| Iran | |
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Capital: Teheran Population: 74,196'000 Mio. Area: 44,900 km² People: 51 % Persians, Kurds, Azerbaijanis, Turkmen, Araber, Belutschen, Armenier Languages: Persian |
Route cycled:
Maku - Sarakhs / 1,460 km
2012 |
Stage / Destination |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15.05. | Maku | 22 |
0 |
0 |
01:00 |
 |
13 |
Exchange rate 1 TL = 8,000 rial |
| 16.05. | Tabriz | 75 |
500 |
4:09 |
 |
28 |
Section of 180 km by truck, temperature 47° | |
| 17.05. | Tabriz | |
Sightseeing | |||||
| 18.05. | Ali Kihalaj | 89 |
1076 |
2105 |
5:25 |
 |
29 |
Invitation from the Red Crescent |
| 19.05. | Mihane | 80 |
114 |
1699 |
3:18 |
|
30 |
Descent |
| 20.05. | Takestan | 85 |
376 |
1329 |
5:10 |
 |
35 |
Section of 180 km by truck, temperature 48° |
| 21.05. | Hamadan | 46 |
502 |
1860 |
2:45 |
|
48 |
Section of 170 km by bus, temperature 49° |
| 22.05. | Hamadan | 0 |
|
Sightseeing | ||||
| 23.05. | Gonband | 39 |
381 |
2031 |
2:26 |
 |
15 |
Violent windstorm |
| 24.05. | Arak | 156 |
1332 |
2147 |
7:58 |
|
29 |
60 km of tailwind |
| 25.05. | Margh | 89 |
995 |
2076 |
4:47 |
|
35 |
Strong wind, tailwind |
| 26.05. | Meymeh | 129 |
885 |
2190 |
6:34 |
|
36 |
Strong wind |
| 27.05. | Esfahan | 103 |
239 |
1980 |
5:32 |
|
38 |
Strong headwind |
| 28.-29. | Esfahan | 0 |
1650 |
|
Sightseeing | |||
| 30.-31. | Shiraz | 0 |
|
Trip to Shiraz by bus | ||||
| 01.-02. | Esfahan | 0 |
|
Meeting our friend "Israf" | ||||
| 03.06. | Kuhpayeh | 108 |
730 |
2208 |
6:33 |
|
40 |
Dead straight and dreary |
| 04.06. | Aqda | 125 |
88 |
2380 |
5:20 |
|
37 |
Invitation |
| 05.06. | Yazd | 115 |
145 |
1220 |
4:50 |
|
39 |
Hot and tailwind |
| 06.06. | Mashad | 8 |
1216 |
0:30 |
 |
Night bus, Dasht-e Lut desert, the hottest place on earth! | ||
| 07.-08. | Mashad | 0 |
985 |
|
Sightseeing, mirror repair | |||
| 09.06. | Mozduran | 90 |
402 |
850 |
5:09 |
|
43 |
Hot, no shade, headwind |
| 10.06. | Gonbadli | 74 |
677 |
1040 |
5:24 |
|
48 |
Brutal headwind, hot |
| 11.06. | Sarakhs | 26 |
46 |
380 |
1:25 |
|
44 |
Headscarf soon a thing of the past! |
| 12.06. | Border crossing | 1 |
0 |
378 |
0:05 |
 |
Border with Turkmenistan | |
| Total Iran | 1,460 |
8,488 |
78:33 |
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