{"id":22819,"date":"2024-07-19T12:00:43","date_gmt":"2024-07-19T10:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/?p=22819"},"modified":"2024-10-24T15:23:07","modified_gmt":"2024-10-24T13:23:07","slug":"along-the-persian-gulf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/en\/along-the-persian-gulf\/","title":{"rendered":"Along the Persian Gulf"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_medium\" id=\"sued\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_flex valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>It is not easy to say goodbye to the fascinating Martian Mountains. Nevertheless, we set off and travel step by step along the Persian Gulf to the Iraqi border. However, we take our time for the approximately 1800 km and interrupt the journey from time to time.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-image align_none\"><a ref=\"magnificPopup\" href=\"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Martin-Mt-P52_4757.jpg\" aria-label=\"Martin-Mt-P52_4757\" class=\"w-image-h\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2160\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Martin-Mt-P52_4757.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Martin-Mt-P52_4757.jpg 2160w, https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Martin-Mt-P52_4757-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2160px) 100vw, 2160px\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"w-image align_none\"><a ref=\"magnificPopup\" href=\"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Martin-Mt-P52_4778-Verbessert-RR.jpg\" aria-label=\"Martin-Mt-P52_4778-Verbessert-RR\" class=\"w-image-h\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2160\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Martin-Mt-P52_4778-Verbessert-RR.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Martin-Mt-P52_4778-Verbessert-RR.jpg 2160w, https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Martin-Mt-P52_4778-Verbessert-RR-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2160px) 100vw, 2160px\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"w-image align_none\"><a ref=\"magnificPopup\" href=\"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Martin-Mt-P52_4769-Verbessert-RR.jpg\" aria-label=\"Martin-Mt-P52_4769-Verbessert-RR\" class=\"w-image-h\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2160\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Martin-Mt-P52_4769-Verbessert-RR.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Martin-Mt-P52_4769-Verbessert-RR.jpg 2160w, https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Martin-Mt-P52_4769-Verbessert-RR-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2160px) 100vw, 2160px\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_small\"><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><h1><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Tang mud volcano<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>The first stop is at the Tang mud volcano. There are other mud volcanoes in this region, but the Tang is the only one that is still (somewhat) active. A narrow path leads steeply up to the hump, where you can still see a number of spots spewing out mud. However, it was not active during our visit and we were unable to photograph any &#8220;bubbles&#8221;. Nevertheless, the landscape is fascinating.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-image align_none\"><a ref=\"magnificPopup\" href=\"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Tang-Mud-Volcano-P52_4836-Verbessert-RR.jpg\" aria-label=\"Tang-Mud-Volcano-P52_4836-Verbessert-RR\" class=\"w-image-h\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2160\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Tang-Mud-Volcano-P52_4836-Verbessert-RR.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Tang-Mud-Volcano-P52_4836-Verbessert-RR.jpg 2160w, https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Tang-Mud-Volcano-P52_4836-Verbessert-RR-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2160px) 100vw, 2160px\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"w-image align_none\"><a ref=\"magnificPopup\" href=\"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Tang-Mud-Volcano-P52_4809-Verbessert-RR.jpg\" aria-label=\"Tang-Mud-Volcano-P52_4809-Verbessert-RR\" class=\"w-image-h\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2160\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Tang-Mud-Volcano-P52_4809-Verbessert-RR.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Tang-Mud-Volcano-P52_4809-Verbessert-RR.jpg 2160w, https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Tang-Mud-Volcano-P52_4809-Verbessert-RR-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2160px) 100vw, 2160px\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"w-image align_none\"><a ref=\"magnificPopup\" href=\"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Tang-Mud-Volcano-P52_4813.jpg\" aria-label=\"Tang-Mud-Volcano-P52_4813\" class=\"w-image-h\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2160\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Tang-Mud-Volcano-P52_4813.