Still, we were quite tired when we stopped by lake Urumıyeh that night after one hundred Km. But when smiling Reza stopped by the road and insisted that we push forward another 60km to Urumiyeh city where he could take us to a secret and cozy place, we were not so hard to convince. Reza did a great job escorting us and demonstrated a lot of patience (which we understood later, cramped on our seats, seeing how he usually drives) driving behind us at twenty Km/h to lighten up the road ahead. After two hours we were almost extinct and, preferring cold to the effort, we all grabbed a window of Reza's car and he pulled us at 50Km/h towards our destination.
Photo essay: Two Europeans cycle from Mashad to Turkish border
by Karim & Hubert