I have only a few days left of my 19 days in Uzbekistan. It has meant going all the way […]
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Uzbek train travel
– Scrolla ner för svenska – Travelling in Uzbekistan by train is a great way to get around. The fast […]
Pictures from Iran
I have now left Iran. This was my third time but I will definitely be back. Here are my favourite […]
“Damn this place.”
It is the 15th of January 1934 and Robert Byron is stuck in Tehran on his way to Afghanistan (“Oxiana”). […]
Behind a green door in Tehran
There is a green door on the east side of a building in a park in central Tehran. Yesterday, I […]
In Istanbul – where it all is about to start
English first. Svenska längre ner. It took me about 32 hours from the Keleti station in Budapest to check in […]
Prologue – From Here to There: the necessity of context
— English above. På svenska längre ner. — Think Marco Polo. Every story about the Silk Road seems to include […]
From Tehran to Baku – more than your average bus trip.
Monday 5 am. The bus had stopped on a back street. I had just checked my gps and realized that […]
Tehran – A Love Affair
I recently wrote a piece (soon to be published) for an online magazine about my last trip to Iran. In […]
The reconstruction of Tabriz
The train station in Tabriz, Iran. The time is 5,20 pm on a Sunday and I´m waiting to get on […]
Busy going nowhere 