Hi John,
I read your tip on the istanbul-tehran bus. I am planning to make this journey sometime later this year. Could you please provide me with one more piece of information – Are there toilets in the bus (for the 2500km journey!) ?
thanks,
Prashanth
Zurich
Hey there Peashanth, thank you for visiting my pages; so about the bus tehran to istanbul, no there were no toilets in the bus, BUT somehow the bus stops quite a few times. i'm one of those people that goes to toilete every 2minutes and i don't actually remember of such subject while on this trip. I do remember the bus stoped lots of times. either to eat something, drink some tea or do the prayers…
I MADE the other way round Tehran->Istanbul
when actually are you thinking on going on that bus?
Hi. We are planning a trip through the High Atlas from Marrekesh to Zagora in a 4×4 with our children. I suffer from vertigo and wonder just how scary those mountain roads are! Some look quiet narrow- room only for one vehicle? What would you suggest? We go in mid October and are really looking forward to it. Staying in Marrakesh and one night in Zagora. Is it possible to get into the desert easily from there given that we might not arrive until about 4pm.
Thanks, love the site.
hello gail lautieri,
thank you for your comment.
well about the road from marrakech to zagora…hum.. they are very scary but not one vehicle road. you have 2 sides.
the bad areas of the high atlas on this trajectory are only about 80km after marrakech.
marrakech – ouarzazate are about 208km. the bad roads maybe around 50km in the highest parts. but i mean, they are ok, not veryyyy scary. maybe if you are on your first year with driving license yes, you will have a bad time, but i guess its not the case. if you suffer form vertigo, hum.. might be rough. try not to look.
while in marrakech, try this riad, as you take your children, this is a private hotel house riad that has suites with rooms for children. check it out at:
hey,
i have traveled about as extensively as you just diff.
parts of the world, i am also 25. however, i am going to have a baby in the spring and i wanted to know
what you thought about traveling to persia with a
baby. if spending a bit more on a bit more luxuries…
you showed me chefchaouen and sahara one year and a half ago. my fiance is going to the kingdom of morocco from january – may. i will be in ghana from january – may. We will both be in europe in the end of may. i want to cross your path again.
Boa Noite Joao Leitao,é assim tive a procurar uma escola de Kung Fu em evora e encontrei uma zona de treinos em evora fiquei radiante, eu tenho 13 anos e gostaria de saber se os treinos sao aquela hora ou se sofreram alteraçoes .
ola joao,
so quero dizer que adoro essa predisposiçao para a vida, o verdadeiro “bon vivan”.
se algum dia precisares de uma “travelling friend”… ja tens o meu endereço… bjo e como tu dizes….
boas viagens
Hello John,
I read yr travel blog and am impressed by the details. Good job !!! I need yr advises on Iran. I plan to visit Iran on the 1st week of December. I have 10 days to spend. My questions :
1. Can you suggest me an itinerrary on where / which place is a must go. There are so many beautiful places and I’m confused. Plz advise me on budget hostels all the way as well.
2. How much is the price of cheap food which I can buy from the street stalls such as kebab + rice, kebab + bread, buns, pizza, sandwiches, plain bread, sweet buns, yogurt, fruit juice, ice cream etc ? How much must I allocate for budget meals (BF, L, D) per day ? (I am not a heavy eater).
3.I would also like to link my travel with one of the neighbouring country. Which one is a better option and not too costly between Armenia, Ajerbaijan and Turkmenistan ? Plz advise me on the transportation as well (from Teheran).
Additional info : I’m a female muslim, travelling with a female friend and my 14 year old son. I am an experienced backpacker but on a shoestring budget, so recommendations on accomodation, food, transportation etc must be ‘the cheapest but not soooo bad’ available. We are tough people, so a lil bit of uncomfortableness is not an isuue, and we are very used to rush from one place to another
I am traveling to Morocco on Aug. 27. I just found your blog tonight and have learned so much. Would you e-mail me? I would like to ask some specific questions about traveling in Morocco. This will be my first visit and I am so looking forward to it.
