The Iranian valuta is quite complicated to use. This is why: 1) You can not withdraw money in Iran First of all you can not withdraw any money as a foreigner. You can only change your dollars or euros which you should take from another country into Iran. 2) Black Read more…
Lunch time with the Iranian boys. . These guys just came from the hospital when I was walking to a hitchhike spot at the highway. Even though I didn’t put my thumb out yet, they already stopped to give me a lift. After an hour we stopped for some ice Read more…
Don’t know what my arm is doing here, but I stopped the truck! The truck driver was surprisingly happy to see me: “Hey, you are Lucas?!” I didn’t know what to say, so he repeated: “You are Lucas, from Germany!” I laughed and told him I am not Lucas from Read more…
Mosque in Esfahan 🇮🇷 Why do I wear long pants? Because shorts aren’t really accepted in public areas in Iran. And yeah, it’s bloody hot 🌡️But for women it’s even tougher, for example; they have to wear a head scarf and long sleeves by law.
Funny place to end the day with coffee and a lot of cookies: the denture ‘factory’. Today a car stopped with 3 dentists inside. They took me 300km further and invited me for coffee and cookies next to the dentures (you can see those in the background). Next week those Read more…
Hitchhiked this bus for about 4 hours over an unpaved road through the mountains of Iran. Thanks to this bus driver. It went like this: I was waiting for 1,5 hours (still my longest waiting time) on a super quiet mountain road when finally a car took me up the Read more…
It took me a week to get a lift with one of my favourite cars in Iran. But last 2 days I was lucky as I got 5 lifts with this type car. You see this pick-up everywhere in Iran. Especially in the mountains it seemed like they always stop Read more…
Today the police helped us hitchhiking. Very friendly Iranians again. They didn’t understand what hitchhiking is, so we told them we have no money. They were super surprised about this, but after some minutes one policeman got out of the car. He took his stop-sign and stopped two cars at Read more…
A car stopped right in front of me. It was a Turkish couple, from around 50 years old, they looked quite traditional. The woman was wearing a headscarf and traditional clothing. I pointed in the direction of my destination: ‘Pmaukkale?’. They confirmed this, so I got in. It was about Read more…