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Tang-Mud-Volcano-P52_4813.jpg 2160w, https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Tang-Mud-Volcano-P52_4813-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2160px) 100vw, 2160px\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"w-grid type_grid layout_gallery_default cols_4 preload_style_spinner\" id=\"us_grid_1\" style=\"--columns:4;--gap:4px;\" data-filterable=\"true\"><style>@media (max-width:479px){#us_grid_1{--columns:2!important}}.layout_gallery_default .w-grid-item-h{}<\/style><div class=\"w-grid-list\">\t<article class=\"w-grid-item size_1x1 post-22828 attachment type-attachment status-inherit hentry\" data-id=\"22828\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"w-grid-item-h\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a ref=\"magnificPopupGrid\" 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\/><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/article>\r\n\t<article class=\"w-grid-item size_1x1 post-22832 attachment type-attachment status-inherit hentry\" data-id=\"22832\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"w-grid-item-h\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a ref=\"magnificPopupGrid\" href=\"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Tang-Mud-Volcano-P52_4814-Verbessert-RR.jpg\" class=\"w-grid-item-anchor\" aria-label=\"Tang-Mud-Volcano-P52_4814-Verbessert-RR\"><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-post-elm post_image usg_post_image_1 stretched\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Tang-Mud-Volcano-P52_4814-Verbessert-RR-300x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/article>\r\n<\/div><div class=\"w-grid-preloader\">\t<div class=\"g-preloader type_1\">\r\n\t\t<div><\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\t<div class=\"w-grid-json hidden\" onclick='return 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class=\"w-separator size_medium\"><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><h1><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Darak beach<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><strong>The sandy desert and the sea meet at Darak Beach<\/strong>. <strong>This is what makes the beach so unique<\/strong>. Less unique are the evening visitors to the beach with their vehicles and mopeds, who plow through the sandy beach and disturb the idyll. The landscape and nature here are not so much there to be marveled at and admired, but rather to be used in various ways. Too bad. Nevertheless, Darak Beach will be our home for two days, namely on New Year&#8217;s Eve 2023 and New Year&#8217;s Day 2024.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-image align_none\"><a ref=\"magnificPopup\" href=\"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Darak-Beach-P52_4844.jpg\" aria-label=\"Darak-Beach-P52_4844\" class=\"w-image-h\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2160\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Darak-Beach-P52_4844.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Darak-Beach-P52_4844.jpg 2160w, https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Darak-Beach-P52_4844-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2160px) 100vw, 2160px\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"w-image align_none\"><a ref=\"magnificPopup\" href=\"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Darak-Beach-P52_4854-Verbessert-RR.jpg\" 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size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Darak-Beach-P52_4851-Verbessert-RR.jpg 2160w, https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Darak-Beach-P52_4851-Verbessert-RR-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2160px) 100vw, 2160px\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"w-grid type_grid layout_gallery_default cols_4 preload_style_spinner\" id=\"us_grid_2\" style=\"--columns:4;--gap:4px;\" data-filterable=\"true\"><style>@media (max-width:479px){#us_grid_2{--columns:2!important}}<\/style><div class=\"w-grid-list\">\t<article class=\"w-grid-item size_1x1 post-22855 attachment type-attachment status-inherit hentry\" data-id=\"22855\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"w-grid-item-h\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a ref=\"magnificPopupGrid\" href=\"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Darak-Beach-P52_4853-Verbessert-RR.jpg\" class=\"w-grid-item-anchor\" aria-label=\"Darak-Beach-P52_4853-Verbessert-RR\"><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-post-elm post_image usg_post_image_1 stretched\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Darak-Beach-P52_4853-Verbessert-RR-300x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/article>\r\n\t<article class=\"w-grid-item size_1x1 post-22859 attachment type-attachment status-inherit hentry\" data-id=\"22859\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"w-grid-item-h\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a ref=\"magnificPopupGrid\" href=\"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Darak-Beach-P52_4855-Verbessert-RR.jpg\" class=\"w-grid-item-anchor\" aria-label=\"Darak-Beach-P52_4855-Verbessert-RR\"><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-post-elm post_image usg_post_image_1 stretched\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" 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class=\"w-separator size_medium\"><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><h1><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>The diesel miracle<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>We want to fill up with diesel on the way to Bandar Abbas. We join the waiting column and hope. Arriving at the fuel pump, we are once again told<strong>&#8220;no diesel for us<\/strong>&#8220;. I complain and the Iranian truck drivers notice. Suddenly they tell me that I can refuel. <strong>One of the drivers gives me 50 liters of diesel<\/strong>. He really does donate them, because he wants absolutely no money for them. At another filling station, one of the truck drivers <strong>even<\/strong> buys me <strong>90 liters<\/strong>. And this is how warm contacts are made with the heroes of the street, <strong>which make us humble and grateful<\/strong>. In any case, I have never given a foreigner 90 liters of fuel in Switzerland.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-image align_none\"><a ref=\"magnificPopup\" href=\"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Darak-Bandar-20240102_102758.jpg\" aria-label=\"Darak-Bandar-20240102_102758\" class=\"w-image-h\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2160\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Darak-Bandar-20240102_102758.