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Ride through IRAN
mortehu
After your experience of riding trough Iran, would recommend others to
venture into this country ?
Did police minders escort you all the way from the Turkish border to Pakistan ?
Did you have to pay for the escort ?
I have read a few other ride reports from other intrepid adventurers and they seemed to have been able to avoid the police escorts and wander off on their own.
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mortehu
After your experience of riding trough Iran, would recommend others to
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Yes. Most of Iran is very modern, and the people are very friendly. When I asked for directions, people would either get on the back of my motorcycle or drive in front of me all the way there. This happened on four occasions. Iran is completely open to tourism, has daily flights to many countries and people are used to seeing tourists. The police is also very friendly. Pakistan, on the other hand, sees terrorist attacks all the time, but rarely towards tourists.
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Did police minders escort you all the way from the Turkish border to Pakistan ?
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No. They started following me when I entered Zahedan. When I stopped for gas, they came over and asked me to come with them to the station.
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Did you have to pay for the escort ?
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All the escorts were completely free, but they are slow. The escort cars are mostly modified Toyota Hiluxes with several people sitting in the back, so they can't safely travel much faster.
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I have read a few other ride reports from other intrepid adventurers and they seemed to have been able to avoid the police escorts and wander off on their own.
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You're supposed to have police escorts all the time, but they have different procedures in different places. Sometimes they followed me several kilometers behind, and it was easy to pull away, even by accident. When you arrive in a city you're on your own, but I was not allowed out after sunset. If you're not local, everyone can tell you're a tourist from 100m away, even when you're on the bike. I had no escorts after leaving Bahawalpur.
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Could you please told me where are you now?
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I've finished traveling, and am now in Melbourne, Australia.
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