Our journey takes us ever closer to the southeast and Tehran. We have heard mixed things about Tehran. Except we have made a decision to avoid it. Or Huw did. I wasn't sure it was the right move but I went with it anyway. So now we are on another mammoth journey. 700km south of Tehran to Esfahan. Motorway driving is hilarious every car toots and says hello. One car even madly waves that they would like to share their crisps with us so they pass Huw on the...

Our journey takes us ever closer to the southeast and Tehran. We have heard mixed things about Tehran. Except we have made a decision to avoid it. Or Huw did. I wasn't sure it was the right move but I went with it anyway. So now we are on another mammoth journey. 700km south of Tehran to Esfahan. Motorway driving is hilarious every car toots and says hello. One car even madly waves that they would like to share their crisps with us so they pass Huw on the in...

Or the road to Zanjan. A long shlep from Maku to Zanjan in our quest to get nearer the real Iran. We met 6 teams on the rally at the border last night and exchange loads of stories about the border crossings, death threats, bungs etc. In our faffing around we let them all leave and make our own way south east. Zanjan on a evening. More psychotic drivers, more friendly people and more loops of the city centre one would ask for. It's all good fun though. Whils...

We make the first town in Iran early enough to explore the town properly for the first time in ages. Normally we dont get into each town until late due to long drives. Even though its the border town they dont see many white faces so we are fairly sought after. Everyone knows the words "i love you" and calls it out across the street or from moving cars, which is nice to hear. I am never really sure they know what they are actually saying but it's ni...

Ok, so we have finished with Turkey awesome ace and one i definately will return to. In the Kurdish part now heading for iran So far so good car has been ace apart from the little spew outside Istanbul Border fairly straight forward apart from the customs guys refusing to stamp our exit visa for less than $50 Obviously we refused but after an hour of messing around trying to bypass them it seemed simpler to just pay an agreement at 20$ was agreed and we ...