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Everyone I have ever met that has been to Iran absolutely raves about it. I've never met a single person that didn't extend their stay, and doesn't rate it as h

by grecy 8y ago

Everyone I have ever met that has been to Iran absolutely raves about it. I've never met a single person that didn't extend their stay, and doesn't rate it as hands down the best country they have ever been to. It's very, very high on my list. But if you have an American or British passport you currently can't go without an escort. (I'm an Overlander, I drove AK-Argentina and am now driving right around Africa. I've met 200+ people that have been to Iran)

underyx 8y ago
This sounds a bit interesting, extending trips doesn't sound like a common occurrence, but you say you met 200+ people that did just that?
- brynjolf 8y ago
  Iran is one of the most heavy users of social accounts to influence the world, amongst Russia and China.
- ryanlol 8y ago
  I think he's talking about overland travel, in which case extending trips would certainly be a common occurrence.
- grecy 8y ago
  Oh, extending is super-common. Once you're in a country it's really easy to extend your visa, even if was hard to get in the first place. I extended in Angola when getting a visa there was hard, I extended it in Mali, Zimbabwe, just looked into it in Ethiopia, etc. Of course, as Overlanders we have our own vehicles are I'd say 50% of us are not time limited [1], so we just stay as long as we want in countries we like. [1] NOTE: Many of us - me included - are money limited, not time limited.
Down_n_Out 8y ago
Iran is an amazing country and the people even more so, never ever met people more kind, giving (even when they don't have anything they give you all they've got), helpful, funny and down to earth. The fauna, flora and architecture alone is worth it, the people is just the icing on the cake.
InGodsName 8y ago
I am laughing because i am from Iran and no one here thinks people are nice. My country people treat foreigners nicer than their own people because for some reason they believe that foreigners are rich and foreigners might give them reward or smth. It's a common belief that foreigners are rich and locals aren't. Same way if you are rich in Iran being a local isn't a problem people treat you extra nice Once one foreigner brought an iPad for my friend. It might seem odd to foreigners that in East simply looking rich/ or having money can earn you their nice behaviour.
pjc50 8y ago
So I saw an interesting little travel show, where Norwegian presenter Line Elvsåshagen was trying to travel on the "kindness of strangers": she'd post on instagram that she was looking for people to meet/eat/stay with, and film the result. This worked even in Iran, and she met up with a Norwegian-Iranian family; but her government assigned minder/'translator' wouldn't let her sleep in their house. She counted as a journalist and there's no way Iran would let a loose journalist float around their society interviewing unsupervised ordinary people for the TV. Pity, it does look like an interesting place to visit.

by grecy 8y ago

underyx 8y ago

This sounds a bit interesting, extending trips doesn't sound like a common occurrence, but you say you met 200+ people that did just that?

brynjolf 8y ago
Iran is one of the most heavy users of social accounts to influence the world, amongst Russia and China.
ryanlol 8y ago
I think he's talking about overland travel, in which case extending trips would certainly be a common occurrence.
grecy 8y ago
Oh, extending is super-common. Once you're in a country it's really easy to extend your visa, even if was hard to get in the first place. I extended in Angola when getting a visa there was hard, I extended it in Mali, Zimbabwe, just looked into it in Ethiopia, etc. Of course, as Overlanders we have our own vehicles are I'd say 50% of us are not time limited [1], so we just stay as long as we want in countries we like. [1] NOTE: Many of us - me included - are money limited, not time limited.

Down_n_Out 8y ago

Iran is an amazing country and the people even more so, never ever met people more kind, giving (even when they don't have anything they give you all they've got), helpful, funny and down to earth. The fauna, flora and architecture alone is worth it, the people is just the icing on the cake.

InGodsName 8y ago

I am laughing because i am from Iran and no one here thinks people are nice. My country people treat foreigners nicer than their own people because for some reason they believe that foreigners are rich and foreigners might give them reward or smth. It's a common belief that foreigners are rich and locals aren't. Same way if you are rich in Iran being a local isn't a problem people treat you extra nice Once one foreigner brought an iPad for my friend. It might seem odd to foreigners that in East simply looking rich/ or having money can earn you their nice behaviour.

pjc50 8y ago

So I saw an interesting little travel show, where Norwegian presenter Line Elvsåshagen was trying to travel on the "kindness of strangers": she'd post on instagram that she was looking for people to meet/eat/stay with, and film the result. This worked even in Iran, and she met up with a Norwegian-Iranian family; but her government assigned minder/'translator' wouldn't let her sleep in their house. She counted as a journalist and there's no way Iran would let a loose journalist float around their society interviewing unsupervised ordinary people for the TV. Pity, it does look like an interesting place to visit.