Starting point

At last i have left Tehran the capital of Iran.
The first part of my journey was to cycle to Karaj aand from there to Qazvin which was no problem as the weather was clearish and later on Sunny.
I cycled through Qazvin only to discover i was left with a puncture and no problem had it repaired in a jiffy.
It was as if i was Mick Jagger in the city and everyone was saying hello mr since i am half british as well.
I set camp in the dry feilds and it started to rain but stopped shortly after.
The next morning i had breakfast as a guest of the locals in their house and everything was done locally like they even made their cheese and butter.Yum.
I left there for Zanjan and will continue writing that part of my adventure later on
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Two and a half hour left to departure.
I hope the weather clears.It has been raining on and off.
Im keeping my hopes high since it wouldnt be fun to start in the rain.

So the day for my departure is only hours away.I leave Tehran at 4am sunday since it is cooler and head towards Turkey.
I am excited and have everything in order.
Panniers(carriers)full with everything one needs to live on and heavy bike.
Ladies and gentlemen this is flight ..............and your captain speaking we are leaving........... and heading to..............our altitude will be...............and our airspeed................please fasten your seatbelts...............and pay attention to the guidlines of our crew.
was that a camel overtaking(LOL).
until we meet again.
2nd of june 2007

Well im ready for my travels now.
I will be leaving in less than ten days time in the month of june on a crossway8500 Merida bicycle.
I have attached front and rear carriers and a whole lot of other equipment will soon be added.
My time of departure will be 4am as the weather gets very hot in Iran when the sun rises.
My point of departure is Tehran near Tajrish for those of you who are familiar with Tehran and i will head for Turkey as the first country along my way.
I will cycle to Karaj then head for Qazvin and make my way to Tabriz,Bazargan border to enter Turkey.
Here i will end this part of my writtings and attach a few photoes of me my bicycle and some equipment i will take with me on this journey.

Hello everybody.
My name is Karim and i am planing to take a long bicycle trip for as long as it takes.
Until now i have only read about other peoples cycling trips and had a few cyclists around me that talked me into the sport.
Now i thought yesterday is the time for me do do something interesting with my life as i am 34 and i need to move on fast in order to reach somewhere.
I am half Iranian half british and i bought myself a bicycle yesterday which i am supposed to collect tomorrow from a shop downtown Tehran in Satarkhan avenue.(bike has to be fitted with parts).
Now all i have to do is finish my shoping list and set a day to travel along with a direction and so forth.