Sam's cycle trip to New Zealand- Planning and training

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At the beginning of this summer I will be cycling from London to New Zealand

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  Shoes, milkshakes and cars   Tehran, Iran on Oct 19, 2008 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Milkshakes, motors and malls   Tehran, Iran on Oct 19, 2008 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Planning for my trip   Aberystwyth, United Kingdom on Mar 10, 2010 0 pictures 2 comments
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  Itinerary London to Istanbul   Aberystwyth, United Kingdom on Mar 10, 2010 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Kit- What I have so far   Aberystwyth, United Kingdom on Mar 10, 2010 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Hauling my arse to Snowdon   Aberystwyth, United Kingdom on Mar 15, 2010 0 pictures 0 comments
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  The perfect cure for a hangover   Aberystwyth, United Kingdom on Mar 21, 2010 0 pictures 1 comment
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  Bang snap crash   Aberystwyth to Hereford, United Kingdom on Mar 27, 2010 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Green rolling hills   Hereford to Stonesfield, United Kingdom on Mar 28, 2010 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Canal bashing   Stonesfield to London, United Kingdom on Mar 29, 2010 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Bureaucracy   London, United Kingdom on Apr 9, 2010 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Escaping the metropolis   London, United Kingdom on Apr 13, 2010 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Getting certified!!   Birmingham, United Kingdom on Apr 18, 2010 0 pictures 0 comments
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  I hate visas   Aberystwyth, United Kingdom on May 15, 2010 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Vegetating on the verge   Aberystwyth, United Kingdom on May 18, 2010 0 pictures 0 comments
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  The end of an era   Aberystwyth, United Kingdom on May 24, 2010 0 pictures 0 comments
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  The end of an era......updated!   Aberystwyth, United Kingdom on May 24, 2010 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Bikes, visas, malaria, death, death, terrorists   London, United Kingdom on May 27, 2010 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Packing my life up   London, United Kingdom on May 29, 2010 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Goodbye's are hard   London, United Kingdom on May 30, 2010 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Hit it and it works?!.....   London, United Kingdom on May 31, 2010 0 pictures 0 comments
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  The biblical flood   Harwich, United Kingdom on Jun 1, 2010 3 pictures 0 comments
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  The land of the greenhouse   Tiel, Netherlands on Jun 2, 2010 6 pictures 0 comments
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  In serch of schnitzel!?   Duisburg, Germany on Jun 3, 2010 4 pictures 0 comments
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  A day of ping pong   Duisburg, Germany on Jun 5, 2010 5 pictures 2 comments
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  The trip how I imagined it   Sinzig, Germany on Jun 5, 2010 5 pictures 1 comment
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  Following the river, just the wrong one!   Sinzig, Germany on Jun 6, 2010 5 pictures 2 comments
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  Lang lebe die Brezel   Sinzig, Germany on Jun 7, 2010 5 pictures 0 comments
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  Pizza and cars   Sindelfingen, Germany on Jun 9, 2010 5 pictures 0 comments
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  Climbing mountains   Bibertal Buhl, Germany on Jun 10, 2010 6 pictures 0 comments
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  An encounter with a rally driver   Ingolstadt, Germany on Jun 11, 2010 5 pictures 0 comments
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  An unreliable couch   Straubing, Germany on Jun 12, 2010 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Midnight mischeif   Hartkirchen, Austria on Jun 13, 2010 5 pictures 0 comments
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  A day of vegetation   Hartkirchen, Austria on Jun 14, 2010 5 pictures 1 comment
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  The day it wasn't sunny!   Sankt Nikola an der Donau, Austria on Jun 15, 2010 7 pictures 0 comments
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  The biblical flood   Vienna, Austria on Jun 16, 2010 4 pictures 0 comments
