It was an interesting busride to Kashan since we met some nice Persians who were curious to know who we were and where we came from. We talked about our backgrounds, why we came to Iran, about politics, etc. ( However you should be cautious talking about politics in public. Sometimes I forgot about that when caught up in a discussion). When we arrived in Kashan, we took our goodbyes after they helped us getting a cab to our hotel.…
We were super nervous for our arrival in Teheran. We had everything fixed and were well prepared, but still worried. What if we didn’t receive a visa and we would get deported. That would be a disaster because it would cost us lots of money and our route/plans in Iran would get ruined. And secretly I was also a bit scared to go to Iran, since you hear al kind of negative things about the country; the strict monitoring by…
Money: Dram Visa (Dutch passport): no visa required Daybudget: 30 euros (pp) Since Armenia was just a stop for us to fix our visa for Iran and rest for a while, we didn’t have intentions to actually visit other places except Yerevan. Since we were there for only a week, we didn’t really got to know the Armenian people, their culture or food. So here is just a short sum-up of things we noticed during our 1-week stay. 1. The rumour is…
Due visa-problems for Iran and India, we had to make a stop in Armenia. We took the minibus from the bus station near Metrostop Dedubi to get to Yerevan. It was a ride of 6 hours because of the border check and again dangerous curvy road through the lower Caucasian mountains. I must say I found this route terrifying, since the driver was actually crazier than our Kazbegi trip-driver. You must be crazy to drive with such high-speed with sudden…