Itinerary 2nd Draft!

	Date	Day	Location	Morning	Afternoon	Night	Overnight	Accomadation	Remarks
Day 1	5th	Sunday	Singapore/KL/Tehran	Depart SIN (0910) Arrive KL (1010)	Depart KL (1640)	Arrive IKA (2140)	Tehran	Transfer to Khayyam Hotel/Firouzeh Hotel	Transfer IKA - Tehran (2 Hr)
Day 2	6th	Monday	Tehran	Archaelogy and Islamic Museum	National Jewels Museum	Transfer from Tehran - Shiraz (10 Hr)	Sleeper Bus
Day 3	7th	Tuesday	Shiraz	Tomb of Hafez, Eram Gardens and Tomb of Saadi	Shiraz Bazaar and Jameirah Mosque		Shiraz	Anvari Guesthouse
Day 4	8th	Wednesday	Shiraz				Shiraz
Day 5	9th	Thursday	Shiraz/Yazd	Leave Shiraz for Yazd (Depart 0800)	Naqsh-e Rostam/Persepolis	Arrive Yazd (1800)	Yazd	The Silk Road Hotel
Day 6	10th	Friday	Yazd	Fire Temple and Towers of Silence	Old Yazd		Yazd
Day 7	11th	Saturday	Yazd	Jameh Mosque	Main Bazaar		Yazd
Day 8	12th	Sunday	Yazd/Esfahan	Depart Yazd for Esfahan	Arrive Esfahan (1200)		Esfahan	Amir Kabir Hostel
Day 9	13th	Monday	Esfahan	Ali Qapu Palace/ Chehel Sotun Palace	Imam Square/Imam Mosque		Esfahan
Day 10	14th	Tuesday	Esfahan	Vank Cathedral/ Si-O-Seh Bridge	Shaking Minarets/Zayandeh River Bridges		Esfahan
Day 11	15th	Wednesday	Esfahan/Tabriz		Depart Esfahan for Tabriz	16 hours bus ride	Sleeper Bus
Day 12	16th	Thursday	Tabriz	Arrive Tabriz			Tabriz
Day 13	17th	Friday	Tabriz/Dogubiyazit	Leave Tabriz for Dogubiyazit	Cross border	Reach Dogubiyazit	Dogubiyazit
Day 14	18th	Saturday	Dogubiyazit	Mount Arafat			Dogubiyazit
Day 15	19th	Sunday	Dogubiyazit/Tabriz	Leave Dogubiyazit for Tabriz		Night train to Tehran (Depart 2230 )	Train
Day 16	20th	Monday	Tehran	Reach Tehran (Arrive 0900)	Tehran Bazaar/ Golestan Palace		Tehran
Day 17	21st	Tuesday	Buffer	Buffer	Buffer	Buffer	Tehran
Day 18	22nd	Wednesday	Tehran/KL	Free	Free	Depart IKA (2255)	Flight
Day 19	23rd	Thursday	Tehran/KL/Singapore	Arrive KL (1055)		Depart KL (1900) Arrive SIN (2000)

Meeting 4-4-2011

TASK Jia Wei

• To email Khayyam Hotel regarding transport from IKA to hotel + first night stay + overnight sleeper bus cost.


• Town assigned: Tabriz + Dogubiyazit.

Thomas

• To calculate budget per leg of the trip. Accommadations + transport (bus and train) + food + admissions to museums etc. Information provided within the 2 blogs.


• To fix how much communal to collect at which part of the trip as well as the overall budget.


• Town assigned: Yazd + Na'in

Seth

• To email Firouzeh Hotel regarding transport from IKA to hotel + first night stay + overnight sleeper bus cost.


• Town assigned: Esfahan + Tehran

Zhan Liang

• To email irantravellingcentre regarding transport from IKA to hotel + first night stay + overnight sleeper bus cost.


• Fix next meeting date. Tentative date to be 14/04/11


• Town assgned: Shiraz + Perspepolis + Naqsh-e Rotam

TOWN ASSIGNED

For each of us who has been assigned a town, the following information are to be presented the next meeting.

1. The town map. (simplified version that we can use when moving around)


2. Hotel we staying. I have listed some in the attachment. Please do further research and know where the ideal hotel for your town is located. You are to choose the hotel we are staying at for your town.


3. Places to eat. We all love nice food.


4. Transport out of town. I understand this has been more or less researched. But we need more detailed information (eg what time buses leave the place, where is the bus/train station, how long is the journey to the next town going to take).


5. Tally the transport timing to the itinerary discussed. Report any discrepency. If you realised the time taken from your town to the next is much longer than stated in the itinerary and will affect the whole schedule, do sound out.

Hope to see all these done by next meeting!

DEADLINE: 10/04/11 SUNDAY

Taxi Costs & random considerations

Taxi info i stumbled upon:

Going rate:

IK Airport to Anywhere: 25ok rials=25USD, fixed rate, 12am-6am

Fixed Rate preferred over Metre rate

Abundance of overcharging cabs.

Also:

The 4th and 5th of June is a public holiday in Iran. Not sure if its relevant like how it'll affect the availability of transportation, but o well.

Source:

http://www.lonelyplanet.com/thorntree/thread.jspa?messageID=18304033#18304033

http://www.uppersia.com/iran-travel-information/public-holidays-iran.html

Visa Issues

Airline Stance on Visa

Zhan Liang confirmed that getting a Visa for us wouldn't be a problem. However, some airlines still insist on proof of a Visa confirmation before boarding. Fortunately, Air Asia says it doesn't know anything and will follow Embassy stance, so we're safe for boarding.

Dear Mr Seth Koh,

Thank you for writing in to us.

In regards to your enquiry, kindly liaise directly wih embassy as we afraid we would provide the wrong information to you.

Thanks and regards,

Junaidah

Customer Care – AirAsia X

2.)Visa renewal

Original plan was to renew or obtain new visas at Turkey-Iran(Gurbulak-Bazargan) border.

• No visas are issued at land crossings anywhere
• However, Visa renewal is available at Tabriz, Tehran, Shiraz, Yazd, Mashahd and Isfahan- places which we will be passing by.
• I'm currently waiting on answers about the process for Visa renewal at these places.

Source:

http://www.tripadvisor.com.sg/ShowTopic-g293998-i9139-k4365483-l32297556-Visa_at_Turkey_Iran_crossing-Iran.html#32297556

http://www.lonelyplanet.com/thorntree/thread.jspa?threadID=1612468