Anyone been to Iran?

jamoor · 31 Mar 2006 at 04:55

Thinking of going there as a stopover while in dubai, on my way to malaysia,

Any comments? Places to stay etc?

rG-tom · 31 Mar 2006 at 06:57

i PERSONALLY wouldn't want to stay in what is possibly the most volatile country at the moment

(as in may burst into a war at any time)

But that's just my opinion

Tom.

NickK · 31 Mar 2006 at 07:08

I'd go to Iran via Israel

(seriously not a good idea as you won't get into any arab states!)

I'd go straight to Dubai

Qatar, Barhrain are all in quick flying distance (ie 1-2 hours) and perhaps a look if your interested. Check for visa requirements though.

In february I did london->dubai->barhrain->manila->hongkong->london for business in one week.

How long is the stopover?

rG-tom · 31 Mar 2006 at 07:25

NickK said:
I'd go to Iran via Israel (seriously not a good idea as you won't get into any arab states!)

I'd go straight to Dubai

Qatar, Barhrain are all in quick flying distance (ie 1-2 hours) and perhaps a look if your interested. Check for visa requirements though.

In february I did london->dubai->barhrain->manila->hongkong->london for business in one week.

How long is the stopover?

wow, what do you do to take you to them places?

Tom.

DanH84 · 31 Mar 2006 at 07:34

there are some very very lovely iranian girls.

Spacky · 31 Mar 2006 at 08:04

Uranium = iran

LordSplodge · 31 Mar 2006 at 08:40

I went taking them a "special delivery" but my suitcase was sooooo heavy!

Hang on, black helicopters are ariving...

* I have never actually been.

Luke15 · 31 Mar 2006 at 09:19

Nope, and i will never go. Youl just be asking for trouble as a westerner.

jamoor · 31 Mar 2006 at 12:33

NickK said:
I'd go to Iran via Israel (seriously not a good idea as you won't get into any arab states!)

I'd go straight to Dubai

Qatar, Barhrain are all in quick flying distance (ie 1-2 hours) and perhaps a look if your interested. Check for visa requirements though.

In february I did london->dubai->barhrain->manila->hongkong->london for business in one week.

How long is the stopover?

Been to both of those places and they are pretty much the same, just like Dubai.

Stopover is as long as I like

jamoor · 31 Mar 2006 at 12:34

Luke15 said:
Nope, and i will never go. Youl just be asking for trouble as a westerner.

I'm not exactly a westener

tickle me elmo · 31 Mar 2006 at 12:41

you'll probably get jihad bombed or something, cant you fly direct ??

jamoor · 31 Mar 2006 at 12:44

tickle me elmo said:
you'll probably get jihad bombed or something, cant you fly direct ??

no, it won't fit into my schedule.

Visage · 31 Mar 2006 at 12:59

Luke15 said:
Nope, and i will never go. Youl just be asking for trouble as a westerner.

And todays 'ill-informed statement of the day' goes to........

Phantom · 31 Mar 2006 at 12:59

Spacky said:
Uranium = iran

omg hidden nuclear weapons! dont pass that information to the US, it'll give them the excuse to invade/wage war in the name of "peace"

PsiFox · 31 Mar 2006 at 13:33

NickK said:
I'd go to Iran via Israel (seriously not a good idea as you won't get into any arab states!)

QUOTE]

Egypt has no problem with an Israeli Stamp

Yas786 · 31 Mar 2006 at 13:41

DanH84 said:
there are some very very lovely iranian girls.

Persian girls you mean??, yes they are some very very hot looking ones...thankfully they live in Dubai so i get to see the best of them

Would i go to iran??, yes why not??. Would love to go and see what the countrys all about. Just because they are playing silly beggars with the US over the nuclear stuff doesnt scare me at all. Id so love to go and see the Ayatollah and have a good laugh with him...maybe even smoke a fat blunt with him hehe

But yeh id definitely go if there was a business opportunity that my company could see there or forget that i dont mind going on a holiday there...hmmmmm theres an idea for a summer holiday.

Will · 31 Mar 2006 at 13:49

Egypt has no problem with an Israeli Stamp

Egypt has signed a peace treaty with Israel though, Iran, on the other hand, apparently wants to eradicate Israel from the face of the earth

AtreuS · 31 Mar 2006 at 13:55

Personally id go and enjoy the trip. You wont stand out so i wouldnt worry about that, just be aware that SHOULD hostilities break out while you are there you may end up in camp X-RAY for a while classes as an "enemy combatant" for being in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Then after 5 years you get shipped back here and the SUN will call you a traitor and your life will be hell.

Well thats what happened to the poor buggers who were in the middle east when the other war kicked off!

[DOD]Asprilla · 31 Mar 2006 at 14:01

Luke15 said:
Nope, and i will never go. Youl just be asking for trouble as a westerner.

Rubbish

Iran has a small but thriving tourist industry and is apparently one of the most beautiful countires in the middle east.

I've got family who lived out there and lost everything during the revolution but they would go back in a second.

Regardless of what you seen in the news with all it's high level rhetoric, bluster and tensions about nuclear weapons, I doubt there is anything to worry about at all. In the last few months I read articles in several newspapers about holdaying in Iran and I'm thinking about having a holiday there in 2008.

I've been to Burma/Myanmar and I'd be more worried there than in Iran.

Fusion · 31 Mar 2006 at 14:04

I know a pair of Iranian students. They have little faith in the government of their country, and are convinced themselves that Iran wish to build a nuclear weapon. Their word is good enough for me, so I'd stay away

Anyone been to Iran?

Gangster