We are most likely in Esfahan as you read this, but all of these photos are from Tehran. I haven’t felt very com­fort­able pulling out my SLR here, so I’ve been using the point-shoot camera. Perhaps that feeling is irra­tional. Either way, all the photos I have posted here are from our little point-shoot, which [...]

Hey gang, Chris and Laura here again. Well, we’ve been teasing all of you with subtle men­tions of our big news. If you’ve been fol­low­ing along for the past several months, you’ll know that our plans have already changed more than once, so one more big change shouldn’t be too much of a sur­prise. Our [...]

It had been a while since we’d visited a museum. I was begin­ning to itch because of it.  So to enterain ourselves during our first full day in Tehran we decided to check­out the National Museum of Iran. It’s the perfect size for a visitor to look at the entire col­lec­tion in 2-hours, meaning you’re satisfied [...]

The Unesco World Heritage site Takht-e-Soleiman is 42 kilo­met­ers north­east from a small town called Takab in Iran.  It was the spir­itual centre of the ancient state reli­gion called Zoroastrianism. This 1500-year old site must have been remark­able in its heyday, because the for­ti­fy­ing walls that still stand are very impress­ive.  It is truly a [...]

Road lines are more like abstract paint­ings for drivers to admire. People simply do not pay any atten­tion to them. What would be a three lane road back home becomes a five lane, or six lane road here.  This is an obser­va­tion quickly made seconds after step­ping into a vehicle in Iran. Following the advice of [...]