Azerbaijan

Lahic and the copper craft; the Absheron Peninsula and its abandoned oil derricks; final advice and recipe contest.

Xinaliq, Zeyid, and Indiana Jones’ bridge; driving back to Baku.

Quba: the wallet, the SUV and the police; the Döner kebab and the pakhlava; the road to Xinaliq.

Quba pakhlava.

The Quba region; roadside food stands; “Vodka Men Bold”.

The road to Quba; post-Soviet landscapes and abandoned factories.

Taza Bazaar in Baku; the art of buying caviar; nose-to-tail eating, and narsharab.

Restaurants in Baku; caravanserais; dolma, kutab, chikhirtma, plov, kebabs and other pakhlavas; the infamous watermelon hookah.

Nakhchivan, nest of spies; semi-desert and mountainous landscapes; Ordubad and an abandoned Soviet factory.