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  Vienna!!   Vienna, Austria on Jun 17, 2010 4 pictures 2 comments
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  Going East   Vienna, Austria on Jun 18, 2010 0 pictures 1 comment
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  Mud and mosquitoes   Budapest, Hungary on Jun 19, 2010 5 pictures 0 comments
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  The bright lights of Budapest   Budapest, Hungary on Jun 21, 2010 4 pictures 0 comments
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  Shouting Mandarin   Baja, Hungary on Jun 22, 2010 0 pictures 2 comments
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  Dani the champion of the world   Sombor, Serbia on Jun 23, 2010 0 pictures 0 comments
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  British television in Serbia?!   Novi Sad, Serbia on Jun 24, 2010 5 pictures 0 comments
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  The Belgrade massive   Novi Sad, Serbia on Jun 25, 2010 0 pictures 1 comment
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  One big happy family   Belgrade, Serbia on Jun 26, 2010 5 pictures 0 comments
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  Mountains, finally!   Majdanpek, Serbia on Jun 28, 2010 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Musaka   Bregovo, Bulgaria on Jun 28, 2010 5 pictures 0 comments
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  Petrov Day!   Bregovo, Bulgaria on Jun 29, 2010 5 pictures 0 comments
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  The appocalyptic storm   Lom, Bulgaria on Jun 30, 2010 5 pictures 0 comments
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  Flies and old women   Pleven, Bulgaria on Jul 1, 2010 0 pictures 0 comments
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  The breakdown   Svetlen, Bulgaria on Jul 2, 2010 5 pictures 0 comments
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  Cheese, rain and donkeys   Svetlen, Bulgaria on Jul 3, 2010 5 pictures 0 comments
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  Americans, alcoholics and jar drinking   Karnobat, Bulgaria on Jul 5, 2010 10 pictures 0 comments
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  The seaside   Burgas, Bulgaria on Jul 6, 2010 4 pictures 0 comments
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  The Turkısh Ascent   Lüleburgaz, Turkey on Jul 7, 2010 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Kebab givers   Lüleburgaz, Turkey on Jul 9, 2010 4 pictures 0 comments
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  How bazaar   Lüleburgaz, Turkey on Jul 10, 2010 10 pictures 1 comment
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  The worlds smallest club   Istanbul, Turkey on Jul 11, 2010 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Mosques   Istanbul, Turkey on Jul 12, 2010 0 pictures 0 comments
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  The ferry man   Istanbul, Turkey on Jul 13, 2010 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Another encounter with the police   Bozüyük, Turkey on Jul 13, 2010 0 pictures 0 comments
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  A walk in the park   Eskisehir, Turkey on Jul 14, 2010 0 pictures 0 comments
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  The tea chronicles   Afyon, Turkey on Jul 15, 2010 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Just chillıng   Afyon, Turkey on Jul 16, 2010 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Taken in by petrol workers   Akşehir, Turkey on Jul 17, 2010 0 pictures 0 comments
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  İ'd like to keep my foreskin thanks   Akşehir, Turkey on Jul 18, 2010 5 pictures 0 comments
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  Simit sensations   Konya, Turkey on Jul 19, 2010 4 pictures 0 comments
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  Tourists, tourists everywhere!!   Ürgüp, Turkey on Jul 21, 2010 5 pictures 0 comments
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  Culinary school?!   Ürgüp, Turkey on Jul 21, 2010 5 pictures 1 comment
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  Beer, a barbeque and good friends   Kayseri, Turkey on Jul 22, 2010 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Bringing the cows home   Pınarbaşı, Turkey on Jul 23, 2010 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Sideshow Sam   Darende, Turkey on Jul 24, 2010 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Pleasure   Malatya, Turkey on Jul 25, 2010 5 pictures 0 comments
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  My non complient bicycle   Elazig, Turkey on Jul 27, 2010 5 pictures 0 comments
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  I may be staying a while   Elazig, Turkey on Jul 28, 2010 5 pictures 1 comment
