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18 October 2005
After breakfast, we topped up on supplies from the supermarket. It was a relaxing day followed by dinner at the trucks. Today, it was roast chicken with a tamarind sauce plus chicken stir-fry with salted mustard greens. Yummy again! This evening Rodger joins us. After dinner, we set up his bed in preparation for his […]
17 October 2005
We woke around 0900 which meant it was too late for the early boat to Moorea. We took things easy and walked to town for the 1200 ferry, operated by the Aremiti 5. It was a very big and smooth ferry and it took only about half hour to make the journey across to Moorea. […]
16 October 2005
With the time difference from Auckland, we woke around 0930 today. We walked to the Carrefour supermarket promptly to get some food supplies. It’s expensive here so we didn’t want to eat at the hotel. While inside Carrefour, we had a delicious thin pizza and followed up with a toasted panini outside once the shopping […]
15 October 2005
As we had crossed the International Dateline getting to Rarotonga and then Papeete, we landed on Saturday 15 October, a day before we had departed. But just barely, as our arrival was at around 2340. Kim organised for us to get on the crew transport to the crew hotel, the Intercontinental Hotel, where we had […]
28 September 2005
I slept in till 0930 today. With a 1730 departure, I pottered around with packing before going downstairs for breakfast. They had doughnuts filled either with cream, or savoury with chicken ham or beef ham. I chose the chicken one and it was quite nice. The Turkish coffee was awfully bitter as it was meant […]
27 September 2005
Above: Price of petrol is IRR800 (USD0.09) per litre, up 25% from our visit two and a half years ago. Lazy wanderings Today is my extra day in Tehran having arrived here a day earlier than planned. I took it easy with a breakfast of muffin and fresh honeydew shake in my room. I took […]
26 September 2005
Above: View of Tehran from Park-e Jamshidiye. Bazaar I had to conserve water when I woke, since I couldn’t get any last night. I walked out of the hotel to get a fruit shake for breakfast but it wasn’t open despite being 0850 already. The bakeries had queues. I settled for a super-cheap Caprisonne-style pomegranate […]
25 September 2005
Above: Back at the Naderi Hotel in Tehran; the lobby area. Leaving early After breakfast, I asked the hotel man about making an external phone call. I didn’t think he understood me but shortly after he had patched me through correctly to Iran Air. The airline said it wasn’t a problem to have me fly […]
24 September 2005
Masouleh Having slept early last night, I woke about 0400 but lay in bed till 0730. At breakfast, I met the Japanese girls I had seen in Yazd. They flew here and are headed to Ardabil. I have a very empty sad feeling today, from having left the wonderful people I had met in Yazd. […]
23 September 2005
Above: At Mehrabad Airport. I had breakfast with Ada; we drank lots of tea and chatted for a while. It’s funny that I’ve taken an instant liking to her, Jan and the others. We’re so like-minded. Like I said, the more “strange” the destination, the more you’re gonna find in common with the travellers you […]