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Chilling in the city
The last few days have been an amalgamation of different emotions. Comfort, despair, happiness, laughter, the list goes on. I decided that I wanted to teach English here so I visited a local language school. The place is phenomenal, the boss is ...
Another day in Urmia
... live their lives. Now every action and facet of peoples lives is regulated. So much so that the majority of people in Iran consider smoking as a hobby. Its the only thing they can do without reprimand from the government. Its saddening seing so many ...
Crazy horses...
3/11/11 A fairly easy day today apart from being followed by the spectre of death everywhere we went. We woke up in the quiet little town between Tabriz and Tehran with only about 70 miles left to get to the city. I guess it would have been a more ...
The Millennium Village
... then a thousand years old. Masuleh, a village located in the mountains to the southwest of Rasht. The drive to this part of Iran is rather mild (as compared to Alamut and Abyaneh), however along the way, the farmlands and the effect of the fog made me ...
Damavand – trekking
Wyruszlismy rano majac wizje przejscia na piechote okolo 15tu km, ale udalo nam sie zlapac stopa (w Iranie!!) ktory nas podwiozl pod drozke prowadzaca na szczyt Damavand. Okazalo sie, ze to nie byla dobra droga, ale nam to nie przeszkadzalo, bo naszym ...
Afghanistan
... ;heavy feeling in the bottom of my stomach. The provisional plan is this, to make my way to Mashad in North-Eastern Iran and then continue overland through Herat and onto Kabul. All being well, I will have my Visa in hand this Tuesday, and ...
7h... Pour 70km!!!!
Record de lenteur battu! 7h pour 70km, je l'avais jamais fait!!! Mais comme c'etait bien! J'ai profite de cette etape plutot courte pour faire des intensites, c'est bon de remettre un peu de rythme! Mais j'ai surtout ete "arrete" tellement souvent par ...
kõrb
Kolm päeva kõrbes oli küll lühemalt kui plaanitud, aga siiski väga tore. Tsensuuri polnud, internetti, tõsi küll, ka mitte. Netipunkte ei nimetata siin muidu ka internetiks, vaid coffee netiks, kuigi kohviga ei ole neil kõige vähematki ...
2 jours inoubliables à bord du Trans-Asia Express
... , nous ont pris sous leur aile. Des hommes adorables. Ils partagent leur repas avec nous et nous apprennent énormément sur l’Iran. Nous rions aussi beaucoup. Mostafa m’explique qu’il est fatigué de vivre seul aux USA ; il a ...
Stuck in the middle with you!
... sorted. We went in and the man at reception stood up and greeted us with the usual big smile and "welcome to Iran" which is occasionally interchangeable with “Welcome to Tabriz.” We explained our problem and were told the Visa department was ...
My arrival in Tehran
Something was on my mind last night, Im not sure what it but it was defintely inhibiting my ability to sleep . The morning slowly came around and Mohamad kindly cooked me some eggs . Iranian people definitely like their oil and this morning was ...
Just like England
Today was an unexpected day of rest, Yaser was hopeful that I stay for as long as possible and it would have been rude no to spend an extra day here. I felt pressurized to do so, but it was a good pressure. The lamb's wool quilt and pillow served me well ...
pühapaev
Kuna reede võrdub siin pühapäevaga, siis otsustame kultuurist loobuda, hoolimata LP kinnitusest, et kõik plaanitud vaatamisväärsused on avatud. LP-l on ennegi sellega probleeme olnud. Võtame kohalike eeskujul suuna jõe äärde, lebotame murul, ...
Mooning and a nice picnic
The past weeks have been really good to me, despite losing my passport and having to wrestle with bureaucracy I've been having a surprisingly good time. As of a month ago I have now have me a girlfriend and I’ve acquired two great friends here. My ...
Iran Underground
We woke up surprisingly early considering the problems Pooriya had been voicing about his nocturnal sleep patterns.I still felt drained and as is usual in the past few weeks I woke up to a swollen, scabbed lip where my cut is refusing to heal. Pooriya's ...
Crossings
... are fascinating and I could write pages about the hilarious and at times unbelievable road conditions I experienced from England to Iran. Instead, I will focus upon the strange ways we cross them and how this varies internationally. Which method you ...
Nature of Nakhchivan
WWW.NATIGTRAVEL.EU.TP Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic is allocated on southwest of Small Caucuses. In the region of geomorphology regioning of the territory of Azerbaijan Republic, the territory of Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic is related to ...
"Trekking" i inne atrakcje w okolicach Damavand
... w góry uświadomiłem sobie straszna rzecz-gdzieś posialem kasę w walutach którą miałem przygotowana na iran (tak na oko około 2000pln). Ale nie była to ostatnia że złych wiadomości tego dnia: ...
Not having any cake and not eating it
... 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 ...
Yazd
Lundi et mardi étaient jours fériés (Achoura) en Iran. Peu de choix de car pour aller vers Yazd. Obligée de prendre un car VIP... Vraiment on sent la différence avec les cars 'normaux', au niveau confort. Le prix est en conséquence, mais reste peu ...
An easy day
... the crossroads of different empires throughout history. I also learnt that algebra, standardised weighing and the dome were all invented in Iran. Also fascinating was that in the 1600s Iran unlike Europe at the time was a home of religious tolerance with ...
Party time
With nowhere to stay until 12pm Zara, the boss of Bayan Salis decided to take me home. She is a very gregarious woman and our time was filled with interseting and highly animated conversations. Her flat was lovely and ony a couple of minutes walk from ...
A day in the city
Despite my love of bread eating it day in day out can become a little laborious. So when I was offered a croissant for breakfast it was a welcome change. This went down well with the Italian coffee that Emma made me, a truly European experience. While I ...
Iran out of clever titles for my blog....
Okay, so this one is going to be short, so I apologize. I'm having a great time in Iran so far. I really can't believe how friendly the people are here. It was something that I'd read about and that people had told me before I came, but ...
The urbanite sheep
The second night of wedding calamities followed last night. We started the evening by consuming our own weight in fruit and cooked beetroot and washed this down with loobia, which in my opinion was a rip off of baked beans! Mehdi's Dad had informed me ...
Avant de quitter l´Iran
Avant de quitter l´Iran, je voulais ajouter quelques ´réflexions´. Si j´ai décidé de traverser l´Iran, c´était aussi pour témoigner, pour offrir une autre image que celle transmise par les médias en Occident. Non, l´Iran n´est pas un pays ...
Out of Iran to clear Pakistan visa
... this visa-issue, that had taking a lot of my energy. Bander-e Abbas is probably the poorest town and most conservative I saw in Iran, a lot of the women where covered from top to toe there. When I took the plane early Sunday morning it was on the same ...