Turkey to Iran, Sero Crossing
 

Extracted from Vegibike.com

It took an hour and a half going through the crossing. I was so wary of the warning I had had of insurance touts that I ignored any approaches, and suddenly found myself been greeted 'Welcome to Iran' and I was in. Rather painless, but fantastic, fulfilling a long held wish to be here. The trouble was that I had missed the insurance booth to get the mandatory 3rd party insurance for the bike. I thought I would get it in Orumiyeh where I hoped to stay, and crossed my fingers that we would stay safe getting there.
The Garmin maps that I had been given did not have a detailed map of Orumiyeh on, so finding a hotel was tricky, but ended up in the Reza Hotel.

Kirim, who owns the hotel, has been a complete star. He lived in the US for 10 years and speaks very good English. I had asked him the day before if he knew an insurance broker and he arrange for an acquaintance of his to come by. I had been warned on many blogs etc that the scammers at the border will try and get $100 USD, but the price you should pay is $30 USD. So that is what I was expecting..... Not the $10 USD I was charged.