Iran travel stories

Tehran, 8-21 August 2003 (part II)

12/8/2003 I only just managed to get up, wash some clothes, and have a rushed breakfast before it was time to catch the bus. Richard Brualdi gave us a packed but beautiful talk, generalising the ...

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Tehran, 8-21 August 2003 (part I)

8/8/2003 Quite a busy day. I saw both Robert and Abi, made a web page for the London Algebra Colloquium, and began the process of filling next semester's programme; at 4pm the DTRS external re...

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Frustrations and Friendliness in Persia

There was no way around it. I was never going to find an Irish bar in Iran. In fact, I was never going to find an Iranian bar in Iran. With alcohol strictly off the menu, I was having serious doubt...

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A one-way ticket to Palookaville

Or make that Baluchistan. And it had all been going so well. I had made an abrupt exit from Tehran on the night bus to Shiraz - a 14 hour slog on an old, 60's Mercedes bus. I had come to Shi...

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Atlantic Express, Hormuz Strait, 18/09 – 20/09

We leave the U.A.E by 10:00 and head across the Persian Gulf through the Hormuz Strait to the port of Bandar Abbas in Iran. On day 96, we have our usual B-B-Q and the chef is happy and joyful, as h...

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