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- Tehran
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Iran Slideshow
Iran
Travel Blogs from Iran
"Why Rasht?"
... to book hotels in advance as they were empty. Impressions of Rasht I had the first of what became a regular snack in Iran here: triangular samosa-like fried pastry stuffed with spiced potatoes and vegetables. Sold at many juice stands. The streets ...
Tabriz to Zanjan
18th August After posting my last letter 1 got my visa and went on to meet Horst about 20kms down the road where he had made camp Today we went on to Tabriz. At the border, which was full of English and Germans, I met two English boys who were going to ...
And so it begins...
... a proudly gay man to travel to such a extremely religious country, but what is religion about, except accepting your fellow man? Iran is famous for many things, including the Persian Empire, being conquered by Alexander the Great, the SAS storming the ...
Under armed guard
PHOTOS NOW ADDED!!! Final place I wanted to see in Iran was Bam. For a change I took a train to get there. My taxi fares to and from the station at each end totalled more than the cheap train fare! In Bam I was dropped off at the only backpackers place in ...
Rome in Iran
... enjoying the spring sunshine. We enjoyed our kebabs as we talked about the revolution and our young guide’s thoughts on Iran’s future. On our way out of the park, we experienced our one scary Iranian experience - besides the British ...
Iran for Real
Well here I am - fighting the slow internet and trying to get word out into the world. Things are good - I'm tired and hungy but just the way these things go at first. Lots of photos already, which I'm sure will shock no one. Off tp ...