Shiraz

Shiraz -> Tabriz

Shiraz departure
Shiraz County, Sadra City

Windchart

Aladaghar Colored Mountains

Fascinating colored mountains. See image search in the web.
Tabriz approach

Location of picture is near Tabriz. Exact location is unclear.
Tabriz

Next Leg is Tabriz to Ordu

Passing Lake Urmia in 20.000ft with a groundspeed of 389 knots.
The lake seems to have a similar amount of salt like the Dead Sea.
North of Ercis

Passing a mountain looking like an old volcano.
Cruise flight

West of Trabzon 18.000ft

Following the Black Sea coastline

A lot of heavy rainshowers during the descent
Passing Görele

Turn to final approach to Ordu

Virtual Ordu

In poor weather today.
Quick jump from Ordu to Trabzon

This was the last travel leg in the virtual Orient. Back tour is left. Back to central Europe.
Trabzon

Backtrip via Turkey and Greece

Cruising in FL380 (Flightlevel)

Black Sea coastline - Bosporus in sight

passing Istanbul

West of Istanbul

Approaching Greek airspace

Find the Turkish/Greece border and the Mariza river
Alexandroupolis
