Silk Road 2017

Today we only have a short drive of 145 km to Urmieh and because breakfast at the hotel doesn’t start until 7:30 we get a […]

Today we have a 252 km drive to Kandovan. We stop by a lovely lake for morning tea. We drive on to Tabriz, where we […]

Today we have a 288 km drive to Sarein. Iran has a lot of roundabouts which help the traffic flow well rather than stopping at […]

This morning at breakfast we are joined by about 30 members of the Iranian MG Car Club who have driven about 500 km from Tehran […]

This morning Michael, David & Henk go to the workshop to unpack Ginger, removing the spare parts, GPS and CB radio.  All of the tools […]

Today we have a big days drive of 580 km to Gorgan. Our morning tea stop is off the main road down country lanes through […]

Today we visit the Reza Shrine Complex which is massive and has many outdoor carpeted courtyards. The architecture is fabulous and colourful with mosaic tiles […]

Today we leave Turkmenistan and cross the border into Iran. We have about a 35 km drive out of Ashgabat to the first exit gate […]

Today we have a tour of Ashgabat which is known as the city of white marble. The city was destroyed in 1948 by an earthquake […]

This morning we take a driving tour around Mary, which has some lovely buildings.  The city was built by the Soviets as a centre for […]