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Backpacking in Iran🇮🇷: My Visit to Bobby Sands Street in Tehran

I don’t often get too political on here, being from Northern Ireland it’s a touchy subject but also one so eloquently intertwined intill my life. For those who have heard of Bobby Sands, you’ll be aware of this IRA prisoner who became famous as a hunger striker in 1981 in Northern Ireland. In the end Read more about Backpacking in Iran🇮🇷: My Visit to Bobby Sands Street in Tehran[…]

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Backpacking in Iran🇮🇷: Top 5 Sights in Tehran

Tehran, the capital city of Iran is manic and tamely daunting, yet in many ways it was the least favourite of all the Iranian cities or towns we visited. Capital cities are often like this on your travels and it’s elsewhere in the country that you find the real charm. In Iran, we loved Mashhad, Read more about Backpacking in Iran🇮🇷: Top 5 Sights in Tehran[…]

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Working Wednesdays: Helping out at Issa’s Allotment in Zarad Band, Iran

Anyone who has travelled in Iran will tell you that you always get offers to stay with families and live with them. This happened to us a load of times, and we ended up in three family houses over the course of a month and it could have been more. Two of our host families Read more about Working Wednesdays: Helping out at Issa’s Allotment in Zarad Band, Iran[…]