Category Archives: Middle East

Yes, back to Iran

Posted on April 4, 2014 by Dave

After waiting close to two months to receive our visa approval and MFA code from the Iranian government and another two weeks waiting while our passports were being processed at the Pakistan embassy in DC, we finally received our visas … Continue reading →

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My San Francisco Treat and the Iran Wait

Posted on March 27, 2014 by Dave

Nine weeks post shoulder surgery and it feels like I was operated on yesterday; my shoulder is killing me. Still, I managed a cross-country flight to San Francisco for a conference, with the very real possibility of a much longer … Continue reading →

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Back to Iran?

Posted on February 27, 2014 by Dave

We have submitted all of our information to apply for an Iranian visa and are now playing the waiting game with Iran’s MFA (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) to see if we get approval.   We are looking forward to a 12 … Continue reading →

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Syria’s Crossroads

Posted on April 27, 2011 by Dave

  It has been a week since we returned from Syria and, if the media are to be believed, things are getting much worse in Syria.  While we were in Syria, we saw little signs of the unrest that the … Continue reading →

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Syria – Best Photo

Posted on April 26, 2011 by Dave

I went through the nearly 2,000 photos that Derek and I took during our week-long stay in Syria and the photo below is by far the best of the bunch.  I would like to take credit for it but this … Continue reading →

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