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ancient villages and nuclear power plants
Blog: arnika round the world - 6 May 2010
I was sad to leave Esfahan, but my time in Iran was running short. I was off to Kashan, a smaller town on the way to Tehran. The buses are great in Iran, cheap and very good quality. Nice new, air-conditioned buses, unfortunately with TV’s which play a constant stream of terrible Iranian soap operas. [...]
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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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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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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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Yazd- the oldest city in the world.
Blog: arnika round the world - 2 May 2010
*A quick side note. My blog site is actually banned in Iran, thanks to my lovely friend Kate who is updating it for me via email. So I will add photos and video’s when I get out of here* The Silk Road hotel is where all tourists eventually end up. Its one of those places [...]
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Shiraz- but hold the wine
Blog: arnika round the world - 24 April 2010
The beautiful city of Shiraz is where I flew into to be gin my Iran adventure. As I mentioned I had meet Alice there who was staying in Shiraz with me for 4 nights. Our hostel was beautiful set around a courtyard with pools and tree’s. (trying to fit in, but failing) We [...]
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Sweaty, smelly cankle girl
Blog: arnika round the world - 24 April 2010
Our bus approached Dubai and out of the hazy smog I could see the worlds tallest building sticking out above the rest. We were dropped off somewhere in the middle of who-knows-where. A bland street with lots of banks and no soul. I wasn’t confident I was going to enjoy Dubai. I [...]
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Tim McGirk, you ruiner-
Blog: 180 Days of Afghanistan - 24 April 2010
13 April: Time Magazine publishes an article written by Tim McGirk about the "manic craziness" of Kabul's nightlife, patronized, according to him, by spies and mercenaries who make an excess of $100,000 to blow on hookers and booze. You can review the article online, Kabul Nightlife: Thriving in Between Bombs, and read about what a spectacular time everybody used to have.
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New Photo Book Travels Iran in 1956
Blog: A Traveler's Library - 22 March 2010
Destination: Iran Book: Inge Morath: Iran Additional text by Monika Faber and Azar Nafisi and edited by John P. Jacob. Review copy provided by the publisher, Steidl, Germany. Traveling alone, Inge Morath (who later would marry Arthur Miller and collaborate on various projects) toured Iran and took photographs for various clients in the United States. She [...]This content is a post from: A Traveler's Library
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Video: Iran Trip 2009
Blog: GoBackpacking - 27 February 2010
_ Editor’s Note: This video makes me want to visit Iran. What about you? Join Travel Blog Success today and learn to build a better travel blog. Membership includes 12 core lessons, a community forum for asking questions and receiving personalized feedback, plus audio interviews and a blog. Join Travel Blog Success today and learn to build a better travel blog. Membership includes 12 core lessons, a community forum for asking questions and receiving personalized feedback, plus audio interviews and a blog.
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Iran planning
Blog: arnika round the world - 26 February 2010
After tackling Russia in 2008, I don’t think any country could match the bureaucracy, inefficiency and non-tourist friendly levels the post communist country did. Therefore planning for Iran turns out to be not all that difficult. The key for me lies in my NZ passport, the passport that everyone likes given we are too small [...]
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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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Naxchivan
Blog: Joe's Trippin' - 4 April 2009
So, you want to get WAY off the beaten track in Azerbaijan? There's no better place to do it than the enclave of Naxchivan.
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Lankaran and the Astara border crossing
Blog: Joe's Trippin' - 1 April 2009
In southern Azerbaijan lies the sleepy town of Lankaran. Although it is the largest city in the south with a population of 80,000, life here is just a little slower.
