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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?
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.

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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.
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.
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

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