Alone in Azerbaijan 🇦🇿 -The world's biggest exclave of Nakhchivan
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 ม.ค. 2023
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In November 2022, I travelled alone around Azerbaijan for the first time. Having explored Ganja city in Western Azerbaijan, I headed to the world’s largest landlocked exclave, Nakhchivan.
Nakhchivan is an exclave of Azerbaijan which borders Turkey to the northwest, Armenia to the north and east, and Iran to the south. It lies in the southern part of the Transcaucasian plateau and is separated from the main territory of the Republic of Azerbaijan by a narrow strip of Armenia.
I was intrigued to explore this mysterious land which was historically competed for by the Persians, Armenians, Mongols, and Turks. In 1828 it was passed to Russia, and in 1924 it became an autonomous republic of the Soviet Union, before becoming a part of independent Azerbaijan in 1991.
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In 2013, I started my solo travel journey, leaving Indonesia in 2016 to become a full-time traveller and TH-cam creator. My background in International Relations has fueled a profound interest in exploring different countries. My content focuses on exploring different cultures through the lens of a solo female traveller, aiming to capture real-life interactions and experiences.
My travels kicked off with a five-month trip across Asia, after which I moved to China in January 2017 to work as an English teacher-my first time living abroad. I left China in 2018 to fully commit to creating videos on TH-cam, where I share my travels and the cultures I encounter.
Living nomadically since 2016, I settled in England in early 2022 after marrying my British husband, David. Now based in the UK, I continue to travel and share my adventures on TH-cam.
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What is fascinating about this exclave is its geographical location which is jammed between Armenia, Iran and Turkey on the Transcaucasian plateau. I hired a taxi to take me to the Alinja castle, which is dubbed the Machu Picchu of Eurasia. To get to the top I had to climb up over 1500. My legs and thighs were so sore the next day! The main city of Nakhchivan was probably just like any other city but the landscape of this part of the world was jaw-dropping.
I also visited a nearby village, Orduban, hoping to film its historical buildings and whatnot. However, due to time limitations, I couldn't film anything special but some interactions with locals. I hope you enjoy these glimpses of the stunning landscape!
Quoted from BBC Travel:
"Due to Nakhchivan's unique position on the Soviet Union's frontier bordering NATO-member Turkey and Iran, it was something of a secretive exclave largely closed off even to most Soviet citizens.
It also happened to be the first part of the crumbling Soviet Union to declare its independence - a couple of months before Lithuania - only to incorporate itself into Azerbaijan a mere fortnight later."
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Love to see you again 👍
It is Ordubad not Orduban
@@rakhumyim679 Thank you Rakhum!
@@rashidsafarov Yes, I mistakenly wrote Orduban instead of Ordubad 😂
Very nice country,
Beautiful landscape.
Greetings from France ❤️
Thank you Terre, for watching!
I was born in Nakhchivan, and l lived there for like 5-6 years but l remember it with warm memories. Even though it's tough place to live, harsh winters, extremely high temperatures in summer make it really hard. And it's small place to find a proper career to be honest. But l like every part of Azerbaijan especially Nakhchivan. Even in Azerbaijan, Nakhchivanis are known with their unique personalities. They are usually physically strong and tough l guess due to harsh nature. Not all of them of course. As a person who was born in Nakhchivan, l can confirm that l instantly recognize fellow Nakhchivani. Great place to visit, l wish l could again.
Thank you for sharing your story! I know what you mean about Nakhchivan with its harsh nature. A special place to visit, indeed, although it can be tricky due to its political sensitivity. Thanks again for watching this video.
Stiff, thanks for including those moments when you meet people from the places you’re at. They showcase the beauty of the human spirit. When the Birthday Girl picked and handed you flowers was precious.
Maria, thank you so much for your kind comment. Indeed, the beauty of human spirit is what makes my travel experiencing much more fascinating. I always am drawn to people :) Thank you so much for watching!
@@SyifaAdriana
tahanks ..What camera lens model did you use in this video?
This video is so soothing and peaceful.
Thank you so much for watching!
Thanks for the great video! I am from Nakhchivan, you are welcome! Neither politics nor any negativity, it's a nice video, only people and nature....❤🇦🇿
Thank you so much! Yes that’s the point of this video - not to be political. Thank you 😊
Nakchivan especially the view from Alinja Castle looks so spectacular. I will add this to my itinerary during my trip to the Caucasus in October with my mum (who is also Indonesian). Thanks Syifa for encouraging me again to travel off the beaten track.
Azerbaijan is a very memorable place to me I worked and stayed for almost 2 years most of their locals are very kind to visitors
Thanks for sharing your experience, Ruel!
I love your all videos. Great job.
