The European-style Dolmabahçe Palace was the administrative center of the Ottoman Empire from 1853 to 1923.
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Over two million people currently live in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan. The name of the city is derived from the Persian word for "wind".
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The Absheron peninsula, where Baku sits on the tip, has been the site of oil production since the 1870s, and it is today one of the most polluted places on Earth.
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Tokyo is a modern city with 12 million inhabitants. It is cleaner than most cities of its size, and crime barely exists. The population is more homogenous than most big cities.
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On the island of Odaiba in Tokyo Bay, there are many modern shopping and conference centers as well as museums and office buildings.
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Every day, more than 2 million kilo fish are sold at the Tokyo Central Wholesale Market in Tsukiji. At the market, one can also find fruit, vegetables and meat.
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Our first stop was the ancient city of Petra. The city was carved out in the mountains about 2000 years ago.
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The next stop was the Dead Sea. We stayed at the Mövenpick Hotel at the northernmost part of the Dead Sea.
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André and I were in Jerusalem from the 17th to the 18th of December, 2000. We explored the Old City and surrounding areas.
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We spent most of the time in Chios, the fifth largest of the Greek islands.
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While on holiday on a Greek island, we took a ferry over to the coastal town of Çeşme in western Asia Minor (Anatolia).
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We made one day-trip to Macao, just so that we had been there before the Portugese colony would be handed back to China in 1999.
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We made a two day trip to Guangzhou in China. We travelled by boat one way and train the other.
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Bombay is the capital of the state of Maharashtra, and one of the most populous cities in the world. It is the commercial and entertainment center of India.
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Goa is the smallest (in terms of area) state in India, located just south of Maharashtra. The state is renowned for its beaches, and was earlier a popular destination for hippies.
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