Archive for the 'Iran' Category

Bumming out in Rasht

Tuesday, November 13th, 2007
Gold Markets are popular in Iran (click to enlarge)

Travel Journal Overview: Solo travel often means spending too much time alone. Questioning yourself more times over than is good for you. Here, after an attempt at finding home in Europe, a visa rush, and a Lonely Planet guide book that was written with a flowery hand, I bummed out. Kirsty has told me the… Continue reading more »

What to think of Tabriz?

Sunday, November 11th, 2007
The Blue Mosque in Tabriz, Iran (click to enlarge)

Travel Journal Overview: I arrived into Tabriz late in the evening, all was closed. The streets were crowded and I spotted a small hotel on a main street. I was carrying a few photocopies from a guide book, and knew little about the place. I was awake by 6am, but by force and dread of… Continue reading more »

“Arab Bastards” – Crossing the Turkish Iranian Border

Saturday, November 10th, 2007
Donkey

Travel Journal Overview: The actual border crossing into Iran was no hassle. Travel was easy it seemed. I met two Syrians at the exit gates from Turkey, exchanged the usual how? why? and where? questions and they moved on. I then crossed into Iran alone … A tanned hand reached into the throng as I… Continue reading more »