Tehran, Iran Travel Blogs

The start of my Iran Adventure
Jun 8, 2007 (27 photos)

I arrived in Iran on the 8th and was met with smiling faces by many in the airport including Bernard's friend, Bahman, who drove me to the Atlas Hotel.  The city was very clean but the traffic was busy.  Like other countries I have visited, lanes ...

Big and crazy
Sep 12, 2005 (12 photos)

... is made of rubies!! I really enjoyed it. There is only one room but we spent over two hours there! If I was in Tehran again, I'd go there. I love staring at sparkly jewellery. Luckily lunch had been good and I wasn't hungry so we found a fast food ...

Pollutionsville
Sep 13, 2005 (19 photos)

Once again, we jumped on a bus and headed towards Tehran. The first thing the bus boy did was to give us all biscuits and orange juice. This comes in a bag which doubles as a spew bag. That was breakfast. We then drove up a mountain and then down the same ...

Photos of Iran
Feb 1, 2005 (49 photos)

Photos of Iran

Tehran :happy:
Nov 11, 2008

... longuement. La prison, dans le même état qu'il y a 30 ans, sent vraiment la mort. Débarquer soudainement dans l'Iran de Khamenei (successeur du premier Guide Suprême, mort en 1989), dans un tel environnement, fut aussi passionnant que révoltant, instructif qu' ...

Allah has prevailed, we have Iranian visas!
May 10, 2007

coming soon

Tabriz to Tehran
Sep 20, 2008

... be one that we forget in a while. We stayed with Iman and his wonderful family for almost our entire month in Iran: from Karaj to Tehran; Isfahan to Shiraz; Rafsanjan to Kish; we were rarely without the help of a Haghighi family member or friend. ...

The Eclectic City Sounds of Tehran
Jul 26, 2006

... of course your packed-like-sardine buses. Put them together and what you have is a mixed salad of city sounds from Tehran's Orchestra of Automobilias. We were fortunate enough to have this local group serenade us from the twelfth storey of our hotel. I ...

Not having any cake and not eating it
Oct 22, 2003 (1 photos)

... almost entwining flags. The promised five hour border wait lasted a full ten minutes, followed by endless, "Welcome to Iran!" A very well spoken Iranian gentleman informed us of everything and when asked, enthusiastically told us he had studied English ...

BVAWT027 - OIII
Oct 4, 2008

OIII - Mehrabad Airport

The Burn
Jul 30, 2006 (3 photos)

... Natanz. The site is not hard to miss considering all the anti-aircraft machinery placed around it. We arrived to back in Tehran in the late afternoon and spent most of our time watching retelevised loops of the Iranian news as there were no English ...

Thankyou everyone
Aug 28, 2006 (1 photos)

Thank you everyone for your genuine interest and support of the Pod diary and the overwhelming response to my chat with Macca this morning. He has a great show and I love to chime in with the lady who says: "Well I love it". I hope to have another ...

Our First Trip to Tehran
Aug 27, 2006 (5 photos)

... porcelain, western toilet! As it was still early in the day we made enquiries at the desk where we might catch a train to Tehran. It would take 3 transfers to different trains to get to Tehran so we were advised to take a taxi, we thought if we ...

The image of Iran as a travel destination
Aug 9, 2009

... to serve you better. The data obtained from this research will be used to complete a thesis project at Islamic Azad University, Tehran. Your participation in this study is voluntary. You may refuse to participate in this study or in any part of this study ...

A very fast introduction (2/2)
Nov 8, 2008

... à mon égard. Seul dans le métro, le plan à la main, je crus comprendre que j'étais bel et bien arrivé en Iran.                         & ...

An Invitation
Aug 9, 2009

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hi every body
Aug 5, 2009

hi

bleary eyed in Tehran
Nov 1, 2008 (1 photos)

... on. Make up. Oh! The shock of it all. Steve and Gisella were welcomed like royalty (well, whatever passes for royalty in Tehran), even though they had only just been to the Cafe the previous day for the first time. After eating we headed downstairs to ...

Arriving
Dec 2, 2006

... It was a very cold day, I didn't expect to see any snow. There were a few moments that I thought I would lose my hands there because I forgot to bring my gloves! Tehran doesn't really have much to offer if you ask me. Our train left to Esfahan at 11pm....

Iran 101
Sep 8, 2008

... in a Chador. But here all the women had their bodies covered. I sensed that we were in a very conservative Tehran neighborhood. I also saw several traditional bakeries where the men were making the traditional Iranian bread.   Shayse's apartment ...

iran
Oct 27, 2007

... the guards kept saying "dont worry it will be ok"! in fact he was so attentive it was like a councelling session before a bungee Jump. Iran is vast and petrol only 5p a litre although it is rationed. I had to buy a petrol card which soon took the fuel cost ...

flying high - Hamadan to Tehran to Shiraz
Nov 4, 2008 (2 photos)

... entirely of importance - and minus our pottery (some opted not to entrust our purchases to the Mohammads care and control on the Tehran-Shiraz leg) we hauled our bags into the sauna-like concourse where Mohsen garnered our bags, told us to clear off and ...

4.00pm and get off the streets
Jun 18, 2009 (34 photos)

... leave no room for doubt, and although they don’t appear to be newly painted, they’re a constant reminder to the Tehran people.  In one panel, the hand of the USA is depicted with blackened claws, squeezing the life out of the world, ...

the infidel has landed
Feb 2, 2008 (12 photos)

... and they're blowing each up each other on the streets. Before I discuss the city of Tehran lets first just get it over with. Iran is a great country, filled with amazing people and NOTHING like what is portrayed in the Australian media and ...

Big city
May 14, 2008 (16 photos)

fashion

Tehran the Long Long Hard Way
Jun 15, 2009 (17 photos)

Yikes – 5am and we're on the road to Tehran! The hotel kindly provided takeaway breakfast.  It was the type of breakfast eaten throughout the Middle East and one which we have become accustomed to  – tomato, cucumber, soft cheese, ...

Tehran
Apr 24, 2006 (17 photos)

... their actions. Anything goes. I even saw a car driving on the sidewalk once!! Very stressful for the poor pedestrians! Tehran is not a beautiful city, but it has wonderful museums. I felt very excited about visiting the Carpet Museum, even though the ...

Having aPersonal Guide during my 1st day in Tehran
Sep 7, 2008

... to take them to but they said they had something else in mind. I was fine with that. So we ended up driving around Tehran for about 2 hours. I was wondering if we were even going to go out to eat. It felt like Shayse was more interested in demonstrating ...

The unknown city
Dec 27, 2007

Will update

A TV star! and a lot of fun
May 6, 2006 (68 photos)

... there me and my guide for the day visited a small arts museum, the Contemporary Arts Museum (fantastic) ... and even Tehran University! Another lovely day learning more about Tehran and Iranians. After 4 days of constant attention and sights, it ...