30th August 2014 33℃ 290km Urmia – Van (Turkey) I was in a crappy room last night, with some sort of construction going on under my...
28th August 2014 28-37℃ 549km Rasht – Tabriz With a long day ahead, I started early, following the GPS north west towards Tabriz, things seemed on track...
27th August 2014 34℃ 368km (120km off-road) Qazvin – Rasht A nice early start after a good night’s rest, I headed back east for 120km,...
26th August 2014 39℃ 338km Kashan – Qazvin The excellent guesthouse I stayed in last night was a historic house, made of mud bricks, with a...
25th August 2014 40’C 265km Isfahan – Abyaneh – Kashan Leaving Isfahan, I stopped at a bookshop and bought a road map of Iran. Prior to...
24th August 2014 34’C 0km by bike Isfahan The past month of riding has been hard on both the bike and my body. I’ve...
23rd August 2014 36’C 457km Tehran – Isfahan Riding in Tehran is absolute madness. So leaving the hotel this morning, to cross the city, was...
22nd August 2014 38’C 409km Shahrud – Tehran Another day of ploughing along freeways in stinking heat, not a great lot to see from the...
21st August 2014 39’C 494km Mashhad – Shahrud Long, hot, hard day. Evidenced by the fact this is all I have the energy to write.
20th August 2014 37’C 294km Ashgabat – Mashhad (Iran) I’d been advised to head to the Turkmenistan-Iranian border early today, principally for two reasons. Firstly,...