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Darak-Bandar-20240102_102758.jpg 2160w, https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Darak-Bandar-20240102_102758-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2160px) 100vw, 2160px\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"w-image align_none\"><a ref=\"magnificPopup\" href=\"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Darak-Bandar-20240102_105551.jpg\" 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class=\"w-separator size_medium\"><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><h1><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Qeshm Island<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>In Chahbahar we met <strong>Iranian campers<\/strong> with their simple, self-built camper vans. To see this group again, we cross over to the Iranian island of Qeshm. <strong>However, the crossing is bureaucratically complicated<\/strong>, similar to a border crossing, even though we are not leaving Iran. The encounter with the camper group was all the more amiable for it and was worth the bureaucratic detour.<br \/>\nWhen we wake up the next morning, we are surrounded by tents belonging to Iranian families who must have arrived during the night. Typical Iran.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-image align_none\"><a ref=\"magnificPopup\" href=\"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Qeshm-Grenze-20240104_151247-Bearbeitet.jpg\" aria-label=\"Qeshm-Grenze-20240104_151247-Bearbeitet\" class=\"w-image-h\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2160\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Qeshm-Grenze-20240104_151247-Bearbeitet.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Qeshm-Grenze-20240104_151247-Bearbeitet.jpg 2160w, https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Qeshm-Grenze-20240104_151247-Bearbeitet-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2160px) 100vw, 2160px\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"w-image align_none\"><a ref=\"magnificPopup\" href=\"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Qeshm-Grenze-20240104_171805-Bearbeitet.jpg\" 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class=\"w-separator size_medium\"><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><h1><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Bandar-e Bostaneh coast<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>A worthwhile detour on the way is the drive along the Bandar-e Bostaneh coast. A country road turns off the main axis towards the sea and leads along several beautiful bays with rocky outcrops. Here we spend the night by the sea again, but not without being checked by the coastguard in the middle of the night.<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-image align_none\"><a ref=\"magnificPopup\" href=\"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Qeshm-Grenze-20240108_095042.jpg\" aria-label=\"Qeshm-Grenze-20240108_095042\" class=\"w-image-h\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2160\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Qeshm-Grenze-20240108_095042.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Qeshm-Grenze-20240108_095042.jpg 2160w, https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Qeshm-Grenze-20240108_095042-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2160px) 100vw, 2160px\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"w-image align_none\"><a ref=\"magnificPopup\" 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class=\"w-separator size_medium\"><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><h1><strong><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Asaluyeh<\/span><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>Asaluyeh is the land-based hub of Iran&#8217;s vast natural gas reserves in the Persian Gulf. During the night, the flames of the excess gas can be seen from afar.<br \/>\nWe camp on the other side of the bay and after a spectacular sunset we enjoy the spectacle on the opposite side.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-image align_none\"><a ref=\"magnificPopup\" href=\"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Darak-Beach-P50_5093-Verbessert-RR.jpg\" aria-label=\"Darak-Beach-P50_5093-Verbessert-RR\" class=\"w-image-h\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2160\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Darak-Beach-P50_5093-Verbessert-RR.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Darak-Beach-P50_5093-Verbessert-RR.jpg 2160w, https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Darak-Beach-P50_5093-Verbessert-RR-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2160px) 100vw, 2160px\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"w-image align_none\"><a ref=\"magnificPopup\" href=\"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Darak-Beach-P50_5107-Bearbeitet-scaled.jpg\" aria-label=\"Darak-Beach-P50_5107-Bearbeitet\" class=\"w-image-h\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Darak-Beach-P50_5107-Bearbeitet-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Darak-Beach-P50_5107-Bearbeitet-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Darak-Beach-P50_5107-Bearbeitet-300x120.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"w-image align_none\"><a ref=\"magnificPopup\" href=\"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Darak-Beach-P50_5101-Verbessert-RR-Bearbeitet.jpg\" aria-label=\"Darak-Beach-P50_5101-Verbessert-RR-Bearbeitet\" class=\"w-image-h\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2160\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Darak-Beach-P50_5101-Verbessert-RR-Bearbeitet.