Re: BANNED
Not sure not really bothered by that i have over three months for this trip. ;)
What does worry me is the political and economic/local climate. You see this route to Iran is very long and passes through a dangerous stretch of desert to Tabriz. I could risk it but then again why should i? There is a much easier and safer route throught he Mesopatamian platue in northern Iraq.
Oh forgot the area around Mosul is a stronghold of so called militants and terrorists. So choices are an epic trek throught he desert of Parthia, the place where centuries ago Roman general Crassus and 40,000 legionaries died or risk a shortcut through Iraq which is an easier geographical route but is also a warzone.
Oh and the Kurdish PKK rebels are also out there in the route between Hamadan and Iran/Iraq. Don't worry though i'll pull through Insha-Allah.
I will buy supplies for the trip while i'm here in Ankara, ;) I also have a very fast new bike to collect, its a suzuki gsx650 very rare round here, i should be OK brother so i'll let you know how things go.
As four miles i guess its seven hundred miles from here to Mosul maybe more. And over a thousand miles to Tabriz.