Esfahan, Iran

Our last stop in Iran. We took a 4.5 hour bus ride (which was only 200,000 rials per person) where we got stopped gain by police sniffer dogs. Needless to say we were pretty glum after the bus ride. We had a really hard time booking a room in Esfahan. I tried calling 4/5 of […]

Yazd, Iran

From Shiraz we took a long 7 hour bus ride to Yazd. In Yazd we stayed our first night in Kohan Hotel in the old city $35USD. Not sure why it is rated so highly on Lonely Planet/ Trip Advisor because it has a smelly washroom, no working Internet and beds so old the bedsprings were […]

Shiraz, Iran

2 years ago on our overland trip, we heard wondrous things about travelling in Iran. Alas, we did not have the opportunity to go then by we made a vow we would go there. So 2 years later, we did. Before we went, many of our coworkers , friends and family questioned our sanity for […]