Gostaresh Tabriz

... po 15 minutach stejne vypli (nejaky iransky thriller, ale porad to bylo koukatelnejsi nez Blue Streak s Martinem Lawrencem, co nam pousteli predevcirem pri ceste do Kasanu).<br> Do Tabrizu jsme dorazili kolem sedme rano, odbyly par taxikarskych otravu, kteri proste nedokazou pockat ani vterinu, abychom se rozkoukali a jen v sesti huci huci a huci persky, kdyz jim nic nerozumime. Tentokrat jsme meli prvni vetsi problem s ubytovanim, protoze jsme ...

... ho, ma&#269;kali se jak sardinky a &#269;ekali na odjezd k turecko-íranským hranicím.<br> P&#345;echod hranic byl bezproblémový, dokonce jsme byli íránskými celníky vy&#345;ízení p&#345;ed celou frontou &#269;ekajících. Samoz&#345;ejm&#283; jsme byli málem okradeni tureckým vekslákem. Vým&#283;na pen&#283;z byla pak vy&#345;ízena v íranským vekslákem v autobuse, který nás odvezl dále do Bazargánu - hrani&#269;ního m&#283;sta na Íránské stran&#283;.<br> P ...

... people generally said no rooms (even if some might become available later). The price of hotels seemed to have gone up a 3rd of what the guide book quoted. This wasn't surprising as the rate of inflation in Iran is running at up to 25%. We returned to the hotel and confirmed once more that we were man and wife in our broken Farsi. They handed over the key somewhat suspiciously, perhaps I needed a bigger fake diamond!<br><br>We spent the afternoon wandering through the twisting ...

... from place to place and how long people are prepared to travel. So, five am starts are not uncommon. <br><br>Our travelling companions consisted of people who were interested in the culture of the country, Tombies as we shall call them; people who liked the truck travel and the local people (Truckies) and the undecided. After three months through every major site in North Africa and the Middle East we sat firmly in the undecided camp. A place would ...

... Mustapha our Iranian guide had been delegated with the task of being the navigator for the trip as Lucy our Trip Leader had been refused entry into Iran. The Consulate would not accept her temporary Passport so we had to find our own way across the border.<br> <br>The crossing was surprisingly easy, and a more than a little humorous as we watched all of the UK Passport Holders be marched off to get fingerprinted. This is simply Tit for tat as the UK requires this ...

... buzzing because it was a Friday night (like Sunday in the UK) and there were hundreds of tents pitched in the middle of roundabouts and by the sides of the roads even in the city center. Families were enjoying picnics, and this went on really late into the evening, even with young children around. Our hostel was okay; we had a toilet but no shower, beds and a good view from the window. We were just down the road from the blue mosque but quite a drive from anything else.<br style ...

... train m'apparaissaient du coup, d'une manière phénoménale, délicieux. Je savais depuis longtemps qu'il n'y avait pas lieu d'assimiler un peuple à ses représentants politiques ; pourtant c'est cette erreur qui rendit la découverte de l'Iran, par les paysages et son peuple rural, si jouissive. A commencer par Tabriz, au nord ouest du pays, sur la route entre la ...

... just getting too ridiculous for me and I think he finally got the point. Unfortunately all the post offices were closed. Tomorrow is a holiday so because of this they all closed early. So I gave Ali more money and asked that he buy stamps and send the postcards for me as I was leaving tomorrow and wouldn't have a chance to do any of this. So we returned to the apartment where I spent most of my time away from Ali and just updated my blog. This helped as I eventually got over my ...

... streets were absolutely packed with people. I reached Ali and explained where I was. He sounded very surprised that I checked myself into a hotel. This confirmed my thinking that he had no clue what I was telling him when I called him the previous night. Ali came by an hour later and it was good to see him again. I explained that I already checked into the hotel and so I just wanted to stay there. Although it wasn't the best place, it was central and that was important to me. He ...

... said that Americans are very nice people and it is too bad so many people judge them by the actions of their government. The Iranians could understand this. Many Iranians I met on the bus think that the international community perceives them to be a bunch of religious fanatics because of their government but they are nothing like that. Dino Vagabond One topic the guys were really excited to talk about but were a bit shy to bring up was sex in our country. I laughed. They asked ...