Hi Folk Just spent ages as per uploading photos so no time to complete blog tonight I will be back tomorrow evening to tell all and trust me I have lots to tell about Iran!! We have been made to feel very welcome here and all is well after a troublesome start, Mum/Dad my phone is not working at the mo no network but I'll be in Pakistan in a week so should be ok then if not before. I am currently in Esfahan it's beautiful and extremely warm and life in t...

Am currently a 30 minute drive from the Iran border. We enter the country tomorrow and will be there for two weeks we have been adv?sed that there is no network coverage but Mum please keep the news coming... Rach xxx

Hi folks you may or may not be pleased to hear that this will be my final blog entry from Turkey. Our final day is to be spent in a small town called Doguybazit. We arrived last night and Polly, Will and I took the opportunity to upgrade and have a room wıth en suıte shower for two pounds each a night a wise decision as last night we had our first proper downpour Ã„±n six weeks!Firstly I must update you on the story from ...

Hi AllAm currently in Dogubayazit which is 30 minutes from the border with Iran!! On Monday we weill enter Iran so just done the last mınute shopping to buy clothes as we must be covered up. May is the annual crackdown month and we have heard that several women have been arrested for not conforming. I am apprehensive but looking forward to the experience along with all the other females on board. We are having a dressing up party tonight so that our ...

Hi FolksJust to let you know I am currently without my phone and camera. Oh dear. Yes indeed. We have spent the last two days in the capital of Turkey, Ankara. We arrived yesterday after a night bushcamping on the edge of the city. Two years ago I went to the Bodrum peninsula (when I broke my hand!) for a holiday and met a guy called Tevfik. We have kept in touch ever since and he is studying at Ankara University . The truck spent the day outside the Pakistan emb...