if you're still there try visiting southern coast , specially qeshm island .
it's truly magnificent and based on your blog i'm sure you're going to enjoy it as much as i did .
Hope the toothache has cleared up. Loving the blog, I must get to Istanbul myself, had a number of Turkish friends in London but have never visited. Looking forward to hearing about Iran. Stay safe mate.
Colin
Hi from guymers Charlie really enjoyed this blog and the photos - looks like they need a few bags of grass seed and some US irrigation to green the place up a bit. Those high passes are terrific for views - keep writing and enjoy Istanbul. L & G
enjoying the blog Hey Charlie - your blog is painting an amazing picture of happenings on the trip - but so glad I am not seeing the animals at the markets. Stay away from "BIG FALLING ROCKS" and travel safely. Leanne
Railway Museum? Why didn't I think there would be a railway museum there. Great read Charlie, but where are you now? It's 7 September, we're just about to sit down and watch the elections!!!!
Retirees in USA Hey Charlie - loved the blog and related well to the fireworks are better in Canberra - we felt the same about the fireworks in Victoria Harbour. Have just about had enough of US and heading home on thurs. Watch out for a big blog entry coming your way soon. Travel safely. Ciao L & G
An Old Fossil out looking for fossils G'day mate,
Preparation are on schedule, and you are looking good.
Enjoy your trip and bring back lots of photos.
A grumpy old man who got the travel bug late in life. I now like to go to unusual and exotic places. Have visited Vietnam (3 times - first trip in 1971 but it doesn't count, since then visited again twice - in 2003 with Carol and 2008 with the "almostnomads"), Europe 1976, New Zealand 1982, Malaysia (five ties), Singapore (eight times), Turkey 2011, Jordan 2011 (took part in an archaeological dig at Pella), US North East + California as well as Eastern Canada in 2009, US West Coast and Western Canada 2011, China 2010, Borneo 2012 - that's where I had an altercation with a motor cycle and te... full info
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Glad to see that some things still frighten you: stages and freeways. Keep enjoying the "ride"! Mike