azerashirov1897
      @azerashirov1897 Рік тому +1

      Music is called " Bayatilar". You can easily found it on UA-cam. Also there nor than 50 remix of this music by different composers all over the world.

    • @Machka-j7q
      @Machka-j7q Рік тому +2

      Thanks Azer, will look it up . Ben aslında Kıbrıslı Türküm. Azeri kardeşlerime selamlar 🧿👋🎶

    • @azerashirov1897
      @azerashirov1897 Рік тому +2

      @@Machka-j7q Salamlar olsun kardeşlere)

  • @glennplumlee9155
    @glennplumlee9155 Рік тому +7

    i love that you gave the street musician in a wheelchair money!!

  • @carsmusicfan
    @carsmusicfan Рік тому +4

    Beautiful overview of a town that's not on many people's radar. Glaringly obviously that they don't put up with destructive graffiti and bonus points for that!

  • @makeamericagreenagain8511
    @makeamericagreenagain8511 Рік тому +4

    @16:00 I started to realize that we are not in Kansas anymore. We made it to Azerbaijan.

  • @JustDaveIsFine561
    @JustDaveIsFine561 Рік тому +3

    Hey Gabe! Reviewing your Hungary and former Yugoslav videos for my upcoming trip. Thanks for all of your great content! I travel a lot, but not as much as you.

  • @stephennelson6116
    @stephennelson6116 Рік тому +2

    Lol yeah I was intrigued by the Caspian Sea too because of Prince Caspian.

  • @kulik03
    @kulik03 Рік тому +6

    At least they use their money to build stuff for people, its not as corrupt as in the other ex USSR countries

  • @Seanney25582
    @Seanney25582 Рік тому +5

    😆 I remember reading the chronicles of Narina! I remember one of novel was called prince caspian

  • @yo9635
    @yo9635 Рік тому +6

    Excellent expedition..The comments are concise and based on smart observations..😊❤

  • @paul0gb
    @paul0gb Рік тому +6

    Azerbaijan is a great country. if you go to see the mud volcanoes and cave paintings at Gobustan Look for a battered Lada taxi at the roundabout before cave paintings visitor center. He wont rip you off unlike the other taxi drivers.

  • @stankormy5717
    @stankormy5717 Рік тому +2

    That tower go up, way up!

  • @230919600
    @230919600 Рік тому +6

    Looks beautiful

  • @saratemp790
    @saratemp790 Рік тому +2

    I also read the whole Narnia series as a kid Gabe.

  • @Baxter_Miller
    @Baxter_Miller Рік тому +5

    2 Gabe videos today hell yeah

  • @ryanpatrickpreston
    @ryanpatrickpreston Рік тому +3

    32:35 Fun fact. Freddy Mercury's family, being from Zanzibar, practiced Zoroastrianism. One could do worse than read some Zoroastrian Scriptures. Then listen to some Queen. Then read Nietzsche's Also sprach Zarathustra. Already your perception of reality will be different. Then one could end the day and/or night with Richard Strauss's Also sprach Zarathustra, which itself was inspired by Nietzsche's work. For the extra ambitious, go ahead and put on 2001 A Space Odyssey on in the background. You will forever be changed...

  • @ladyblabla3611
    @ladyblabla3611 Рік тому +3

    All those photo's of the nature sites are stunning. You should really come back and rent a car to explore i feel. I know Baku but for the rest i know nothing. I think you can spend weeks here for exploring haha.

  • @meryuk
    @meryuk Рік тому +1

    The Patchwork Girl of Oz was hilarious. 😊👍

  • @pomidorus9
    @pomidorus9 3 місяці тому

    23:50 That's Carpet museum. It has a lot of historical carpets all made by hand. They are surprisingly in good condition.

  • @aidansmyth6480
    @aidansmyth6480 2 місяці тому

    Irishman living and working in Baku for almost 4 years now. Baku is a great place to live and work. But...sssshhhh...don't tell everyone. 😊

  • @mariadange06
    @mariadange06 Рік тому +4

    Azerbaijan a beautiful jewel of a city... Do watch Bill Still's The Secret of Oz, it was all about banking ;) Loved the Narnia books... If you havent read Mervyn Peake's Gormenghast otherworldly trilogy with great characters.

  • @rjypsiesmith3244
    @rjypsiesmith3244 Рік тому +5

    the mall resembles a lotus flower fyi

  • @sunnybeachwalks4k2022
    @sunnybeachwalks4k2022 Рік тому +4

    Very interesting video

  • @Trlinort
    @Trlinort Рік тому +3

    I am surprised that the climate is not warmer because Baku and the whole region is below sea level.

    • @ryanpatrickpreston
      @ryanpatrickpreston Рік тому +2

      Haven't been there, just a guess but it's right on the Caspian Sea. Having lived in Chicago for 3 years I experienced how cold such places can get.

  • @shareonrivas1458
    @shareonrivas1458 Рік тому +2

    your waiter had amazing nail beds !

  • @foxymoon7860
    @foxymoon7860 7 місяців тому +1

    You should have bought that popcorn man

  • @briansmout6734
    @briansmout6734 Рік тому +2

    Very Interesting.

  • @samgully7215
    @samgully7215 Рік тому +2

    27.04 just keep left and go all the way up to and to will see glass pyramid shape subway station. And behind the subway station there’s another door of old city. Ask for shirvanshah palace

  • @yo9635
    @yo9635 Рік тому +3

    Enjoy the new shoes.

  • @stankormy5717
    @stankormy5717 Рік тому +2

    Gabe, you should of tried some of that popcorn!

