Caucasus

How to cross the Caspian sea by boat

One day you might find yourself in the following situation: you are tired of sparkling Baku and would like to cross the Caspian sea, or lake, whatever you prefer, to the Kazakh city Aktau. Of course you could just take another boring plane. For a mere 250 euro's this could even fly you to Kazakhstan

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Enjoy the world's tallest pole!

An old couple took me from the refreshing mountain scenery just south of Dagestan through the desert to Baku. No way to resist their hospitality: well fed and with a hand full of pocket money they dropped me off in the dusty outskirts of the capital. Azerbaijan is drifting on oil. Still. And how thi

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The man who, at the Armenian borderpost, offered me a spare seat in his Mercedes, drove me to Tbilisi. “Do you know a place where I can camp?” I asked tactfully. Levan thinks deeply. Then the answer I was waiting for passed his lips: “You could stay at my place. My wife won't mind.” A

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