Category: Asia
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SEOUL – SOUTH KOREA
15/11/23 – 17/11/23 No qualms about the AirAsia flight, everything ran smoothly, and I’d pre-ordered a nasi lemak for $7 which I thought, compared to airport pricing, was pretty good. We landed on time at klia2, which I found to be much better stocked and maintained than the main terminal at KLIA. Given I had…
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ISTANBUL – TÜRKIYE (#2)
22/7/23 – 23/7/23 Thanks to my British passport, I can get visa-free entry into Turkey, saving me the $90 e-Visa fee I had to pay last time when I only had my Australian one! After navigating through the long, Uzbek-filled immigration queue (flights from Samarkand and Tashkent had both arrived within 30 minutes of each…
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KASHAN – IRAN
9/7/2023 – 10/7/2023 Our final full day in Iran began with breakfast at the Seterah Hotel before jumping into the car and heading towards Tehran. Before we would get there though, we had a stop to make, in the town of Kashan. Kashan is probably most famous nowadays for the Fin Garden, a traditional Persian…
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ISFAHAN – IRAN
7/7/2023 – 9/7/2023 Despite intending to get up early in order to get ourselves sorted, we both managed to sleep in! I dragged myself out of bed and into the shower at about 8am, feeling the effects of the heavy travel schedule. Dad took a little bit longer, his neck still playing up, but eventually…
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PERSEPOLIS AND YAZD – IRAN
5/7/2023 – 7/7/2023 Today marks our first day of driving across the Iranian countryside – heading towards Yazd, via the ruins of the ancient city of Persepolis. An early start was necessary, for driving time, but more importantly, for beating the heat at Persepolis, which would peak in the early afternoon. Iranian desert heat is…
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SHIRAZ – IRAN
4/7/23 – 5/7/23 After a decent night’s sleep in Arg Hotel’s incredibly hard mattresses (great for supporting your back!), and a quick breakfast at the hotel – tomato omelette for me, an Iranian lentil dish for Dad – and we were off to our first stop of the day, the Pink Mosque. Named for the…
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TEHRAN – IRAN
2/7/2023 – 3/7/2023 Well, today was pretty uneventful! After getting back to Dave Hotel at close to midnight, we knew we only had about an hour and a half before we’d need to head to the airport. After a quick shower, our bags were packed, and we were half asleep on the beds ready to…
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