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  Hotel highlife   Maden, Turkey on Jul 29, 2010 5 pictures 3 comments
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  Mollestation, the military and melon   Diyarbakir, Turkey on Jul 30, 2010 5 pictures 0 comments
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  I like walls   Diyarbakir, Turkey on Jul 31, 2010 5 pictures 0 comments
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  Cafe time   Diyarbakir, Turkey on Aug 1, 2010 5 pictures 2 comments
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  The lake!   Diyarbakir, Turkey on Aug 2, 2010 5 pictures 0 comments
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  Cutting it short   Bişmil, Turkey on Aug 3, 2010 5 pictures 0 comments
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  Truckers   Kurtalan, Turkey on Aug 4, 2010 5 pictures 0 comments
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  My fairy Godfather   Tatvan, Turkey on Aug 5, 2010 5 pictures 0 comments
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  Wake up!   Tatvan, Turkey on Aug 6, 2010 5 pictures 0 comments
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  Sick as a dog   Van, Turkey on Aug 7, 2010 5 pictures 0 comments
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  Removing my glasses   Van, Turkey on Aug 8, 2010 0 pictures 2 comments
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  In search of death. I didn't find it.   Başkale, Turkey on Aug 9, 2010 5 pictures 0 comments
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  Guerillas, not the furry kind.   Urmia, Iran on Aug 10, 2010 5 pictures 0 comments
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  Iran Underground   Urmia, Iran on Aug 11, 2010 4 pictures 2 comments
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  Repression   Urmia, Iran on Aug 12, 2010 5 pictures 0 comments
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  Cheat, I'm not gettiing any better at it   Urmia, Iran on Aug 13, 2010 5 pictures 0 comments
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  Another day in Urmia   Urmia, Iran on Aug 14, 2010 5 pictures 0 comments
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  Getting my fix   Urmia, Iran on Aug 16, 2010 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Fresh as a daisy?!? ..................Not   Urmia, Iran on Aug 17, 2010 4 pictures 0 comments
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  The day I hit the road   Tabriz, Iran on Aug 18, 2010 5 pictures 0 comments
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  Kindness   Nir, Iran on Aug 19, 2010 5 pictures 5 comments
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  An easy day   Ardabil, Iran on Aug 20, 2010 5 pictures 0 comments
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  Culture and lots of it   Ardabil, Iran on Aug 21, 2010 5 pictures 0 comments
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  Rain rain go away come again another day   Choobar, Iran on Aug 22, 2010 5 pictures 0 comments
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  Just like England   Choobar, Iran on Aug 23, 2010 5 pictures 2 comments
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  The New Forest, in Iran?!   Rasht, Iran on Aug 24, 2010 5 pictures 2 comments
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  My table tennis downfall   Rasht, Iran on Aug 25, 2010 5 pictures 0 comments
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  Company, at last   Tonekabon, Iran on Aug 26, 2010 5 pictures 0 comments
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  The hardest day of cycling in my life   Karaj, Iran on Aug 27, 2010 5 pictures 2 comments
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  The day I ached   Karaj, Iran on Aug 28, 2010 5 pictures 2 comments
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  My arrival in Tehran   Tehran, Iran on Aug 29, 2010 5 pictures 0 comments
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  A day in the city   Tehran, Iran on Aug 30, 2010 5 pictures 0 comments
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  Embassy time   Tehran, Iran on Aug 31, 2010 1 picture 0 comments
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  My new family   Tehran, Iran on Sep 1, 2010 1 picture 0 comments
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  The gathering   Tehran, Iran on Sep 2, 2010 5 pictures 0 comments
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  Visa malarky   Tehran, Iran on Sep 3, 2010 3 pictures 0 comments
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  Abject fear   Tehran, Iran on Sep 4, 2010 3 pictures 0 comments
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  Chilling in the city   Tehran, Iran on Sep 8, 2010 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Party time   Tehran, Iran on Sep 9, 2010 0 pictures 0 comments