Ooh to be invited to a local house feels so heartwarming. One of the purest memories you could have when you travel. This is one of my favorite things when I travel- meeting locals, try the local food and hear their wonderful stories. And you are such a great storyteller on your vlog Syifa.
Super courageous Syifa delivers again!
Thank you so much Aubrey, that's very kind of you to say this. 😊
You are AMAZING! Thank you so so much for visiting us!
Your travel videos are one of my favourite, especially because you go to interesting and relatively unexplored places such as Nakhchivan. It is indeed a beautiful place :)
One of u'r best.. Nice episode. Enjoying it❤️
Thank you so much for watching, Maruf!
Good to see you after a while
Beautiful vlog as always
Thank you so much for watching!
What a level of cinematography my friend. You are outstanding content creator, your shots are flawless! Brilliant work 🔥🔥
Thank you so much Ervin! Your channel also looks interesting 😊
Bu bölümde de gezdik gördük ve yeni şeyler öğrendik. Teşekkürler Syifa 👏
Nice work, love your work ... Keep posting these kind of videos
Hey Syifa , when I notified your video felt happy
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Thank you so much for watching!
@@SyifaAdriana always syifa
What a wonderful documentary. Thanks for sharing 🙂🙏
Thank you, Nat! I am glad that you enjoyed watching this 🙂
Beautiful experience ❤
Thank You! 👍☺️
Thank you so much for watching, Mark!
Nice to get such knowledge!!
always love watchingyour video. great work. keep it up.
Thank you for watching!
Beautiful landscape and nice trip.
Gorgeous Wow
My fatherland mystic place. Thank you great and emotional video
Excellent travel video again, Syifa. Lots of thanks for this, I can get some senses from the video though I never close to this region.
Love from Myanmar.
Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you so much for your lovely comment ❤
I only have 12 days off, and now you made me confused whether to go to Japan or Azerbaijan. 😅 I have been very intrigued to Azerbaijan by watching your vlogs in this country. Thank you for this beautiful video.
I would still recommend Japan as Azerbaijan isn't as easily accessible in terms of flights and etc. I would recommend taking a longer time to visit the Caucasus region instead of Azerbaijan alone. I personally love Armenia and Georgia as well as these countries are distinctly unique and have their own individual identity worth exploring.
@@SyifaAdriana ohh thank you so much for your recommendation Syifa. Now I am sure where to go. And yes my plan is to visit those Caucasus region, so I clearly need more time than 12 days. Thank you!!
@@SyifaAdriana so you didn't like my country that much ?
@@haryypotterr1192o xiristiandı it itin ayağını basmaz deyə atalar sözü var bu başdan ayağa təxribacdı
Very nicely presented. ❤
Nice to see your video again Syifa, it's beautiful 👍🙂
Thank you so much for watching, Budiono!
Hi syifa. Guest is very important in our culture. That's why specifically in villages and towns you'll see this hospitality
really nice video, thank you so much❤❤❤
Thank you for watching!
Beautiful and learned lady! Good job
Thank you for watching!
Glad you finally made it to Nakhchivan, Syifa! This brings back memories! :) I hope you enjoy the area as much as I did!
Pete, so lovely to have your comment here! I will share your guide to help other travellers with Nakhchivan detailed information. Hope you are well 🙂
Nice to see you again..
Syifa , your video is full of knowledge, information.
Thank you Feroz, I am trying :D
AWESOME , GREAT
Nice video. Keep going.
Delighted to view your travel vlog again,very interesting, keep it up 😀
Thank you so much for your comment, Fauzi! Glad to know that you enjoyed this video.
Beautiful place, great!!
Thank you so much for watching!
Awesome!!!
Beautiful
I was born there. Last year I had been to Alinja Tower (Castle). I could not climb to the top of it. Glad you made it 😊😊! You should have come to Sharur District. Thank you so much for showing our nature to the rest of the World. Greetings to Indonesia. Jakarta.
Thank u. and greetings from indonesia. btw i 've been following youtuber from azerbaijan. his name Davud Akhunzada.he's such a legend.
За Нахчыван ❤ особенно спасибо Сифа 🤗
Nice works
Thank you very much for the nice video. Best wishes and greetings with love from Kuala Lumpur. Stay safe and health.
Thank you so much for watching, Ellis! Best wishes and I appreciate your kind support.
Its quite interesting to see such an amazing historical place on your channel...👌 my big thumps up from Northeast India👍🙏
Thank you so much, Sangma!
Wow exciting.... 🙏👍🏼👍🏼
She deserves millions of subscribers.
Thank you Ten Jorden that's very kind of you!
