• Historic Istanbul, Cappadocia rock formations, sunset on Mount Nemrut

  • A market full of copies, endless unproductive meetings

  • Driving a car in Istanbul, Great Camlica Mosque, Asian Side

  • Successful modernization of Baku, long waiting to cross the Caspian Sea

  • Modernization driven by petrodollars, navigating Caspian Sea, mud volcano

  • Prohibitively expensive, rigorously secured and fervently devoted

  • Istanbul, Cappadocia rock formations, doing business, hospitality

  • Divided capital Nicosia, ancient architecture on Paphos, seldom visitors

  • Swimming in the Dead and the Red Sea, exploring the ancient city of Petra

  • Almost denied at the border, hospitable people, unique Palmyra ruins