Crossing the Dasht-e-Lut (or Lut Desert) toward the ancient city of Yazd. British travel writer Lois Pryce spent 60 days motorcycling around the country, on her own.
Lut Desert —
Crossing the Dasht-e-Lut (or Lut Desert) toward the ancient city of Yazd. British travel writer Lois Pryce spent 60 days motorcycling around the country, on her own.
Lois Pryce
Murals, posters and banners of Iran's Supreme Leader <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fedition.cnn.com%2F2012%2F12%2F30%2Fworld%2Fmeast%2Fayatollah-seyyed-ali-khamenei---fast-facts%2F">Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei</a> and Imam Khomeini loom over streets, parks and public buildings.
Ayatollah mural —
Murals, posters and banners of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei and Imam Khomeini loom over streets, parks and public buildings.
Lois Pryce
In Tehran, Pryce met the Iranian explorer Issa Omidvar, who motorcycled around the world from 1952 to 1962.
Meeting explorer Issa Omidvar —
In Tehran, Pryce met the Iranian explorer Issa Omidvar, who motorcycled around the world from 1952 to 1962.
Lois Pryce
Everything you could ever need is for sale in Tehran's vast, labyrinthine bazaar.
Bazaar lamps —
Everything you could ever need is for sale in Tehran's vast, labyrinthine bazaar.
Lois Pryce
That moment when Google Translate would come in handy. Outside main urban areas, many of Iran's road signs are in Farsi only.
So Farsi, so good? —
That moment when Google Translate would come in handy. Outside main urban areas, many of Iran's road signs are in Farsi only.
Lois Pryce
Chadors are commonly worn by women in public areas.
Chadors for sale —
Chadors are commonly worn by women in public areas.
Lois Pryce
Iranian streets are decorated with murals, from the militaristic to the mundane.
Folk art mural —
Iranian streets are decorated with murals, from the militaristic to the mundane.
Lois Pryce
A warm welcome at a hotel in Shiraz, apparently Iran's friendliest city. Pryce found that, despite its reputation as an extremist state, Iran's people were invariably friendly and hospitable.
Friendliest hotel staff —
A warm welcome at a hotel in Shiraz, apparently Iran's friendliest city. Pryce found that, despite its reputation as an extremist state, Iran's people were invariably friendly and hospitable.
Lois Pryce
Two common sights of Iran: murals of the war "martyrs" and the ubiquitous Paykan, a vehicle also known as the Iranian chariot.
Car and martyr —
Two common sights of Iran: murals of the war "martyrs" and the ubiquitous Paykan, a vehicle also known as the Iranian chariot.
Lois Pryce
Salesmen ply their trade in the dusty streets of Yazd. Surrounded by desert in the center of the country, Yazd is renowned for its exquisite handicrafts.
Yazd fabric salesman —
Salesmen ply their trade in the dusty streets of Yazd. Surrounded by desert in the center of the country, Yazd is renowned for its exquisite handicrafts.
Lois Pryce
A mural on a military compound in Tehran's Felestin Square commemorates "The Imposed War," as the Iran-Iraq war is known locally.
Tehran military mural —
A mural on a military compound in Tehran's Felestin Square commemorates "The Imposed War," as the Iran-Iraq war is known locally.
Lois Pryce
Fin Garden in Kashan, Iran's oldest Persian garden, was completed in 1590.
Kashan garden —
Fin Garden in Kashan, Iran's oldest Persian garden, was completed in 1590.
Lois Pryce
Outside the Shah's palace, only the legs remain of his colossal statue that was toppled during the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
Legs of the Shah —
Outside the Shah's palace, only the legs remain of his colossal statue that was toppled during the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
Lois Pryce
A happy trucker. This pretty much sums up Pryce's experience with Iranians.
'Ilikeyou too' —
A happy trucker. This pretty much sums up Pryce's experience with Iranians.
Lois Pryce
Pryce's route took her over the remote Alborz Mountains.
Alborz Mountains —
Pryce's route took her over the remote Alborz Mountains.
Lois Pryce