ZUMZUMZUM- from Romania to Thailand on a bike

Din Tabriz am mers la Zanjan, un orasel cam la 300 km sud-est.

Aici nu am gasit hotel decit la 8euro sau la 80 de euro. L-am ales pe cel de 8 euro 🙂

Citeva poze din oras

In tabriz am gasit cel mai ieftin si bun hotel de pina acum, ca sa va faceti o imagine, va arat doar parcarea 🙂

Va spuneam cu benzina, in Iran benzina e ieftina iar motorina e gratis. Cu 1 euron poti cumpara 12 litri de benzina si cam 80 de litri de motorina (da, am zis 80 de litri).

Dar, acum 3 luni benzina a fost rationalizata, fiecare iranian primeste 100 de litri pe luna la pretul asta.

Cind au rationalizat benzina, iranienii au neglijat problema strianilor. Asa ca, pt citeva luni nu puteai cumpara benzina in Iran decit daca un localnic iti imprumuta cartela lui 🙂

Am avut citeva emotii, dar acum au inceput sa vinda cartele catre straini, asa ca putem cumpara benzina, e drept la 40 de eurocenti litrul.

So, after 2 hours at the turkish-iranian border we entered Iran.If you expect Iran to be a mujaheddin inhabited, third world, under-embargo country we will be in for a surprise.

Firstly, all the traffic signs are in farsi and english, the money are printed on one side in farsi and on the other in english (it seems that I’ve learned the arabic numerals for nothing 🙂 ).

Secondly,  we had a brief encounter with the Iranian Highway police. The Mercedes driving, Coca-Cola drinking, laser speed gun using Iranian Highway Police. In Iran the motorcycles are not allowed on the highway, but we got special  because of our big bike.

Thirdly, in Tabriz every second person would speak english, if we stopped for 30 seconds to look at the map, somebody would approach us and ask “Can I help you, sir?”. Also the streets have signs in Farsi and English.

All in all, Iran is not quite as we expected (at least till now).

It was a day full of events, we managed to enter Iran, we managed to buy the much needed fuel card (more about this later), and we are now 5000km from home.

I have no more time left 🙂 . Stay tuned for the rest of the story and for the pictures (tomorrow, I hope)

De miine intram in Iran, asa ca nu stiu cind o sa putem sa mai punem poze. Aveti putintica rabdare 🙂

Am adaugat o pagina cu traseul din turcia si am copiat pozele si acolo. Le gasiti aici .

Am adaugat si niste reclame de la google, poate mai faceti click si pe ele din cind in cind 🙂

la cererea publicului, o poza cu localnici

This was the last leg of our turkey trip and the first one with rain 🙂

The mountains are quite wild with a few scattered villages and a very heavy military presence.

Dogubayazit it’s a dusty little town with more soldiers than inhabitants. The views of mount Ararat are wonderful and the Ishakpasa Palace is really stunning.