  • @MW-cs8zd
    @MW-cs8zd Рік тому +2

    Dang homey. Regards from Cali

  • @borashedkhalifa5793
    @borashedkhalifa5793 Рік тому +2

    enjoy ur trip

  • @MARC-FENIX
    @MARC-FENIX Рік тому +2

    11:28 Ohh man. I think you missed a good opportunity there to get 2(!) Albenis for the price of 1!!!

  • @steenboel2991
    @steenboel2991 Рік тому +6

    Please show the Baku cultural center by Zaha Hadid 🙂

  • @matanatagayeva6396
    @matanatagayeva6396 3 місяці тому

    Sometimes you were spinning around in one place😊🙃 It would be better to visit the Miniature Book Museum (free) in the old city fortress, relax in the Philharmonic Park. Look at the unique Baku Book Center, the Futuristic house without corners - the Heydar Aliyev Cultural Center - by architect Zaha Hadid. Visit the old German Lutheran Church, listen to organ music, concerts. Visit the Nobel Brothers House Museum in Baku - Villa Petrolea. Eat and try national cuisine - kutaby, dushpara, dolma. Visit a very cheap farmers' market on 8 kl (take the metro).

  • @jd881
    @jd881 Рік тому +1

    Dangle/loop the sandals off the straps of your backpack.

  • @greatfish4879
    @greatfish4879 3 місяці тому

    Super!

  • @katsuhiko79
    @katsuhiko79 Рік тому +4

    You mixed up with Turkmenistan regarding the crater with fire😅

    • @GabrielTravelerVideos
      @GabrielTravelerVideos  Рік тому +1

      You mean the photo? Woops...I guess I'll confirm that today since I'm going on a tour to the one near Baku.

  • @TravelonlineWalk
    @TravelonlineWalk Рік тому +2

    Nice

  • @caymanpurmont8808
    @caymanpurmont8808 Рік тому

    Oh man I remember return to Oz. The wheelers traumatized me

  • @missmo3451
    @missmo3451 Рік тому +1

    Nice Walk! Please not another Eye. They tried one in Times Square but fortunately ditched it.

  • @japankofun
    @japankofun Рік тому +3

    Why not try and sell that bus card to a local (for a discount if it makes them more willing to buy)? You can go to a bus stop and offer it there - they can check the balance with you on the bus if they doubt its legitimacy (unless there's a machine or whatever that shows the balance?).

    • @GabrielTravelerVideos
      @GabrielTravelerVideos  Рік тому +1

      I'll need the card to catch a bus back to the airport, so maybe give that a try there. It could end up kind of like trying to sell my bike in Athens though.

    • @japankofun
      @japankofun Рік тому

      @@GabrielTravelerVideos Well you never know, just like that guy Greece (Naxos?), whoever gets that card from you might end up being a future contact/help for you later if you go back to Baku. Good luck with it anyway, probably in with a chance to offload it around the airport if you have time.

    • @GabrielTravelerVideos
      @GabrielTravelerVideos  Рік тому +1

      @@japankofun I was actually referring to the other time I tried to sell my bike in 2016, when I ended up standing in Monastiraki square in Athens for several hours and finally just gave it away. But I agree, it's worth a try for a little while at least. You never know what's going to happen.

    • @japankofun
      @japankofun Рік тому

      @@GabrielTravelerVideos Oh yeah, you did mention Athens there initially, I'll read properly next time! Well it's no bike (which you'd think would sell easily at a fair price) but it's a pretty valuable bus card so best of luck with getting something back for it. Keep us updated if you do manage to do so, I'm curious.

    • @GabrielTravelerVideos
      @GabrielTravelerVideos  Рік тому +1

      Someone said I might be able to get a refund at a metro station, I'll give that a try.

  • @aidaovasapyan9951
    @aidaovasapyan9951 Рік тому +6

    Hi Gabriel , that Street musician try to tell you he like margarit Tetcher former British president he thought you are English,because you said you speak English so that’s why , probably This men fall in love whit Margarit ,

  • @deenay8902
    @deenay8902 Рік тому +1

    Yes , It is a Mosque.

  • @DjVictorrr
    @DjVictorrr Рік тому

    Cheers @ 31:28

  • @mohamed-bana
    @mohamed-bana Рік тому +1

    You should continue to post unedited videos like you did recently when you made the Palestine/Israel videos.

  • @tonray9395
    @tonray9395 Рік тому +1

    He was saying "I love you America"

  • @BusanDalint
    @BusanDalint Рік тому +2

    show the shoes :D

  • @tad27612
    @tad27612 Рік тому +5

    Zoroastorians were fire worshipers. There is a large community in Mumbai-the Parsis.

    • @living_peace
      @living_peace Рік тому +5

      Zoroastrianism is an Iranian religion, and places that are part of ancient Persia are Zoroastrian, such as Azerbaijan or Central Asian countries
      Of course, after the arrival of Islam, many Persians who did not want to change their religion went to India
      One of the famous Persians or Zoroastrians of India was Freddie Mercury

    • @tad27612
      @tad27612 Рік тому +3

      @@living_peace I thought Freddie Mercury was from Zanzibar though his family was from India.
      The Parsi burial rites are the result of walking across the desert to get to India.
      The Tatas are Parsi and well known at least in India.

  • @clarkmadrosen1780
    @clarkmadrosen1780 Рік тому +1

    Strange looking mall. Nice not to see any graffiti. 😊😊😊😊

  • @haveperutwilltravel
    @haveperutwilltravel Рік тому +1

    did you get yourself a new laptop Gabe?

    • @GabrielTravelerVideos
      @GabrielTravelerVideos  Рік тому +1

      Yes, last spring when I was back home in the US, bought another Lenovo Yoga.

  • @mshordness
    @mshordness Рік тому +3

    Check if you can pay in a taxi by that overloaded card.