Thanks . Very nice place
I knew of some archaeologists's finding of a wooden boat on mount Ararat which was believed to belonging to a prominent Prophet Noah of major Middle Eastern religions' . It is amazing to know and see that there is a beautifully preserved prophet Noah's Mausoleum ( likely prophet Noah's grave inside it) .A lot of thanks for this info. Also I had no idea that there is a Central Asian Macchu Picchu which is note worthy too. Hope you will continue finding this kind of treasures and reward us with them in your vlog.
Turkic people ( from Turkey or Azerbaijan)stealing history from their neighbors (Armenia and Iran)and claiming their own history.
I enjoyed your presentation ,but I would suggest you to go deeper in history when you show such a beautiful place ,that I’ve only read in my history and literature books (I loved the book “Stone dreams”by Azerbaijani author AkramAylisli
What is the origin of Nakhichevan,what language,what is the meaning?
I do know some answers but I suggest you to go deeper.
Thank you for your show
the name Nakhichevan, directly translated in the Armenian language, means "place of descent", refering to Noahs Ark landing on Mount Ararat (also Armenian). Current politicians made it an exclave, its always been part of Armenia and has been majority populated by Armenians until the last 100 years. This is why there are 15 to 20 Armenians living outside of Armenia, they were forced out because of turkish/russian dirty politics
Looks full of tranquility
Yup!
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I enjoyed your vid lot.. n its lots informative
Thank you so much for watching, Puspa!
Wow amazing super 👌👌
Thanku so much ❤️
Thank you for watching!
Thank you ,an eye opener for a traveller like me
Thank you for watching!
enjoyed Thanks
Thank you so much for sharing this experience! Your travel vlogs are so well-done and always touch my emotional heartstrings! I plan to visit Azerbaijan as a female solo traveler from the US in October and wanted to know if you encountered any difficulty entering Nakhchivan from Armenia. I planned to visit Ganja from Baku via train and now I want to add Nakhchivan to my itinerary as well thanks to you! Perhaps Sheki too...
You can enter it through Turkey as well! Due the conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia, the borders are closed . I don't know if you can go through Iran, cause well they have troubled relationship with U.S, but you can go through Turkey. Nakchivan shares border with Turkey. Safe travels and welcome.
@@lordofvurgun187 Thank you very much for this information and your warm wishes! Perhaps I'll be able to take a taxi there via Turkey then. It is unfortunate that I cannot visit Iran too as it is definitely a bucket list destination for me thanks to Drew Binsky's vlogs.
@@patriciadubosky718 I am sure you will be able to find a way to get to the Nakchivan). If you need help about anything (sights, people, tourism) you can ask me.
@@lordofvurgun187 Thank you very much!!
@@patriciadubosky718 Hello lovely Patricia, thank you for your comment! Its is so kind and lovely and I am so thrilled to know that this video touches your emotional heartstrings, which is exactly what we aim for. As someone said already, Armenia and Azerbaijan don't share the same border.
I suggest flying from Baku with Azerbaijan Airlines as it would be the easiest and travel-friendly to get to Nakhchivan. I flew from Ganja city, however, and it was a tense experience! They scrutiny my luggage and unpack everything, kept checking my passport and had to call a military officer to check whether I have the "right" visa to enter Nakhchivan, which was silly since it was a domestic flight. They asked me what I do for a living and why I wanted to go to Nakhchivan. Anyway, Azerbaijan is generally a tense country when it comes to its military and official security. Interestingly, the flight actually flew over Armenia's airspace as I kept observing my GPS while flying.
A blogger friend of mine made a great guide on Nakhchivan: www.bucketlistly.blog/posts/nakhchivan-backpacking-itinerary-azerbaijan
This is also a great BBC article about it: www.bbc.com/travel/article/20200721-nakhchivan-the-worlds-most-sustainable-nation
You can cross into Tabriz, Northern Iran from Nakhchivan but I don't think you will be eligible to do so. As an American, the Iranian govt requires you to travel only with a registered tour guide/company within the country. I also suggest flying into Tehran if you've never been to Iran and visit areas that are slightly more tourist friendly. Drew Binsky experience would slightly be different than us being women as I travelled Iran alone in 2018. I loved my time in Iran but I would be lying if I didn't feel the conflicting feeling being a woman in Iran. The Iranian and Persian culture are some of my personal favorite but the govt and its conservative supporters can be really difficult to deal with. There's a FB group called "See You in Iran" which can be useful to get tips and local information.
Hope this is helpful, Patricia!
Beautiful program next program waiting
Good work
O really nice content vlog
Thank you so much 💐
Thank you for watching!
Wao! Beautiful place I want to see that place.
Finally. Glad you are well and for uploading this wonderful video.
Thank you so much, Marin!
Hai
Syifa adriana.fantastic Azerbaijan landscape. Thanks.
