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A Country I Didn’t Dare Stamp on My Passport

📍 Isfahan, Iran Honestly, if it weren’t for the weirdness in Yazd, I’d have come straight to Isfahan—it’s that good. 🚗 Getting Here Snapp (Iran’s Uber): Booked a cross-city ride for ~1.2M IRR (less than $20 for a 4-5 hour trip). For context: A *3km Uber in the U.S. cost me $10 yesterday. 🏨 Accommodation Abbasi Hotel: The legendary "world’s top 10 most beautiful hotels"—though the garden and lobby outshine the rooms. $100/night for a city-view double (basic but clean). Pro tip: Bring your own toiletries—Iranian "standard" hotels aren’t. The restaurant? A masterclass in disappointment. Even their "fancy" fish tasted like ocean trash. 🕌 Sights (Mosque Fatigue Real) Imam Mosque: Stunning blue mosaics—Samarkand who? Bazaar: Haggle hard! Saffron ($2.5/gram) and rose oil (600K IRR for 30ml, bottled on the spot). Chehel Sotoun Palace: Skip if you’ve seen Ali Qapu. Si-o-se Pol Bridge: Dry season = no reflections. PTSD from Yazd made us avoid crowds anyway. 🗺️ Survival Guide 1️⃣ Visa: Chinese passports = visa-free (no stamp if requested). 2️⃣ Booking: Google Maps + WhatsApp/IG DMs to hunt for rooms. Bring towels! 3️⃣ Food: Equally terrible everywhere—even Abbasi’s "luxury" meals were inedible. Only decent bite? A street fries stand (Dutch-style with sauce options). 4️⃣ Border Hack: No Iran stamp? No problem. Entered the U.S. → Netherlands after, and Schengen visa pending. #OffTheBeatenPath #IranTravel #Isfahan #NoPassportStampClub

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A Country I Didn’t Dare Stamp on My Passport

📍 Isfahan, Iran Honestly, if it weren’t for the weirdness in Yazd, I’d have come straight to Isfahan—it’s that good. 🚗 Getting Here Snapp (Iran’s Uber): Booked a cross-city ride for ~1.2M IRR (less than $20 for a 4-5 hour trip). For context: A *3km Uber in the U.S. cost me $10 yesterday. 🏨 Accommodation Abbasi Hotel: The legendary "world’s top 10 most beautiful hotels"—though the garden and lobby outshine the rooms. $100/night for a city-view double (basic but clean). Pro tip: Bring your own toiletries—Iranian "standard" hotels aren’t. The restaurant? A masterclass in disappointment. Even their "fancy" fish tasted like ocean trash. 🕌 Sights (Mosque Fatigue Real) Imam Mosque: Stunning blue mosaics—Samarkand who? Bazaar: Haggle hard! Saffron ($2.5/gram) and rose oil (600K IRR for 30ml, bottled on the spot). Chehel Sotoun Palace: Skip if you’ve seen Ali Qapu. Si-o-se Pol Bridge: Dry season = no reflections. PTSD from Yazd made us avoid crowds anyway. 🗺️ Survival Guide 1️⃣ Visa: Chinese passports = visa-free (no stamp if requested). 2️⃣ Booking: Google Maps + WhatsApp/IG DMs to hunt for rooms. Bring towels! 3️⃣ Food: Equally terrible everywhere—even Abbasi’s "luxury" meals were inedible. Only decent bite? A street fries stand (Dutch-style with sauce options). 4️⃣ Border Hack: No Iran stamp? No problem. Entered the U.S. → Netherlands after, and Schengen visa pending. #OffTheBeatenPath #IranTravel #Isfahan #NoPassportStampClub

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