2020-12-04, 09:10 PM
(This post was last modified: 2020-12-04, 09:22 PM by MojaveGeek.)
Algeria crossing: Yup, and to think that I hitch-hiked. Northern Nigeria is definitely not cool right now. I think eastern Niger is not much safer. Those were different times.
I enjoyed reading your three part description of the 'Stans. Do you have other write ups? I also enjoyed your pix of Iran. Seems brave to travel there as an American, but maybe it is a different world outside of Tehran. It was very different there in the 70s in so many ways, but back then, Tehran was just a different world from the rest of the country.
I saw something amazing in Tehran. This was after overland through Africa, boat to Bombay, overland to Tehran. Women's knees. How risque
Really, it was a bit of a shock. But Tehran was the "Paris of central Asia" and very fashion conscious, in the center of town at least.
Hitch-hiking in Iran was bizarre too, but for that I was with my brother, who was living in Tehran and could get by in Farsi.
Interesting to see the classic light blue buildings of the DMZ from the "other" side!
I enjoyed reading your three part description of the 'Stans. Do you have other write ups? I also enjoyed your pix of Iran. Seems brave to travel there as an American, but maybe it is a different world outside of Tehran. It was very different there in the 70s in so many ways, but back then, Tehran was just a different world from the rest of the country.
I saw something amazing in Tehran. This was after overland through Africa, boat to Bombay, overland to Tehran. Women's knees. How risque
Really, it was a bit of a shock. But Tehran was the "Paris of central Asia" and very fashion conscious, in the center of town at least.Hitch-hiking in Iran was bizarre too, but for that I was with my brother, who was living in Tehran and could get by in Farsi.
(2020-12-04, 07:28 PM)netllama Wrote: My wife went to DPRK a few years ago (before Trump banned Americans from going). Everything I know is from her experiences there. Photos from her trip to DPRK are here:
https://netllama.linux-sxs.org/pix/trips/2013-10-dprk/
Interesting to see the classic light blue buildings of the DMZ from the "other" side!