Tehran, Iran
(Beginning - mid October)
After a 10-hour stopover in Moscow airport (no sign of Edward Snowden hanging out in our transit lounge), we arrived in Tehran late at night…and our entry into our first port of call in Iran was very different to that of Bishkek. We had booked into a midrange hotel for the first couple of nights, and it was a real treat to be met by a hotel driver on arrival! Definitely a first. That and the lovely hotel we stayed in made for a ...