Thank you
Bernie
hey!! this is a very useful and infrmative blog, needless to say i’m just of what you are doing..well, like everyone else ( i suppose) i have some questions..
i’m going to iran this november for about 2 weeks, i week for a conference and thought of doing some traveling the week later..i plan to go to istanbul by bus, as i heard it is the cheapest..however, i need to ask whether it is safe to go there alone (i’m a sigle 25 muslim student)..and i need to spare 4 days just for the trip, rite?
and how frequent does the bus go tehran-istanbul-tehran?
i need some suggestions on the cheapest hostel, food and transportortation to go about in istanbul..
thank you
Your site is great! I am going to Andorra tomorrow with a group of people. We really want to get an Andorra Passport stamp but hear conflicting things about where and if we can get one. Can you tell me how you got yours? Thank you.
Hello Adam, thank you for your comment. I got my stamp on the Andorran border to France, and simply stop my car, went inside the little border control house and asked for a stamp. they were nice to stamp it. Easy!!! Good luck! why is so difficult to get a stamp? never heard about it. What did you ear? Cheers
Joao-
Glad I found this blog. I am trying to find good images of passport stamps of the Czech Republic, Austria & Hungary to do a commemorative needle work of the places my daughter & her husband went on their honeymoon as a gift to them. If you or anyone else could help w/ this I’d be very grateful!
May 21, 2006 at 10:34 pm
Hi John,
I read your tip on the istanbul-tehran bus. I am planning to make this journey sometime later this year. Could you please provide me with one more piece of information – Are there toilets in the bus (for the 2500km journey!) ?
thanks,
Prashanth
Zurich
May 22, 2006 at 12:12 am
Hey there Peashanth, thank you for visiting my pages; so about the bus tehran to istanbul, no there were no toilets in the bus, BUT somehow the bus stops quite a few times. i'm one of those people that goes to toilete every 2minutes and i don't actually remember of such subject while on this trip. I do remember the bus stoped lots of times. either to eat something, drink some tea or do the prayers…
I MADE the other way round Tehran->Istanbul
when actually are you thinking on going on that bus?
September 16, 2006 at 4:29 pm
Hi. We are planning a trip through the High Atlas from Marrekesh to Zagora in a 4×4 with our children. I suffer from vertigo and wonder just how scary those mountain roads are! Some look quiet narrow- room only for one vehicle? What would you suggest? We go in mid October and are really looking forward to it. Staying in Marrakesh and one night in Zagora. Is it possible to get into the desert easily from there given that we might not arrive until about 4pm.
Thanks, love the site.
September 16, 2006 at 9:38 pm
hello gail lautieri,
thank you for your comment.
well about the road from marrakech to zagora…hum.. they are very scary but not one vehicle road. you have 2 sides.
the bad areas of the high atlas on this trajectory are only about 80km after marrakech.
marrakech – ouarzazate are about 208km. the bad roads maybe around 50km in the highest parts. but i mean, they are ok, not veryyyy scary.
maybe if you are on your first year with driving license yes, you will have a bad time, but i guess its not the case. if you suffer form vertigo, hum.. might be rough. try not to look.
while in marrakech, try this riad, as you take your children, this is a private hotel house riad that has suites with rooms for children. check it out at:
riad marrakech
i bet you will like it.
to arrive in the desert. well i don’t really fancy zagora desert. i love merzouga desert instead.
merzouga desert is 400km from ouarzazate. you might want to consider it.
if you need more help around morocco check out this travel guide:
guide to morocco
ok enjoy morocco and thank you for visiting my site!
October 14, 2006 at 3:57 am
hey,
i have traveled about as extensively as you just diff.
parts of the world, i am also 25. however, i am going to have a baby in the spring and i wanted to know
what you thought about traveling to persia with a
baby. if spending a bit more on a bit more luxuries…
October 14, 2006 at 3:59 am
one more thing…
i am tatted up, including a tattoo on my neck.
what did the iranians think of yours?
