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  1. Day 269: Under the skin of Iran

    Blog: Diaries of a Vagabonding Couple - 16 November 2010

    Mural outside the ex US embassy in Tehran (*see below for the story)  Last night in Iran. Tomorrow our Silk Road chapter begins. A little excited about the upcoming journey, a little nervous about the unknown, a little fazed about adapting to another new environment. In retrospect, Iran wasn’t quite how I imagined it would be. A lot more developed, a lot more open, a lot more en mode. The

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  2. Day 259: But isn't booze here illegal?

    Blog: Diaries of a Vagabonding Couple - 15 November 2010

    The 33 arches bridge spans gracefully across the Zayandeh River, Esfahan I'm intoxicated and so is Big Evil who's driving us around Esfahan for a taste of the "nightlife" here. KF is in the backseat saying silly things, clearly a tad drunk. We're halfway through the bottle of vodka Big Evil had just bought from the neighbourhood dealer. This is a side of Iran I never imagined of experiencing.

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  3. Stuff Europe, I’m going backpacking in Iraq

    Blog: Backpackular Spectacular - 6 May 2010

    So you’ve been to South America? Lame. You’ve travelled India? Real original. Don’t even bother mentioning Europe. Why don’t you go somewhere a little bit more challenging? Somewhere that’s still fresh from war. Or is still at war even. Stuart Lachlan Moore is 23-years-old and has just returned from a trip to Iran and Iraq. [...]

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  4. Esfahan part 2

    Blog: arnika round the world - 4 May 2010

    In the Islamic world you do see a lot of mosques. Like Wats in Thailand, Cathedrals in France, and religious paintings in Italy, after awhile you can get a bit sick of them. There was one more main one in Esfahan that LP made sound important so just before Julian was due to fly out [...]

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  5. Half the world

    Blog: arnika round the world - 3 May 2010

    After the quiet streets and awesome hostel of Yazd, our dingy box like room in Esfahan on a busy street did not give me the best first impressions. However Esfahan turned out to be my favourite city so far and after 5 nights it was hard to drag myself away. A french poet in the [...]

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  6. Iran

    Blog: Joe's Trippin' - 11 April 2009

    If you believed everything you hear in the news, Iran would not be on anyone's travel itinerary. For me the country has been a bit of a personal challenge.

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