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Fourth visit to Iran   On the way from Africa and Arabia to Central and North Asia   (April 11 to May 6, 2011)
7th Saudi Arabia-Transit   On the way from Africa and Arabia to Central and North Asia   (Jan. 9 to 12, 2016)
Abkhazia   (Aug. 5 - 13, 2013)
Georgia part 3 Svaneti + Ferry to the Ukraine   (July 31 - Aug. 5, 2013) (Aug. 13 - 15, 2013)
Georgia part 2 Tbilisi + from the Armenian border at Ninotsminda via Kazbegi, Kutaisi to Zugdidi before Svaneti   (June 24 - July 2, 2013) (July 22 - 31, 2013)
Armenia part 2 from the Nagorno Karabakh border near Goris to the Georgia border near Gyumri   (July 17 - 22, 2013)
Nagorno-Karabakh   (July 9 - 17, 2013)
Armenia part 1 from the Georgia border at Bagratashen to the Nagorno Karabakh border near Goris   (July 2 - 9, 2013)
Azerbaijan Caucasus, Baku and back to Georgia   (June 13 - 24, 2013)
Georgia part 1 from the Turkish border at Sarpi to the Azerbaijani border near Lagodekhi   (June 4 - 13, 2013)
Turkey – Southeast & Northeast Anatolia   Esendere-Hakkari-Van-Dogubayazit-Kars-Ardahan-Hopa   (May 28 to June 4, 2013)
Crossing Iran part 3 Esfahan (excl.)-Chelgerd- Hamadan-Sanandaj-Orumiyeh   (May 14 to 28, 2013)
Crossing Iran part 2   Pasargad (excl.)-Yazd-Esfahan   (May 6 to 14, 2013)
Crossing Iran part 1 Ferry Port Bandar Abbas- Shiraz-Persepolis-Pasargad   (April 29 to May 6, 2013)
Winter 2012/13: UAE part 3 Al Ain, East Coast & Ras al Khaima, and the Omani exclave of Madha   (March 29 to April 29, 2013)
Winter 2012/13: Oman part 5   The western Hajar mountain range   (March 16 to 29, 2013)
Winter 2012/13: Oman part 4   Salalah and the region of Dhofar   (March 8 to 16, 2013)
Winter 2012/13: Oman part 3   The Northeast and the Island of Masirah   (March 2 to 8, 2013)
Winter 2012/13: Oman part 2 Muscat and the visit of friends from Switzerland   (Feb. 5 to March 2, 2013)
Winter 2012/13: Oman part 1 The Omani exclave of Musandam along the Strait of Hormuz   (Jan. 28 to Feb. 5, 2013)
Winter 2012/13: UAE part 2 From the Liwa Oasis to the Omani border of Musandam   (Jan. 21 to 28, 2013)
Winter 2012/13: UAE part 1 Cities of Dubai-Sharjah-Abu Dhabi and the "1st Traveler’s Festival" in Dubai   (Nov. 20, 2012-Jan. 21, 2013)
Fourth visit to the UAE Dubai – now a megacity on the way between Socotra/Yemen and Sri Lanka   (without car) – (Feb. 17 to 27, 2011)
Socotra 'thirdly'    (Report) West: Qalansiya-Shouab Beach- Qadama Beach-Momi Plateau-Wadi Ayhaft   (without car) – (Feb. 15 to 19, 2011)
Socotra 'secondly'    (Report) South: Homhil-Aomak Beach- Wadi Daerhu-Dicksam Plateau   (without car) – (Feb. 11 to 15, 2011)
Yemeni Island of Socotra    (Report) North+East: Hadibo-Dihamri-Arher Beach   (without car) – (Feb. 9 to 11, 2011)
Third visit to Oman 1999 On the way from Europe to Japan   (April 1999)
Fairytale Wedding in Dubai    (Report)   (Feb. 1999)
Sandstorm in Saudi Arabia    (Report)   (February 4, 1999)
Trip to Dubai 1999 We leave Europe on 1/28/1999 in Turkey and return only 14½ years later in the Ukraine for one month   (Jan./Feb. 1999)
Car trip from Oman through Yemen to Saudi Arabia    (Report) A drive from Salalah through Hadramawt to Mukalla and on to Sana'a   (May/June 1996)
Welcome to Kuwait    (Report)   (March 26, 1996)