Days 661–664: Samarkand – Sharisabz (Kesh) • Timur

How Timur Looted Together the Treasures of Samarkand

Days 635–645: Tazhen – Khiva • Country Background to Uzbekistan

Spring begins in Khwarazm

Days 428–442: Yerevan – Marneuli • The Armenians (with David) II

September in Armenia: Hot summer, wet fall

Days 417–427: Ninotsminda – Yerevan • The Armenians (with David) I • The Armenian Genocide

The greater Lesser Caucasus

Days 403–416: Ureki – Ninotsminda • Queen Tamar and the Golden Age of Georgia

The little Lesser Caucasus

Days 358–376: Ürgüp – Kars • Atatürk IV: Turkish Islamism

Along the Euphrates River

Days 345–354: Soğanlı – Ürgüp • Cappadocia (with David) • Atatürk III: From Coup to Coup

Cappadocia: Landscape Top, Balloons Flop

Days 336–345: Cendere River – Soğanlı • Atatürk II: Revolution

Deprem, Ice Cream and Mud

Days 323–336: Duhok – Atmalı • Nemrut Dağı • Atatürk I: Rise

Along the Tigris River

Days 301–320: Sulaymaniyah – Duhok • The Yazidis

Iraqi Kurdistan is green!

Days 292–300: Abu Dhabi – Sulaymaniyah • The Kurds and Iraqi Kurdistan

The Cyclicst’s Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Middle East

Days 260–273: Ibri – Al Wajajah • Oman

Oh man, oh man, Oman

Days 231–241: Buraidah – Riyadh • The State of Saudi Arabia

Campin’ on the Edge between Camel Market and Shopping Mall

Days 209–221: Wadi Rum – Medina • Arab Revolt (with David)

Desert and yet Plenty of Water

Days 171–184: Larnaca – Jericho • How come Israel, Golan Heights and West Bank? • Bahai Faith

In the land of walls and fences

Days 125–145: Izmir – Kemer • Ancient Greeks in Western Turkey (with David) • Ottomans VII: Turkish War of Independence

Cycling the World of Wonders (of the World)

Days 113–123: Çanakkale – Izmir • Troy (with David) • Ottomans VI: World War I and Battle of Gallipoli

What we do not know about Troy

Days 95–98: Istanbul • Ottomans I–III: Foundation, Conquest of Constantinople, Peak of Power

20626 Square Degrees 1453

Days 83–94: Plovdiv – Istanbul-Sarıyer • Byzantium V: Two Crusades, Partition and Fall

On Four Lanes over 1001 Hills

Days 77–81: Vinica – Plovdiv • Orthodox Church and Byzantium IV: East–West Schism (with David)

Finally there is Lidl again!

Days 63–70: Tirana – Ohrid • Byzantium III: Byzantine Iconoclasm (with David)

Beach Vacation or Something like That

Days 28–34: Bihać – Mostar • Yugoslav Wars II: Bosnian War • The Bosnian Constitution • Byzantium II: Slavic Land Seizure

Bosnia and Herzegovina: Beautiful, but Complicated

Days 12–19: Innsbruck – Idrija • A Small Introduction to Slovenia

Challenging Alp Passes, Meaningless Construction Sites and the First Accident