December 12, 2006 at 11:26 pm
joao,
you showed me chefchaouen and sahara one year and a half ago. my fiance is going to the kingdom of morocco from january – may. i will be in ghana from january – may. We will both be in europe in the end of may. i want to cross your path again.
craig
January 1, 2007 at 10:44 pm
Boa Noite Joao Leitao,é assim tive a procurar uma escola de Kung Fu em evora e encontrei uma zona de treinos em evora fiquei radiante, eu tenho 13 anos e gostaria de saber se os treinos sao aquela hora ou se sofreram alteraçoes .
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January 18, 2007 at 7:23 pm
Hey there, just came across your site and wanted to say, nicely done. Happy trails!
Bob
April 9, 2007 at 12:36 pm
Good site!!!
April 14, 2007 at 8:17 am
Du musst ein Fachmann sein – wirklich guter Aufstellungsort, den du hast!
June 4, 2007 at 7:58 pm
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June 11, 2007 at 1:19 pm
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February 26, 2008 at 1:01 am
ola joao,
so quero dizer que adoro essa predisposiçao para a vida, o verdadeiro “bon vivan”.
se algum dia precisares de uma “travelling friend”… ja tens o meu endereço… bjo e como tu dizes….
boas viagens
March 20, 2008 at 9:38 am
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July 23, 2008 at 9:39 am
Hello John,
I read yr travel blog and am impressed by the details. Good job !!! I need yr advises on Iran. I plan to visit Iran on the 1st week of December. I have 10 days to spend. My questions :
1. Can you suggest me an itinerrary on where / which place is a must go. There are so many beautiful places and I’m confused. Plz advise me on budget hostels all the way as well.
2. How much is the price of cheap food which I can buy from the street stalls such as kebab + rice, kebab + bread, buns, pizza, sandwiches, plain bread, sweet buns, yogurt, fruit juice, ice cream etc ? How much must I allocate for budget meals (BF, L, D) per day ? (I am not a heavy eater).
3.I would also like to link my travel with one of the neighbouring country. Which one is a better option and not too costly between Armenia, Ajerbaijan and Turkmenistan ? Plz advise me on the transportation as well (from Teheran).
Additional info : I’m a female muslim, travelling with a female friend and my 14 year old son. I am an experienced backpacker but on a shoestring budget, so recommendations on accomodation, food, transportation etc must be ‘the cheapest but not soooo bad’ available. We are tough people, so a lil bit of uncomfortableness is not an isuue, and we are very used to rush from one place to another
Regards,
Anita
Malaysia
August 8, 2008 at 4:47 am
I am traveling to Morocco on Aug. 27. I just found your blog tonight and have learned so much. Would you e-mail me? I would like to ask some specific questions about traveling in Morocco. This will be my first visit and I am so looking forward to it.
Thank you
Bernie
October 4, 2008 at 9:11 am
hey!! this is a very useful and infrmative blog, needless to say i’m just of what you are doing..well, like everyone else ( i suppose) i have some questions..
i’m going to iran this november for about 2 weeks, i week for a conference and thought of doing some traveling the week later..i plan to go to istanbul by bus, as i heard it is the cheapest..however, i need to ask whether it is safe to go there alone (i’m a sigle 25 muslim student)..and i need to spare 4 days just for the trip, rite?
and how frequent does the bus go tehran-istanbul-tehran?
i need some suggestions on the cheapest hostel, food and transportortation to go about in istanbul..
thank you
farah
malaysia
April 17, 2009 at 4:45 pm
Your site is great! I am going to Andorra tomorrow with a group of people. We really want to get an Andorra Passport stamp but hear conflicting things about where and if we can get one. Can you tell me how you got yours? Thank you.
Adam / Canadian in Perpignan
April 17, 2009 at 4:52 pm
Hello Adam, thank you for your comment. I got my stamp on the Andorran border to France, and simply stop my car, went inside the little border control house and asked for a stamp. they were nice to stamp it. Easy!!!
Good luck! why is so difficult to get a stamp? never heard about it. What did you ear? Cheers
August 18, 2009 at 11:52 pm
Joao-
Glad I found this blog. I am trying to find good images of passport stamps of the Czech Republic, Austria & Hungary to do a commemorative needle work of the places my daughter & her husband went on their honeymoon as a gift to them. If you or anyone else could help w/ this I’d be very grateful!