Morvarid Hotel Tabriz

Bagh Golestan Square Tabriz, Iran

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Our entry to Iran

A travel blog entry by robdelaney

... jump off the bus, cart all our baggage with us, and queue up once more to be inspected. We handed our passports to a man behind a glass screen, then waited by the baggage scanner as he disappeared for a while. I expected as much to happen, and wondered how long we would be questioned for, and what they would ask us. After a good 5 minutes or so the man reappeared, handed us our passports and welcomed us to Iran.

That’s all?

We popped our bags on ...

Traped with no money.

A travel blog entry by cimek

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... ATM, but then we discovered we have just single entry visa and there is no way back.
Situation was really bad, also international calls from mobile are blocked and most of internet websites. We had hotel to pay, no petrol, no food and no way back, how to survive?
Fortunatelly for us there was two other bikers - Lars from Norway and Hoenig from Denmark, we've meet in Istambul and they were following us and will cross the border today. For some unknow reason ...

Stuck in the middle with you!

A travel blog entry by jtw000

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... 8217;t talk were very interested in Marcin. He slouched in the chair they invited us to sit in like he owned the place and the novelty value of a giant Viking sprawling in their sofa reduced the ladies to giggling school girls. Interesting!

The one speaking with me gave me some paper and told me where the bank was. She said we had to get a cab and produced a note. Another girl produced a note and they came around. Marcin and I exchanged glances and then she gave us the ...

The other side

A travel blog entry by jtw000

... what the room was worth but we knew that. In the end we’re very lucky to come from a rich country and all we had to thank him with was a little cash. They offered us a friendly welcome and were keen to do anything they could to help and nobody minds them making a living while they do it. He took the tip and we made sure they knew how much we appreciated their hospitality. Istanbul might be a beautiful city but it’s a town with its hand out, grasping for some of ...

Fairy Chimneys, huh?

A travel blog entry by alexgrange

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... as the surrounding sand and soil are slowly eroded away over time. What makes this town special is that the local population have carved these fairy chimneys hollow and they live in them! There is also a hotel that has a number of these chimneys as rooms, but at US$300 a night, I just had a kebab in their restaurant. Iran has been so full of surprises! If only the government ...