by Calvin Sun | Apr 10, 2012 | April 2012: Iran, Iran
From Persepolis we head onwards to Yazd… We stop for tea next to a 4,000 year old Bodhi Tree We arrive in Yazd 5 hours later. Yazd is a remote city in the middle of Iran, relatively untouched by wars of history past and unaffected by the...
by Calvin Sun | Apr 9, 2012 | April 2012: Iran, Epiphanies on the Road, Iran, What Dreams May Come
The view outside Necropolis The ruins of Persepolis It may have been a chapter you learned in your 8th grade history class, or an afterthought from a Sunday afternoon episode on the History Channel. It may have been the name of your local Persian...
by Calvin Sun | Apr 8, 2012 | April 2012: Iran, Doctor in the House, Fit for Foodies, Iran, Mo' Money Mo' Problems, The Nightlife
It’s kind of nice to browse through a beautiful city that doesn’t demand for your attention — you let things happen to you and you will be rewarded for your curiosity. Shiraz is a city of simple pleasures with a handful of photogenic...
by Calvin Sun | Apr 8, 2012 | April 2012: Iran, Iran
Just letting the world know that we just landed in Shiraz, where the weather is warmer and the city more relaxed. Our guesthouse, Niayesh, is absolutely charming. Just dropped off our bags and about to begin a walking tour of the city. Bunch of lose...
by Calvin Sun | Apr 7, 2012 | April 2012: Iran, How's the weather?, Iran, Walking Tours
We barely got in 3 hours of sleep after our early morning arrival from Vienna before we were on the streets of Tehran. If I didn’t know any better, Tehran is like any normal city you’d find in the Middle East (Cairo, Amman…) but a lot more...
by Calvin Sun | Apr 6, 2012 | April 2012: Iran, Epiphanies on the Road, Iran, Mythbusters
Press play. And then start reading. Hello from an American blogging from Tehran, Iran. Let it be known that at least the IKA Airport in Tehran has free wireless. There are a few moments in life where I try to imagine in dreams, realizing they might come...
by Calvin Sun | Apr 6, 2012 | April 2012: Iran, Austria, Blitzkrieg!!!, Germany
Well someone has their priorities straightened out: This wasn’t on the packing list She better get all that done so I can have the satisfaction of dumping all her schoolwork in Iran. My free access to British Airways lounge: Everything ‘backpacking’ shouldn’t be All...
by Calvin Sun | Apr 3, 2012 | April 2012: Iran, Introspection, Post-travel Reflections, Pre-travel Preparations
A dozen outstretched hands descend upon me. I scan the faces of the rickshaw-wallahs and I ask for the lowest price in their native language. A thousand teeth grin at my brazenness and the game begins. We knock down local currency to exaggerated sighs and...
by Calvin Sun | Mar 19, 2012 | April 2012: Iran, Getting that VISA, How Did You Do That?, Iran, Pre-travel Preparations
Iranian Visa for the American: Get yours today! What does it take to get into Iran as an United States national? Apparently a bit more effort than what it took to get into North Korea. Unlike North Korea for which visas must be applied way ahead of time,...
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