Thank you so much for watching!
hello i from thialand
Great country and nice people. I always dreamed of living in loved Azerbaijia for some year to learn more about this country.
its a fake country, you will see the remnants of Armenians all over azerbaijan and Turkey, even though they try to destroy everything that Armenians created.
best of luck to your trip. 🤘👌👍✌
Thank you for watching!
Thanks for this video. I never visit this place
Nice.. and beautiful place
Awesome city
Beautiful place
Thank you so much for watching!
It's an amazing scenery to see this vlog sharing from u vlog... I enjoy & appreciate it & tqvm @SyifaAdriana, staysafe & tkecre 😊 🙏 🙂✌️
Thank you for watching, Lucy!
Our beauty queen in a most beautiful country.
Very interesting and informative.
Take care
Thank you for watching!
Thank you for sharing this Syifa, quite a a stunning place!
Thank you so much for watching. Indeed a stunning landscape. I think Northern Iran terrain will be quite similar to this part of the world.
You are an amazing person 😍
Great.. Blessings
Quince is delicious. Try the quince jam!
Happy birthday to Auntie, she looks happy to have you visited her house
Happy to see your video as always, gives me more perspective about how grateful living in the village
Gong Xi Fa Cai 🐇
Indeed, Agus. It's usually a lot easier to connect with different locals in more rural areas. Happy Chinese new year and thank you so much for your consistent support 😊
4:09 - До чего интересный феномен разыгрывается на наших глазах! С всё ускоряющейся глобализацией и развитием пешего туризма собаки и даже кошки в значимых туристических местах уже заранее ждут туристов и идут с ними по маршруту километры и даже лезут в горы! И не только ради кусочка колбаски, которого зачастую у туриста с собой просто нет
Хахахаха я с тобой согласен! Меня часто настолько впечатляет, что эти собаки сразу узнают туристов. К сожалению, у меня не было еды, чтобы предложить, так как я не ожидал найти собаку. Он был хорошей компанией, пока поднимался на смотровую площадку. Большое спасибо за просмотр!
I saw your channel since your North East India episodes...... quite admireable whatever you are doing.
Thank you so much Nirupam! I appreciate your kind comment.
Suasana geografi yang unik dan makasih udah berbagi pemandangan yang sangat indah kawan
Muchas gracias por el video. Yo si que suelo viajar solo y me encanta. Y naturalmente que me gustaría visitar estos países que Usted nos enseña en estos bonitos videos. Un saludo desde España
¡Muchas gracias por tu amable comentario y apoyo! Me alegra mucho saber que disfrutaste este video
Very nice good luck.
Çox sag olun!
1:45 - Мммм, what a wonderful vintage PAZik in perfect condition!
It was, wasnt it? I loved seeing different Soviet midibus.
Ölkəmi gəzdiyiniz üçün təşəkkürlər 🇦🇿❤️❤️
Cool !!!
Thanks for this, Syifa... tahun lalu aku juga coba kunjungi Nakhchevan tapi sayangnya gagal (long story...) Mungkin tahun ini deh...Your video has put it back near the top of my travel list👍🏼
Thank you Ben! What happened with your travel plans? I hope you'll get to visit this interesting land. Best wishes!
@@SyifaAdriana Hope so too. Took a long bus trip from Bodrum to Igdir last August and tried to get in from the Turkish side, but the border was closed. Went round to the main border crossing from Tbilisi and that border was closed too. Am working in Philippines now (finally leaving Jakarta after 32 years...!), and too busy in the short term to think about Nakhchevan. Will get it done, though!
Looking beautiful ❤️
Bellas experiencias en esos viajes Adriana
¡Muchas gracias por tu amable comentario y apoyo! Me alegra mucho saber que disfrutaste este video
Akhirnya Azerbaijan yg aku tunggu 2 😍
Woah..adrienna.wishing u happy wealthy new year.really.u r enjoying to seeing thebeautiful places . very lucky girl.regards.a friend.taku.longchar.
kali ini jadi tamu....saya doakan kelak jadi duta besar untuk Azerbaijan 😁
How much was the taxi for the whole day in the end?
You are very bold, gorgeous and you speak very good English. It's very satisfying watching your videos. Great vision and God bless
Thanks Dominic! That’s so very kind 😊
Happy Birthday to you ma’am 🎂
great country ❤
never heard of the notion of Machu Picchu of the Caucasus. The Caucasus has a great mix of unique countries 🇦🇲❤🇦🇿❤🇬🇪
the region is called the Armenian Highlands, Caucuses is a modern term.
This is one life time experience...Yes....But you will get more like this...
Dear Syifa, thanks for lovely video but in 00:30 our water territory is incorrect. Where did you get that map?