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Troy Nahumko is an award-winning author based in Caceres, Spain. His recent work focuses on travels around the Mediterranean, from Tangier to Istanbul. As a writer and photographer he has contributed to newspapers and media such as Lonely Planet, The Globe and Mail, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Toronto Star, Couterpunch,The Irish World, The Straits Times, The Calgary Herald, Khaleej Times, DW-World, Rabble and El Pais. He also writes a bi-weekly op-ed column 'Camino a Ítaca' for the Spanish newspaper HOY. His book, Stories Left in Stone, Trails and Traces in Cáceres, Spain is published by the University of Alberta Press. As an ESL materials writer he has worked with publishers such as Macmillan and CUP.

Thursday, July 23, 2009

Brave New Travel World


I usually get various reactions from editors when I send them submissions about traveling in Iran. They usually range from complete silence to cheeky replies regarding the sanity of those who travel in such places.

So it was with great surprise that I got an email the other day from Trazzler asking me to write about Iran, in an attempt to dispel some of the myths surrounding the place.

Click over here for the first installment about Persepolis.
Alexander the Great in Yadz
Sufi mysticism in Ardabil
Marivan's Kurdish Market
Hash Smoking assasins in Alamut
Silk Road Shopping in Kashan
Cool in Tehran?
Relaxing in Isfahan
The Birth of the Renaissance in Soltaniyeh
Rolling Green in Masouleh

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