Our trip began with three nights in Tehran, Iran’s capital of eleven million people, dramatically set against a snow-capped mountain range. We stayed at the new five-star Espinas Hotel in Tehran.
Iran Travelogue # 3 – Iran: Full of Lots of Friendly People
Iran Full of Lots of Friendly People Upon arrival, we were greeted at the Tehran airport by our local driver and by our guide, Nahdereh (nickname, Nahdi), who stayed with us the entire trip. Nahdi helped us plan our daily…
Iran Travelogue # 2 – “How did we get started?”
“How did we get started?” Since Steve, as a volunteer “travel consultant”, had planned and arranged group trips to almost a dozen countries while we were in Santa Fe — to places like Turkey, Bolivia, Indonesia, Cuba and France among…
“The Iran Americans Don’t Know” – A Personal Travelogue by Pat Kutay
“Isn’t Iran dangerous?” “Don’t you need our government’s permission to go there?” “These were the most common reactions we got this spring after telling friends we were about to spend three weeks in Iran. (The answer to both questions is…