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  The jungle!   Tehran, Iran on Sep 10, 2010 0 pictures 1 comment
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  Tutoring   Tehran, Iran on Sep 11, 2010 0 pictures 2 comments
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  Malls, Iranian style.   Tehran, Iran on Sep 14, 2010 0 pictures 3 comments
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  The gallery   Tehran, Iran on Sep 15, 2010 0 pictures 0 comments
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  The pool party   Tehran, Iran on Sep 16, 2010 2 pictures 0 comments
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  The palace of photos   Tehran, Iran on Sep 17, 2010 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Milkshakes, malls and motors   Tehran, Iran on Sep 19, 2010 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Getting settled   Tehran, Iran on Oct 4, 2010 0 pictures 1 comment
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  'Fenglish, now that fun English'   Tehran, Iran on Oct 6, 2010 0 pictures 2 comments
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  Developments   Tehran, Iran on Oct 28, 2010 0 pictures 1 comment
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  Fluctuation   Tehran, Iran on Nov 25, 2010 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Poker, pizza and public transport.   Tehran, Iran on Nov 28, 2010 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Sales   Tehran, Iran on Nov 28, 2010 0 pictures 1 comment
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  Gambling and pompous rambling   Tehran, Iran on Nov 29, 2010 0 pictures 1 comment
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  Ninja capabilities   Tehran, Iran on Nov 30, 2010 0 pictures 0 comments
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  The wedding   Amol, Iran on Dec 1, 2010 2 pictures 0 comments
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  Carniverous or cashless?   Amol, Iran on Dec 2, 2010 1 picture 0 comments
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  The urbanite sheep   Amol, Iran on Dec 3, 2010 2 pictures 0 comments
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  The looming beast continued   Tehran, Iran on Dec 7, 2010 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Motoring and molestation   Tehran, Iran on Dec 24, 2010 0 pictures 3 comments
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  Crossings   Tehran, Iran on Dec 28, 2010 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Life continued   Tehran, Iran on Feb 5, 2011 2 pictures 0 comments
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  You can find weirdos anywhere   Tehran, Iran on Feb 8, 2011 0 pictures 1 comment
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  Mooning and a nice picnic   Tehran, Iran on Apr 9, 2011 3 pictures 0 comments
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  Ebbs and flows   Tehran, Iran on Apr 13, 2011 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Decadence personnified   Tehran, Iran on May 15, 2011 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Writing in a state of fatuous euphoria   Tehran, Iran on Aug 16, 2011 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Cynicism   Tehran, Iran on Aug 24, 2011 0 pictures 0 comments
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  A sobering sandwich experience   Tehran, Iran on Aug 30, 2011 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Sometimes it´s nice being subliminal   Tehran, Iran on Aug 30, 2011 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Afghanistan   Tehran, Iran on Sep 11, 2011 0 pictures 2 comments
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  The last night   Tehran, Iran on Sep 13, 2011 0 pictures 2 comments
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  Sam goes to Afghanistan   Herat, Afghanistan on Sep 17, 2011 0 pictures 2 comments
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  Feeling isolated   Herat, Afghanistan on Sep 18, 2011 0 pictures 0 comments
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  How things can turn around   Herat, Afghanistan on Sep 18, 2011 0 pictures 0 comments
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  The airport experience   Kabul, Afghanistan on Sep 20, 2011 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Searching for work, I'm glad I didn't find it.   Kabul, Afghanistan on Sep 23, 2011 0 pictures 2 comments
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  What a pretty place   Dushanbe, Tajikistan on Sep 27, 2011 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Greasy soup land   Dushanbe, Tajikistan on Nov 1, 2011 0 pictures 0 comments
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  The long haul home   Dushanbe, Tajikistan on Nov 7, 2011 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Moving to a new site   Dushanbe, Tajikistan on Nov 23, 2011 0 pictures 0 comments