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?

@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.

Have fun route planning

EO

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.

Got it, thanks, very interesting!

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

Samy