Day 85. Barskoon
Just a little side note to regular readers, it seems that the big bike rule for entering Iran is finally lifted. Absolutely no use to us of course just random information. A couple of photos taken from the bike this morning. The cemeteries here are very grand, with large memorials. Today we visited a couple of local scenic attractions. The first was into the Barskoon valley to check out a waterfall or two. It was quite chilly with lots of cloud hanging around. The waterfalls were nice enough but the valley itself was just spectacular, we decided to press on past the waterfalls and up and up we climbed, the road became narrow and it was quite wet and became muddy and slippery. If you look carefully you can see the roads and the trucks going up it. It just went on going up and up. In the end we turned around but not before ascending to about 3500 metres, I thought the bike was wheezing a bit. The road coming down - the good bit! ...