Georgia - Iran - Turkey trip

This video will take you for a while into the journey which I made in 2011. It reveals the beauty of such places as Georgian Caucasus, Persian deserts and Turkish rivieras, but not only...

Last summer I spent three wonderful months on travelling in Georgia, Iran and Turkey; during this trip I met hundreds of really amazing people, and although the video does not show my social adventures, I assure you that the people in those three countries are amazingly lovely: friendly, helpful, caring, hospitable, with HUGE hearts!! And, here I would like to say big "thank you" to all of them I have met (though probably few of them will read it..)

My only means of transport was autostop (hitchhiking), I just packed my stuff and left my flat in Poland, immediately hitting the road; on my way to the East and back I crossed such countries as Czech Republic, Slovakia, Austria, Hungary, Slovenia, Croatia, Greece, Serbia, Macedonia, Romania and Bulgaria.
Since I don't have a regular job, people often ask me how I can manage to get enough money for such long and complex trip, well, my answer is: "the more money you have, the more difficult travelling becomes" (for me travelling is a completely different thing from "touristing"). And so, my budget is never too big - at least if I become a target of robbers, I have nothing to lose ;))

This video is just the tip of the iceberg of the trip, and it concentrates on the natural sceneries; also, I am not always ready with the camera to record what I see...
Hope the video can make you feel a hint of the hitchhiking spirit; and if you haven't tried it out yet, hope you'll get inspired... Remember, that if there was no 'autostop', i would never go to these places.

I was trying to keep the quality as good as possible, but my skills and equipment are not good enough, so I apologize for the pixels.

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[YekSabz]

I am an Iranian my friend. I really like your attitude! Could you tell me where are you from and what cities or places you went in Iran? Was Iran your final destination and then you went back up to Turkey again?

[peavelSD]

@YekSabz hello, it's nice to hear from you, dear friend. i'm originally from czech republic, but i live in poland. i travelled all around iran: maku, tabriz, qazvin, tehran, amol, mashad, tabas, yazd, esfahan, qom... i did some trekking in damavand area and some desrets. unfortunately i didn't manage to get to the south, i really was eager to see queshm, but i was out of time. you are right, i didn't continue further to the east, but came back through turkey. which part of iran are you from?

[masterkwic]

Yo, nice m8 :) Fajna muza, dobry początek i lekki thriller na końcówce hehe. Masakra widoki... I plus za sceny "Hello!" (typu osiołek i wydmy ;)) hehe. GOod job :)

[peavelSD]

@masterkwic senkju veri mucz zią ;) dobre to z thrillerem, heh nie wpadłem na to wcześniej ^

[YekSabz]

@peavelSD

I am from Tehran. What I am interested to know is if you were alone or with some of your friends? Did you share expenses? How did you rent cars? One driver in each country?! I am still pretty amazed by how you managed your expenses! 3 months being on the road requires hell lot of money :D Did you like Iran? How did you see the country in general? I suggest you to go to Kish Island. Qeshm does not have much to see.

[Hulio7271]

Looks and sounds like an incredible experience! Wonderful!