Photos from India
This particular day I used my gps and ran on some backroads. A pleasant change from a busy highway but you can never be sure about road conditions! I reckon I saved about a half week in India using my gps to find more direct routes than some of the meandering highways. Despite what I have said on the blog about smart phones and gps devices, I am now a believer! I just don’t know how I would have gotten through India and plan for the future with it’s lack of internet cafes.
March 21st, 2014 at 11:05 pm
Great photos Tony, a lot of poverty and filth and dirt are obvious, a real insight into Indian life
March 22nd, 2014 at 3:48 am
Hi everyone. I am in Tehran bus station waiting for the bus to Kerman my restart place. I have been advised not to get too close to the Pakistani border which you will see when I start running on Sunday its a couple hundred km away. It will be a 12 hour bus journey. Many thanks to Ali an economics lecturer living in Coventry, UK and back home here for the Iranian new year. He helped me so much in the airport getting money changed, a data and call sim, and we split the cost of a 12 euro taxi to the bus station before he helped sort a sim activation problem. This is the way I remember bye wonderful people of Iran. Much more to tell but have get on bus.
Talk soon Tony
March 22nd, 2014 at 12:52 pm
crazy photos from a slightly crazy place. good luck with the restart. kevin
March 24th, 2014 at 7:32 am
Hi everyone. My second day on the road in Iran. Not sure if the spot tracker is updating as map not loading ditto for Google maps. Some websites including Facebook are banned in Iran so will have to wait and see. Am 35km before Rafsanjan.
As mentioned before the Iranian people are extremely hospitable people… These people really mean it when they ask how may I help you and none of the Indian bull of just trying to get their noses into your face for their satisfaction and curiosity. I mentioned about Ali and how he helped me in airport and onto bus to Kerman. Many people keep offering me small pieces of candy. This morning a shop opened even though they were closed for the new year here band ten minutes later a family of nine who were picnicking invited me to breakfast with tea bread cheese and wall nut sandwiches and a big bag of fruit a sandwich sweets and nuts for the road.
No road rage four lane divided highway a wide shoulder respectful drivers and no madness or harassment.
Yes I am login Iran So clean too, almost like Europe with proper running water and the luxury of soap and mirrors.
A bit more expensive but you get what you pay for as they say
No gawkers either as they are intelligent people. Pls let me know if spot is updating
Tony
March 25th, 2014 at 6:37 pm
its updating alright
March 28th, 2014 at 4:18 pm
Amazing as always Tony, glad to see those dots continuously approaching home.
March 28th, 2014 at 4:45 pm
Hi Ann this is tony. I don’t have good reception here in Iran desert. pls post 41,837km run 1,000th marathon in a weeks time