Cheers, FAA1996, yes I definitely didn't go hungry:).

Thanks, Canada freak, wow 3 weeks must have been fun. I bet you were craving some uncensored internet after that long though:).

Thank you, nemme99:). Yes, I try to keep focus on the people when I take photo's. Much easier to take an interesting photo when you've got an interesting person in the shot.

Thanks, sriegert:). Yes, definitely recommend a trip there, great place to experience.

Thank you, Matthew:). That was one of my favourites too, managed to capture just the right moment:).

Cheers, cardinalkid1891:). Not one of the more frequented places for travel, but that is probably a good thing:).

Thanks, ysolde:).

Cheers, flybranchen:).

Thank you, agp423:). Sharing the pics helps me to focus on getting the right shots.

Thank you, GUWonder:). No problems with the food, I even drunk the tap water:).

Yes, they seem to be very tolerant people, much more than the impression you get from CNN etc.

Cheers, Bretteee:). As GUWonder said, there are tourists there, but definitely not large numbers.

Thank you, largeeyes:). I had a guide for most of my trip (not compulsory for me though), and didn't seem to

Thanks, bthotugigem05, yes it's definitely in my top 10 of countries visited.

Thanks, riphamilton:). My flickr username is mesodan, however parts of flickr are blocked where I live (UAE), so is hard to properly apart from photo hosting for forums etc.

Interesting. Can't you use a corporate or paid VPN to circumvent that?

Just checked and www.flickr.com/groups seems to be unblocked now:).

99% of the sites that are blocked in the UAE are porn, so haven't bothered with VPN's etc.

Iran was pretty interesting though. Facebook is blocked, but the Supreme leader has a FB page:D.

Nytimes.com & Usatoday.com wasn't blocked when I was there, but foxnews.com & BBC.com was.

Flyertalk.com was ok too:).

Interesting differentiation. Thanks for the inside view.

In UK and Germany (and US ?) they block Press TV. One of my favourite sources of info.

We don't block news websites in the UK.

Sometimes the UK does block some websites but I wouldn't consider them generally to be news websites. And then there is this kind of thing:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worl...-airwaves.html

And Germany's BLM had done something to get Press TV pulled from at least one satellite service.

Press TV was taken off air in the UK (and elsewhere).

Ah right, I thought the claim was that the website was blocked. TV transmissions are a different beast and are regulated in the UK.

Thanks for this Great TR, your pictures are awesome and really show how life is in Iran.
Mrs Mud and I made exactly the same trip, visiting the same cities and turistic places except Teheran; it is still up to day one the best trip i've ever made.
Back in 2009 we also flew SYZ DXB but with IR.
Thanks for sharing.

How do you take photos? Do you ponder the scene first and then decide on the camera settings, or do you just take dozens of photos of the same scene with different settings and later pick the best one?

Thank you, Mynameismud:). I read your Iran trip report before I went and really enjoyed it. You'll have to get round to finishing it one of these days though:).

Good question:)! If I have my UWA lens on, it is generally set to 'P' mode with the minimum shutter bumped up to 1/125th or so. With primes I mainly shoot in aperture priority mode with only a single focus point active.

I will tweak the settings though when needed , e.g. -/+ Ev, or shutter priority etc. I try and get the shot right first time (with regard to settings). I will take many photo's of the same thing/scene sometimes, but this is more for composition rather than camera setup.

Love love love your trip report with pictures! Thank you for sharing and for taking us through a memorable journey ^

Great report and amazing photos, glad I was an inspiration again :D! Pretty much my itinerary in reverse (but I missed Tehran). I was a lot more rushed in my trip too so didn't really get any people photos.

Thank you, hauteboy:). Yes, you'll have to add me to your CAR trip:D. You didn't miss too much in Tehran, certainly not all the traffic anyway:).

Cheers, aSiAnRiCk:). Yes, it was memorable experience for me too:).

awesome and inspiring trip report