In March 2012, I left my home in Gloucestershire, UK, to cycle around the world. I have no idea how long this will take ...
4 Mar 2013
Religion in Iran
I’ve spent many nights in Iran on the floor of the village mosque or prayer room. There are many advantages to sleeping in a mosque: soft carpets, a boiler and a water supply. There are disadvantages too, the chief one being woken at 5am by morning prayers. No one ever objects to my presence though. In fact, the locals encourage…
9 Feb 2013
Cycling across the Iranian Desert – Camels Ahoy!
I am sitting in a quiet library in the desert city of Tabas chewing my fingernails with impatience. I want to get going now but my head tells me that’s not sensible. The desert demands a great deal of patience. Over the past six days I have cycled 600km from Esfahan to Tabas. On average I’ve seen one village per…
31 Jan 2013
Iran Overview
I have lived in Iran for over 2 months and have already seen more than I could have possibly hoped. There are a number of reasons why I haven’t kept the blog running recently: internet quality, censorship and numerous other fun things to do are among them. I suppose I’ve thought: “I’ll save the blog for a rainy day”. There…
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Countries Visited (36)
- Thailand
- Laos
- Vietnam
- China
- Mongolia
- Russia
- Kazakhstan
- Kyrgyzstan
- Tajikistan
- Uzbekistan
- Turkmenistan
- Iran
- Iraq
- Georgia
- Turkey
- Greece
- Macedonia
- Albania
- Montenegro
- Bosnia
- Serbia
- Romania
- Moldova
- Ukraine
- Poland
- Lithuania
- Latvia
- Estonia
- Finland
- Sweden
- Denmark
- Germany
- The Netherlands
- Belgium
- France
- United Kingdom