October 27, 2016
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If you think you can rely on the time tables given by the Iranian ferry company to Dubai, you’re wrong! The time table you find on the internet is just indicative and depends on the weather, the season, the number of tickets sold, the faith and mood of the captain, ying/yang and a sniff of…
October 23, 2016
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We had a nice and relaxed day off in Shiraz and after the obligatory laundry and bike maintenance, we had a hair cut and visited the Vakil bazaar and Karim Khan Citadel. The day was completed with a dinner in our hotel restaurant Quattro, where a group of other Dutch people were joining us….
October 19, 2016
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Today we are enjoying a day off in Shiraz after biking 14 days in a row and several “wild” camping spots. The roads through the mountains in Iran were much higher then we imagined beforehand so it took us a little longer to overcome them; but what a tremendous views and sceneries! Yesterday we reached…
October 15, 2016
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We are writing this post from a 2-room apartment with a separate shower and toilet in Chadegan. When we arrived we were seeking for “social garden” in the opinion we could set up our tent over there. Instead a nice old man gave his phone so we could speak to his daughter in English. She…
October 11, 2016
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In this post we will try to describe (again) the unlimited hospitality of the Iranian people. After we left Tabriz we met bike traveler Nicolas from France. It appears that he had a German mother, like Maurice and that he was born in Guyancourt, the village where Ronald and Bettina lived during their stay in…
October 10, 2016
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Just a short note from the administrators of this blog… While waiting desperately for the next post we could fix the photo issue! We are happy to announce that now all photos from the map are to be found under PHOTOS again, where you are able to watch them more closely. Just scroll down and…
October 6, 2016
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Yesterday we left Tabriz, after 2 days off, and with pain in our heart. It was sad to say goodbye to our new friend Omid who introduced us to his family and close friends and showed us the insides of Tabriz. But the memories are great! When we approached Tabriz on Sunday evening, Omid was…
September 29, 2016
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Today we reached the border of Iran! It’s unbelievable how fast eight weeks passed by and how different all sceneries were during the last eight days. We planned to be at the border the 1st of October and that from Samsun, it will take us five days to Erzurum and another three days to Bazargan…
September 25, 2016
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Yesterday we were heading into the mountains again for our last track through Turkey to the Iranian border. Weather wise the past four days were completely in contrast with the previous 48 days. Storm, rain (not just a couple of drips but literally cats and dogs) and substantial lower temperatures forced us to bike…
September 21, 2016
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Yesterday we passed the 5.000 km mark and we thought it’d be nice to provide our dear followers with some facts and figures, while we’re enjoying a cup of tea. On the bike: Today we have biked 5.124 km from Bergen (NL) to Samsun (TR) in 49 days (including 7 days off). We bike on…