Middle East

Actually I wanted to put Qeshm in the same blog post as the Persian Gulf, as it is Iran's biggest island and located in the [...]

As an avid sand collector, I really wanted to add some sand of the Persian Gulf to the collection. You might not know this, but [...]

After all the excitement of the canyoning and getting a visa extension to stay a little longer in Iran, it was time again to be [...]

On my way to Isfahan I stopped in the little village of Abyaneh. Abyaneh is one of the oldest villages of Iran and has a [...]

Before I even got to Esfahan, I was contacted by Matin. Matin is member of a mountaineering group that organizes activities every weekend in Iran. [...]

After spending 2 weeks in the Alborz mountians in northern Iran, it was time to change the scenery, drastically. I went south towards Kashan, a [...]

There is a saying that every Iranian has to drive the Chalus road at least once in his lifetime. Reason enough for me to do [...]

While we were visiting the town of Masuleh, two girls approached us and started a conversation. They recommended us to go and see the Castle [...]

We have been looking forward to going to Iran for more than 3 years already and our expectations of this country were extremely high! In [...]