Firstly - We are here and safe :-)

We have spent a long time travelling but it has been worth it, we got use rials for the first time too! A smile at the airport bought us a friend and we immediatley had access to some very useful information. I am not ashamed to admit that when sitting in the back of the "cab" I felt afraid for a while. Everything outside of the window did not seem to have any structure or familiarity and I was wondering for a moment how much of what could be seen was different to what I expected, the irony in this, is that I did not know what to expect at all in the first place, I think that this is where the shock lay.