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I've also had an email from Hossein asking me to comment that he is a great trustworthy guy etc. Problem is I've never met the guy.

In terms of Iran and peoples hospitality I was put up for three days in Tabriz, taken to all the local festivals and some sights, somewhere safe to lock the bike up etc. People didn't ask for a penny and I got a free shave and haircut into the deal.

I then headed to Tehran, where a bunch of people has offered to put me up but I never made it there because my engine ate it's piston rings, overheated and died leaving me stranded by the roadside. A passing trucker picked me up, took me to his family home where they looked after me very well, wouldn't let me pay for anything, took me andthe bike to the airport so I could get the bike to Delhi to have parts sent out and fix it. They realised I was fairly low on cash, negotiated 500 dollars lower freight fee for me. This I could pay but also needed a passenger ticket and girlfriend was waiting for me, and then people I have never met before had a whip-round and bought me a plane ticket. I was gobsmacked by how incrediby nice everyone was.

In short Iran is amazing, but I can't vouch for Hossein. I'd like to think everyone is a good person but you'll have to read other peoples experiences.
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I've also had an email from Hossein asking me to comment that he is a great trustworthy guy etc. Problem is I've never met the guy.

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In short Iran is amazing, but I can't vouch for Hossein. I'd like to think everyone is a good person but you'll have to read other peoples experiences.
Hi Henry!

Thanks for sharing the fair and honest statement! I also believe in that 99,9% in Iran and maybe even all around the world are great and helpfull people! I wish to have some experiences like you, although I hope my engine still stays complete for a longer while...

This thread is only according to one single guy, at whose place a lot of traveller got dissapointed and for me I don't put it in a certain relation to the country he is living in.
And now by contacting people, who even have not met him to write about their experiences...?? :confused1:
He tries to gain back some "reputation" for himself by relying on the other folks in his country...:confused1:

I don't know what else to say about all this....
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Is there phrase in Farsi equivalent to "When in a hole, stop digging"? If Hossein carries on at this rate, he'll reach the centre of the earth pretty soon.
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Is there phrase in Farsi equivalent to "When in a hole, stop digging"? If Hossein carries on at this rate, he'll reach the centre of the earth pretty soon.
English/Persian

هنگامی که در یک سوراخ، توقف حفاری

(Google translate, FWIW....)

+1 on Iranian warmth & hospitality, generally.
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Hossein has written to me now too! The same sob story. Luckily my email software has a spam-filter
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I'm just wondering on one sentence.

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Hossein has written to me now too! The same sob story. Luckily my email software has a spam-filter
Now he's writing again and getting ar$y. Should I ever visit Iran, I'll definitely avoid this jerk and his town.
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Look who turned up over on ADVRIDER ...

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What's that silly saying in english...: " from the fat to the fire.." or something like that...?
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Hossein has written to me now too! The same sob story. Luckily my email software has a spam-filter
Watch out! Your spam box will explode. I'm still getting mails, at least one per day...

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Now he's writing again and getting ar$y. Should I ever visit Iran, I'll definitely avoid this jerk and his town.

It looks like he didn't understand the phrase, properly? He obviously got the msg. like "When in a hole, dig faster...!!"
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Now he's writing again and getting ar$y. Should I ever visit Iran, I'll definitely avoid this jerk and his town.:
This thread is entertaining. Care to post what he wrote, so we can all have a look and a laugh??
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I've also had an email from Hossein asking me to comment that he is a great trustworthy guy etc. Problem is I've never met the guy.
According dear henryuk :
i just read his website on net and i saw a post there which is saying he bought insurance after the borde about 100$
so asked him to write that insurance price is about 100$ and everybody can understand that i am not trying to sell insurance expensive and the interesting is the price of insurance is not going in my pocket ,its for governments

finally just i asked henryuk to say about insurance cost not about me because we never meet eachother

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