Tabriz Hotels - Reviews and Rates

Well the title has probably had most of you guessing as to what happened. It's simple when you travel by overland truck, you need to expect the unexpected.

The roads had been boring and the landscapes vast with decrepit mud villages scattered across huge plains surrounded by steep hills. Nothing but wheat and heat. Our beloved truck Katri...

I didn't do much in the morning but at 1 pm Ali suggested we go to the post office so I could mail my postcards. I said this would be a good idea but I made him promise that I pay for all the cab rides. He was reluctant but he agreed. I really didn't like the fact that he paid for everything, especially considering he was unemployed. Of course w...

Juba muutsime kapitaalselt marsuuti. Jätame tööstuslinnad ikka vahele ja käime pisemates kohtades. Tabrizi alustuseks külastasime sinist mosheed, mis polegi üldse sinine. Seest küll mõnevõrra on. Lagunes ära maavärinas 1773 ja hakati uuesti üles ehitama alles 1951. Seest on osa mosaiiki taastatud, vana on suht vähe. Edasi otsisime üles turismiin...

I escaped my dodgy 'guide' in Turkey by waking early the next morning and finding my own transport to the border. I was all prepared - dressed in my manteau (knee length coat, effectively covering my body shape) and black headscarf. I was heading into the unknown and a little scared about it, but as always, nothing is ever as bad (or scary) as y...

I actually arrived in Iran last Sunday but I haven't had a chance to update this blog for a few days. The border crossing went quite quickly, my (Irish) passport was stamped and I was asked what city in Ireland I was from I said Donegal (where my dad is from)they then asked if that was in north or south Ireland. After I had my passport stamped I...

In Tabriz now.. Thoughts on: i) walking over Iranian border... -prison like and scary turkish guy yelled at me, but all good. ii)Iranian buses -segregated, hot, and sticky iii) Jodi's fashion.. -modest and moo moo like (check out my pic, hot or not?) iv) Iranian delicacies... - so far I have tried a bologne, pickle and tomato sandwich....very et...