Looks like US citizen travel to Iran is unfortunately kinda complex and constrained. I’d totally go to see the salt mountains and monuments and stuff if it was as easy as Europe.
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It’s funny how inaccessible Iran is today. I imagine until the revolution it was basically open.
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Entire generations’ sense of the world is shaped by shifting patterns of global travel accessibility. Especially for me because the older I get the less willing I am to jump through visa hoops to travel. When I was younger I was more willing.
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Countries I first traveled to after getting a US passport that I likely wouldn’t have otherwise if I’d had to get a visa on an Indian passport… Chile, Colombia, Panama, Thailand, Korea, Sweden, UK
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I backpacked Western Europe on schengan as a grad student in 1998. But skipped UK at the time, because extra visa. Schengan is a very nice deal. Like 26 countries for 1 visa. Road plus rail makes it even better.
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I came away thinking the process doesn’t sound that bad, but I’ve watched my dad go through the time-consuming and at times Kafka-esque process of getting a visa for the Democratic Republic of Congo a few times, which skews my perception for sure.
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