Monthly Archives: March 2011

Rose early and was distraught to see that the snow was falling thick and fast outside but not to be put off we set about preparing a true English breakfast. Mike came up just as Mick and I were getting … Continue reading →

Awaking at about 07.00 the train was travelling slowly through the most picturesque scenery that we had so far encountered. We were following the course of a river ponderously winding our way through shear gorges carved out of the rocks. … Continue reading →

Washing in the small basin in the toilette was a difficult insufficient job but we all felt a lot better for it.   The country we passed was at first flat and barren, no more than a wilderness but as … Continue reading →

Rising at about 10.00 we packed our things together and then proceeding down to have a cup of tea and arrange the final preparations. Down in the lounge we met Paul and David who were obviously sober and in a … Continue reading →

I’ve seen all that I want to see in Istanbul. I’ve seen its poverty an the desperate strife to scratch out an existence where everyone is forced to do the same.   John visited the Iranian embassy in the morning … Continue reading →

John woke me at 07.00 and I stumbled out of bed and after a quick cup of tea six of us set off  to a supermarket to obtain food to restrict meal expenditure for the next week when we expected … Continue reading →

Our troubles really began. All up late again but we managed to obtain the Iran Visas quite quickly then moved on to the Iraq embassy across the Golden Horn. Here we ran into deep complications.   There are two routes … Continue reading →

Still, not to be put off we started again the next day. I was up early with the day after migraine headache and need to wait nearly two hours before we had gathered for the trip to the Iranian embassy … Continue reading →

We were woken at about 6.30 which due to clocks being put forward one hour moving into Eastern European time meant a very early rising.   At 7.30 the coach moved off towards Istanbul moving through scenery similar to rural … Continue reading →

Here it was decided by a narrow majority in a  show of hands that we should change route, crossing Bulgaria and straight into Turkey saving several days in the process and hitting warmer weather sooner. There is a little distention … Continue reading →