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Eurasia, having reviewed your travel blogs, I wanted to say thanks and that they were very helpful. I noted that you had hosts in virtually every city; how did you arrange those, AirBnB or some other way?
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@EurasiaOverland,
Also, I noted that you crossed into Turkey from Azerbaijan, but I can't find that border on a map; it looks like Armenia separates the two countries, or at least Nagorno-Karabakh?
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@EurasiaOverland,
Also, I noted that you crossed into Turkey from Azerbaijan, but I can't find that border on a map; it looks like Armenia separates the two countries, or at least Nagorno-Karabakh?
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Hi Motoreiter, thanks for checking out the articles.
I usually arrange locals to stay with through Couchsurfing.
Armenia does indeed separate 'mainland' Azerbaijan (and Nagorno Karabakh) from Turkey but there is a tiny strip of a border here between the Azerbaijani exclave of Nakhchivan (which by land you can only reach from Turkey or Iran) and the most easterly point of Turkey. A nice geographical oddity thanks to Stalin's love of making mad borders.
Have fun route planning
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...there is a tiny strip of a border between the Azerbaijani exclave of Nakhchivan (which by land you can only reach from Turkey or Iran) and the most easterly point of Turkey.
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sorry for being dense, but do I understand that you entered the Nakhchivan exclave from Turkey or Iran, and not from mainland Azerbaijan? If so, weird set up, that.
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sorry for being dense, but do I understand that you entered the Nakhchivan exclave from Turkey or Iran, and not from mainland Azerbaijan? If so, weird set up, that.
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Yes exactly, I drove in from Iran at the Jolfa border, spent 3 days in Nakhchivan then drove into Turkey.
Nakhchivan is an exclave; it is totally detached from its parent country; like Alaska or Kaliningrad.
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Got it, thanks, very interesting!
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Samy is the man, really helpful as always to the community.
I believe you're doing good, I really haven't heard in a long time from you. Hope life is treating you well
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Hello Dooby
You are pampering me...
Life is a bit stressful nowadays not only in Turkiye but worldover I think. I was busy abit with some personal new life affairs.
Take care
All the best
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