Welcome back ladies and gentlemen,
It is good to start writing this blog again cause this means that I will be travelling again soon. Very soon .... as in the sense of less then 18 hours. YEEAAHH Finally after 10 months of not-travelling.
So you might want to know, where will the wind take Joost the following weeks. Well here my sort of "planned" itinerary;
From of tomorrow early I will hitch my way to Geneva (swiss) near France in 2 days (hopefully), here I will pick up my travell buddy Jorine where I will travel with for about 2 weeks. We will make our way through the north of Italy to visit my good friend Jelke and spend some cultural days in the Balkan area. Visit Croatia or Bosnia or ... we will see what's hip in the region.
Jorine will travel back by herself and I will catch the Trans-Asia-Express train from Istanbul to Tehran on the 23th of July. After 70 hours of following this ancient Silk route I will spend a month in Iran of which 2 weeks travelling with my oldman, as he will be flying in in the beginning of August.
So why Iran?? This question I have answered many times the last months. I heard many people's perception and vision of what they think Iran is like.
Some friends or relatives have an idea of Iran of being a warzone, axis of evil, a dangerous muslim country where they will hang western people and that I have a deathwish that I would like to go there.
Well if you still think so, read about the experiences I had in Syria last year.
Here some facts!!; Iran/Persia is a dictatorship, and it lacks allot of freedom issues which we find normal having in the NL or Europe. fact. Persia is one of the culturally richest and oldest civilications in this world. fact. Iran is a country travellers and tourists go to, even backpackers like myself. fact. The people of Persia are one of the most hospitable and friendly in the world. "perceived" fact by many people who have been.
But I will give you my vision on that in a few weeks.
I am so excited to finally go..... to experience this secluded country, I have my 31 days visa ready in my passport and no one will stop me from entering this other world.
People let me know if you're in the region of Croatia the next 2 weeks, we could maybe catch up somewhere.
Post you soon,
enjoy your summer, I know I will.
Greets
6 comments:
Bon voyage! Joost, travel well and safely! Be sure to stay in touch.
Hi Joost, hope your trip will be marvelous and safe ,like Mary Beth already said stay in touch.
Goede reis en geniet ervan.
Hey Joost,
right now we are on rhodes in greece. we hope you have a really nice trip and enjoy the country. let us know when you are back!!!
were looking forward to hear your stories and see some pictures.
lot of greetings,
wiebke and marten
Thanks Joost for the update of your trip via the telephone call we received yesterday.
Have a nice enjoyable stay with Jorine and her family in France.
Hope your hitch hiking trip towards Italy will be as smooth as the first two days of your trip from Groningen to France.
Hey Joost,
On the road again, to the axis of culture and art. Hope you visit Persepolis too.
Have a great time and enjoy yourself.
Zwaar cool hoop gauw weer wat te lezen Joost ONe
Jah RastafArie
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