Günaydın Istanbul!

And I am back on the road again, on my way to Marrakech, in Morocco...

My journey began at Incheon last night, I just landed at Istanbul. From here I will take a flight in a few hours to Casablanca, from where I will go by road to Marrakech...

My plane - a Turkish Airlines Boeing 777 at Incheon...

Boarded and ready to go!

And we set course towards Istanbul flying over Chinese airspace...

Headed for Kazakh airspace...

...just south of Astana, and north of Almaty!

Overflying Lake Tengiz...

And we just overflew the Caspian Sea and entered Azerbaijani airspace - I was so anxious to see the Caspian Sea from the air, but it was dark...

The big news - the handover begins at the White House as Barack Obama welcomes the incoming President-elect Trump... 

And a positive news in the Financial Times on Prime Minister Modi's demonetization plan, which I have wholeheartedly supported! 

Passing over the Black Sea, entering in from Georgian airspace!

And it's still pitch dark outside...

Flying parallel to Turkey's Black Sea coastline...

Sudoku time...

Istanbul comes in sight, am back here after 1 year and 3 months...

Finals into Attaturk Airport...

And here I am at Istanbul...