Turkey to Iran border crossing

Adastra · 05-11-2011, 05:56 AM

Hello there

I'm travelling solo around Turkey and about to head over to Iran in 10 - 12 days (end of May). Is anyone else going that way that would like to meet up so we can cross the border together? Not sure how they will take a single female at the gates :-)

Cheers
Adastra

Wolfgang55 · 05-11-2011, 06:49 AM

Likely it will be the wrong country's passport which may give you more of a problem.

Try to keep to their customs as well.

Very best of luck in your travels.

Any pix of your bike?

Adastra · 05-11-2011, 10:27 PM

Should be ok for passport - and yes, ensuring I'm sticking to customs will be imperative - but one custom is that females do not travel alone so I will see. Just don't want to pay for Carnet and not get in!

Bike photo's are on blog - should be titled how to be a chicken in Turkey - but finding my bike legs now:

http://www.helensmiddleeastadventures.blogspot.com/

Cheers
Adastra

roofcrash · 05-28-2011, 08:07 AM

hey

did u cross the turkey - iranian border?

im curious how it all went...

what papers did they asked for ?

thanks !!

Adastra · 06-27-2011, 01:17 PM

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Originally Posted by roofcrash

hey

did u cross the turkey - iranian border?

im curious how it all went...

what papers did they asked for ?

thanks !!

Hi the crossing went very smoothly. They needed the carnet and my passport. I ended up crossing with another male rider so they didn't even want to talk to me ;-)
The insurance you buy separately when you have finished with customs, it's down the hill from the main checkpoint. You can get it cheaper outside the gates.
Iran has wonderfully friendly people (mainly) but they were often very confused and sometimes suspicious of a solo female rider. As it's illegal for Iranian females to ride and not culturally acceptable for females to travel without a family male to accompany them, I just didn't fit into any of their 'known' buckets. The blog has the travel updates :-)
Cheers
Adastra

Adastra · 06-29-2011, 01:05 AM

I have also put a report on the nitty gritty travel stuff on Horizons Unlimited:

http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/hub...y-gritty-57937

Cheers
Adastra

05-11-2011, 05:56 AM	#1
Adastra ^OP Adastra Joined: Mar 2010 Oddometer: 7	Turkey to Iran border crossing Hello there I'm travelling solo around Turkey and about to head over to Iran in 10 - 12 days (end of May). Is anyone else going that way that would like to meet up so we can cross the border together? Not sure how they will take a single female at the gates :-) Cheers Adastra

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05-11-2011, 06:49 AM	#2
Wolfgang55 Beastly Adventurer Joined: Dec 2006 Location: Next to Rio Bravo Oddometer: 2,962	Likely it will be the wrong country's passport which may give you more of a problem. Try to keep to their customs as well. Very best of luck in your travels. Any pix of your bike?

05-11-2011, 10:27 PM	#3
Adastra ^OP Adastra Joined: Mar 2010 Oddometer: 7	Should be ok for passport - and yes, ensuring I'm sticking to customs will be imperative - but one custom is that females do not travel alone so I will see. Just don't want to pay for Carnet and not get in! Bike photo's are on blog - should be titled how to be a chicken in Turkey - but finding my bike legs now: http://www.helensmiddleeastadventures.blogspot.com/ Cheers Adastra

05-28-2011, 08:07 AM	#4
roofcrash SCV Joined: Mar 2010 Oddometer: 20	hey did u cross the turkey - iranian border? im curious how it all went... what papers did they asked for ? thanks !!

06-29-2011, 01:05 AM	#6
Adastra ^OP Adastra Joined: Mar 2010 Oddometer: 7	I have also put a report on the nitty gritty travel stuff on Horizons Unlimited: http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/hub...y-gritty-57937 Cheers Adastra