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19th May 2016
Motorcycle Travel Logbook, Roads to Persia

The King of the Hill

Coming back from Ngorno Karabakh, there was a plenty of stuff for me to do before I could leave Yerevan. Much to my surprise the tire from the UK actually arrived and I could replace the old one.

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10th May 2016
Motorcycle Travel Logbook, Roads to Persia

A Clash of Cultures

In Bushehr I decided to move on and leave Iran, but Persia wouldn’t let me go without a bang. To travel from the Persian Gulf to Armenia, I had to ride 1500 km, crossing all of Iran from South to North, thereby traversing its hottest regions, the Khuzestan plains in southwestern Iran

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26th April 2016
Motorcycle Travel Logbook, Roads to Persia

The Ultimate South

After the desert I returned to civilization and visited Shiraz, the third of the three cities, that apparently every first time visitor to Iran has to see. There I did…

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16th April 2016
Motorcycle Travel Logbook, Roads to Persia

Out Into the Desert

To get from Isfahan to Yazd one has to cross a desert. Together with Kenny, a motorcyclist from Australia whom I met in Isfahan, and enough water (that’s what you need in the desert, right?) we set off to reach Yazd and hopefully not die of thirst

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19th March 2016
Motorcycle Travel Logbook, Roads to Persia

Isfahan

Instead of lengthy words, which will still fail to describe, I will just leave some pictures here (again with annotations).

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7th March 2016
Motorcycle Travel Logbook, Roads to Persia

Nightly Shenanigans

Today, I had a mountain range to cross. In between me and the Caspian Sea were the Alborz Mountains. With peaks exceeding 4000 m (Mt. Damavand being the highest with 5670 m) and a pass road that climbs up to 2200 m it divides the region in two distinctively different kinds of vegetation.

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22nd February 2016
Motorcycle Travel Logbook, Roads to Persia

A Tale of Two Castles

Before going on a trip, there is the preparation, Ali had to get new brake pads and an oil change to do before we could depart for Babak Castle.

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19th February 2016
Motorcycle Travel Logbook, Roads to Persia

Enter Iran

Border crossings are always accompanied by anticipation of the unknown that lies beyond, but on that day my excitement was especially intense. There was something strangely unsettling in the prospect of entering Iran, I was nervous and very excited and not exactly sure why.

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11th February 2016
Motorcycle Travel Logbook, Roads to Persia

Nemrut Dağı: the finale

I left Nemrut Dagı and set course for Nemrut Dagı. You doubt my sanity here? This notion might not be totally wrong (there will be further evidence later in this episode) but this statement isn’t actually as idiotic as it seems.

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8th February 2016
Motorcycle Travel Logbook, Roads to Persia

Nemrut Dağı: the debut

In Cappadokia I got the very valuable tip to visit Nemrut Dagı, a mountain in southeastern Turkey. It was on my towards Iran and I didn’t have any different destinations, so why not go there?

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