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Iran: Make Love not War - Part 5 - The Caspian Riviera

It had been really hot at Alamut, and the mountains semi-arid. So we went through green forests to the shores of the Caspian Sea, the strange inland ocean of central Asia, where people from Tehran go for their holidays.

Adelaide and South Australia (Part 1)

This is the first of a series of blog posts on Adelaide (the capital of South Australia) and the region nearby. Adelaide is a spectacularly attractive city with massive inner city parklands, though many historic buildings are at risk. The region nearby is where nearly everyone in South Australia who isn't actually from Adelaide lives. It includes the aborignal community of Raukkan, historic settler towns and numerous nature parks.

Iran: Make Love not War ��� Part 4 ��� The Valley of the Assassins

Perhaps you've heard of the 'Old Man of the Mountain'? Hassan-i Sabbah was the real-life inspiration for the game Assassin's Creed. I visit his stronghold in the Alamut Valley, part of a historically rebellious and frontier-like part of Iran northwest of Tehran.

Australian Alps: a visit to the ski resorts of Perisher and Thredbo

In this post, I visit the ski resorts of Perisher and Thredbo in the Snowy Mountains area of the Australian Alps. The area's quite famous and historic (as in 'The Man from Snowy River') and the skifields are huge. I give out some practical tips about where to stay and how to save money by booking ahead, and share heaps of photos and videos and stories gleaned by talking to local people.

The Australian Alps: a visit to the ski resorts of Perisher and Thredbo

In this post, I visit the ski resorts of Perisher and Thrdbo in the Snowy Mountains area of the Australian Alps. The area's quite famous and historic (as in 'The Man from Snowy River') and the skifields are huge. I give out some practical tips about where to stay and how to save money by booking ahead, and share heaps of photos and videos and stories gleaned by talking to local people.

Iran: Make Love not War���Part 3���Tabriz and the Road of the Martyrs

After crossing the border, I met up with some colourful characters and was driven first to Tabriz, and then on to the Alamut Valley by way of a road lined with images of fallen war heroes.

Iran: Make Love not War - Part 2 - Getting across the border

This is the second post about my overland Iran journey. In it, I cross over the border from Turkey, and talk about my visa problems and how to change money for Iran, including the importance of getting local debit card known as a Mah Card. At the end I introduce my new book 'Iran: Make Love not War' and the free download of my first book, 'A Maverick Traveller', which is now available from this site if you sign up for the newsletter.

Iran: Make love not war?

This is the first of a series of blog posts about my trip to Iran. After my adventures on Mount Ararat, I crossed overland into Iran and travelled through Tabriz, the Alamut Valley, Tehran (with a side-trip to the Caspian), Isfahan, Shiraz and Yazd. It took three weeks and I made all kinds of amazing discoveries about the ancient culture of the fast-modernising country that is also known as Persia.

Prelude to Aspiring: Or, what to do when there's no snow in paradise

Finding not much snow up the skifields this winter, I go on a trip to the Matukituki Valley. This is a hidden gem below Mt Aspiring, up a 50 km road westward from Wanaka. It was the site of a famous 1949 expedition in which the elderly explorer and founder of the New Zealand Alpine Club, A. P. Harper, was accompanied by the poet James K. Baxter, the composer Douglas Lilburn and the photographer Brian Brake in the hope of making a great artistic production, which unfortunately never happened.

'Tossed by the Wind': The rare and remarkable creatures of Tiritiri Matangi (Part Two)

My explorations of Tiritiri Matangi Island, continued, in which I encounter tuatara and rare songbirds. With several videos!