Last night in Tabriz, heading to Tehran (the capital of Iran) on the night bus tonight. 600km's but 9 hours on the bus as they travel at about 65kph. It's been a very busy 2 days! Yesterday visited an Armenian church in a very beautiful yet remote part of Iran, near the border with Azerbaijan, first built by St Bartholmew in AD62! It took a while to get there and back with minibuses and taxis! (taxis are about 5 p per kilometre)! But the countryside was worth i...

I'm in Iran! Can't believe i am actually saying that! Feel pretty surreal walking down from the border with turkey. Had a little picnic, as it was a beautiful corssing , surrounded by mountains, mount ararat towering above and a beautiful day. Came across with an australian guy, Alex, whom i met in Syria! And we have made our way via savari's (shared taxis) and buses to Tabriz (north west of Iran). It's great to be back in a cheap country after Turkey which wa...