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Darak-Beach-P50_5101-Verbessert-RR-Bearbeitet.jpg 2160w, https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Darak-Beach-P50_5101-Verbessert-RR-Bearbeitet-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2160px) 100vw, 2160px\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_small\"><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>After Asaluyeh, we drive many kilometers along these natural gas plants and are glad to finally be able to leave the unpleasant smell behind us. The journey leads mostly inland along a barren mountain range. <strong>Suddenly there are green fields (tomatoes) and palm plantations again<\/strong>.<br \/>\nWe stop in one of the many villages <strong>to buy tomatoes and fruit<\/strong>. We are happy to do this, also to help the locals earn some income. <strong>But he doesn&#8217;t want to accept any money<\/strong> and gives us the goods. Another one of those surprising experiences in Iran.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-image align_none\"><a ref=\"magnificPopup\" href=\"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Qeshm-Grenze-20240109_110417.jpg\" aria-label=\"Qeshm-Grenze-20240109_110417\" class=\"w-image-h\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2160\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Qeshm-Grenze-20240109_110417.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Qeshm-Grenze-20240109_110417.jpg 2160w, https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Qeshm-Grenze-20240109_110417-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2160px) 100vw, 2160px\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"w-image align_none\"><a ref=\"magnificPopup\" href=\"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Qeshm-Grenze-20240108_110615.jpg\" aria-label=\"Qeshm-Grenze-20240108_110615\" class=\"w-image-h\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2160\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Qeshm-Grenze-20240108_110615.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Qeshm-Grenze-20240108_110615.jpg 2160w, https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Qeshm-Grenze-20240108_110615-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2160px) 100vw, 2160px\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"w-image align_none\"><a ref=\"magnificPopup\" href=\"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Qeshm-Grenze-20240108_110755.jpg\" aria-label=\"Qeshm-Grenze-20240108_110755\" class=\"w-image-h\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2160\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Qeshm-Grenze-20240108_110755.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Qeshm-Grenze-20240108_110755.jpg 2160w, https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Qeshm-Grenze-20240108_110755-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2160px) 100vw, 2160px\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"w-image align_none\"><a ref=\"magnificPopup\" href=\"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Qeshm-Grenze-20240112_102037.jpg\" aria-label=\"Qeshm-Grenze-20240112_102037\" class=\"w-image-h\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2160\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Qeshm-Grenze-20240112_102037.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Qeshm-Grenze-20240112_102037.jpg 2160w, https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Qeshm-Grenze-20240112_102037-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2160px) 100vw, 2160px\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_medium\"><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><h1><strong><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Border crossing<\/span><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>On January 13, 2024, we hand in our Iranian license plates in Khorramshahr and drive to the Iraqi border. Leaving Iran takes time. Unfortunately, the <strong>computer system crashed<\/strong> and all departing passengers have to wait several hours. This is the reason why we meet a small Swiss group with camping vehicles and also meet Peter Strub and Gabi K\u00fcng from &#8220;Pegasus-Unterwegs&#8221; at the border.<\/p>\n<p><strong>We can leave Iran later in the afternoon<\/strong>. To enter Iraq, we have to line up the vehicles in front of customs. We are seen as a travel group, which may have advantages?<br \/>\n<strong>Things are pretty chaotic at Iraqi customs<\/strong>. We have to walk through the whole customs area several times to get a stamp here and a permit there. To enter the country, the person in charge also has to clarify whether Swiss citizens are allowed to enter customs without a visa because we<strong>are &#8220;not on the list of approved countries<\/strong>&#8220;. In principle, he knows, because other Swiss have already passed through customs. But he still wants to insure himself and we can wait. So it&#8217;s not surprising that we <strong>don&#8217;t finish until after customs has closed, and that&#8217;s after walking about 9 km on the customs area<\/strong>.<br \/>\nFinally we are allowed to drive, but into a side street, because now they set the <strong>drug dogs<\/strong> on us and that means waiting again.<br \/>\nExhausted, we park at the side of the road and sleep for a while.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-image align_none\"><a ref=\"magnificPopup\" href=\"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Irak-Kuwait-20240113_145847-Bearbeitet.jpg\" aria-label=\"Irak-Kuwait-20240113_145847-Bearbeitet\" class=\"w-image-h\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2160\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Irak-Kuwait-20240113_145847-Bearbeitet.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Irak-Kuwait-20240113_145847-Bearbeitet.jpg 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