Country # 2 of our overland journey! Exiting Turkey and entering Iran via the Bazargan border crossing was a breeze. We quickly exchanged money at the border and instantly became multi-millionaires, ha. The Iranian currency is still a bit confusing, as there as so many zeros on each note (100,000 Rials = $3) and the…Continue reading Iran – Tabriz & Qazvin & Tehran & Abyaneh
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Armenia – Khndzoresk & Tatev & Yerevan
From Goris, we made our way back towards Yerevan, stopping to check out the cave city complex of Khndzoresk and ride the world’s longest cable car in Tatev. We had 3 nights in Yerevan and stayed at the excellent Kantar Hostel, the perfect base for us to explore the city. Yerevan definitely impressed, and we…Continue reading Armenia – Khndzoresk & Tatev & Yerevan
Turkey
East meets West. Istanbul is a fascinating mixture of cultures as it straddles the two continents of Asia and Europe. We spent a week in this thriving city as our original plans included a 6 month overland trip starting in Istanbul and ending in Singapore. Even though our overland plans didn’t come to fruition, we…Continue reading Turkey