"Siemano!" / Hi! :) 
First live video recording
just landed [in short]
There was no problems with Visa
I've got nice, quick 14-days one.
VOA (Visa On Arrival)
So.. everything went nice and smoothly
I have Just exchanged money
Here is money,
This is... half a million of...
"Tomans, Iralans.."
or something like that..
which actually is 50 euro
but, I've got half a million
what makes me "half a milliner".
Box with bicycle looks pretty good.
however there are some loose 
parts inside.
I have lost some bearings balls
when packing, so not sure if I can
assemble it all.. but... 
[Polish] 
 -Jak leci? -Potrzebujesz pomocy?
-Wporzadku. Dziękuje, mam rower,
będę jechał na rowerze do znajomego.
-Jade do znajomego w Teheranie.
-Teheran?
-Tak.
"Człowiek Iranu" coś oferuje
[wymiana waluty, "podwózka"
Odmawiam, dziękuje za pomoc.
Siemano!
I have just arrive..
I actually said that already..
I was on the airport and meet super 
nice Iranian guys.
This is Sehil
[Polish] -Cześć Mamo!
And this is his brother.
-Hello!
-Peter, my friend!
-Piotr to mój przyjaciel.
-Peter is my heart, is my friend!
-Piotr jest moim przyjacielem!
-Yup, we meet on the airport
they said that I'm their best friend.
and I can not travel on my own on 
the bicycle to Tehran
and they have to give me a lift.
Yeah, they also have a laugh about 
it all, we're going along
Many things happens on the road, 
everyone is pushing each other..
Yeah, all looks very promising..
Pare minut pózniej, środek miasta.
Goodbyes went forever as my Persian
friends just dropped me off.
They have left me at roundabout, 
because as we know..
it's best to stop at the roundabout.
They have explained me that I have 
to go through the tunnel..
Straight, straight, straight..
then straight, straight straight, straight..
straight, straight..
and later turn left.
I'm putting my stuff on..
and somehow I'll have to go through 
all that.
Everyone is smiling it's cool :).
Ok, I'm going  for spin.
every car here is scratched and 
damaged.
everyone is blowing horn, waves.. 
awesome!
I would like to use an opportunity
that I can very safely stop here..
and show you..
how cool is driving in Tehran.
I feel truly safe..
generally 1,5 meter safe pass rule for 
cyclist doesn’t apply here.. 
but is replaced with 0,5 cm rule, for sure
I have to go there, over there.
And here from right..
they racing from right..
flying from left..
Yeah, it's fun, loads of fun.
But everyone is smiling..
and that's important.
With all the language cycling is 
very uncomfortable. 
I will have to get rid of those 
kilograms, yet not sure how..
but some how will have to..
and for now
I'm going as there is still 10km..
Pózniej tego samego dnia.
-Ok, teraz bede mówił po polsku.
-Co takiego?
-Bede mówił po polsku.
little confusion :)
-jesteś nagrywany teraz!
By the way this is two of my new
Iranian friends.
This is Azim.
-A to jest...
Jak wymawia się twoje imię? Erish?
-"Erish"
-and this is Erish.
And today we're cycling,
we have cycles.. here..
-Bo to dla moich przyjaciół w Polsce 
(nagranie)
-Jak mówicie 5 po Polsku?
-Piec
-My mówimy "piec" po Kurdyjsku.
Jeden.. yek, do, se.. 
Co masz na myśli mówiąc "po Kurdyjsku"?
Ty mówisz w farsi.
-Ja jestem z Kurdyjskiej części Iranu.
-Aaa.. jesteś Kurdem? 
-Tak jestem Kurdem, mówimy po
kurdyjsku.
mówimy "piec" po kurdyjsku.
..Piec.. takie podobieństwo..
prawdopodobnie Kurd pewnego dnia spotkał Słowianina 
bo Słowianie mówią "piec", po rusku mówi się "piać".
Tak, wiec pewnego dnia Słowianie 
i Kurdowie musieli się spotkać.
-może..
To jest "piec". 
Piec wielbłądów, 
 
Biorę!
So once again, This guys are my new
friends and we came here on bicycles.
to cruise on the cycle track..
and what? And we are crusing here
and that's about it..
so.. till next time. See you later!
Ścieżka rowerowa dla mężczyzn.
In Tehran there is loads of mountains.
You can not see them but their there
for real!
Apparently cars struggle up this hill
on 3rd gear, some on 2nd.
and
after 8km pedalling uphill.. 
with no luggage
I'm out of steam. And this is only 
very beginning.
I haven't left Tehran yet.
I'm bit worried about it all.
but.. yeah.. I'll keep rolling.
Today I was at my friend Erish place.
Actually I was there yesterday but 
stayed over.
I have meet "whole" family all 
friends as usually..
as usually they feed me a lot,
as usually I wasn't allowed to pay
it was super nice.
and then..
oh, and we've been in park yesterday 
riding bikes etc. 
later I've went to bicycle shop
which was very good stocked up.
Had expensive accessories.
and I was charged for bicycle service
of..
head steam bearings..
adjusting brakes, tightening, 
oiling everything..
40 minutes of work..
One euro fifty pence.. or something
like that.
But apparently this is only because..
 we're
in Tehran and here is expensive.
Well.. it's quite cool game..
that you can ride bicycle here 
on the motorway.
I wanted to record it properly..
I think that London couriers would
be all happy for this play.
this looks very interesting.
However it's difficult to capture 
it all..
when you ride holding your camera
in your hand.
and filtering in traffic.
it's possible to ride 30-40 km 
between the cars.
It's good fun, everyone changes lanes
constantly without any warnings.
I would love to record that but..
but to record that I would need one
free hand.
so for now, only those slow actions.
yeah, it's super cool, have a look
yourself.
fun! I'm telling you.
When you going fast, it's all good.
They wave and say: "It's good you
Gringo cycle on motorway" 
I only regret that you can't catch
those "spicy" moments..
because you need to keep your hands 
on steering :).
but I think if someone has imagination
,he can imagine it.
I'm out, see ya!
Po wizycie w Ambasadzie Azerbejdżanu.
..and actually I have been 
there second time
because last time 
I've forgot my passport.
being little clumsy.
so, today I went second time
I have lined up in long queue..
at first people wanted to let me first
hoverer they changed their mind 
that I should go last 
so I stood there for 
an hour or hour and half
and embassy is open only three hours.
[...]
...they have sent me 
to bank
and in the meaning time i have
meet "chef"
he was very interesting figure
guy drives nice sport hyundai
looks like a "bum" himself
he offered me lift to bank
despite i didn't wanted.
I wanted to go by bike
but he insist to take me there
..and take back.
to make long story short story...
"Chef" drove in to parking..
he get lost in one way systems etc..
drove car counterflow..etc, etc...
during that he scratched his car
and someone else peugeot
as he couldn't fit his car
 through narrow street
other guy wasn't bothered
"chef" ignored it too.
we have continued..
I went back to embassy
five to 1pm. (1 pm close)
5 people in the queue
this time I decided to be cleaver
and force my way to the front
saying: "I'm back from bank".
and so? ..at 5pm I should be back
to pickup my Azeri visa :)
to be honest to tell the whole story
it's impossible
and it's not worth to waste battery
or card space.
so that's it for now..
and beside this, it's raining today
which is quite unusual in this 
time and place
I'm wearing shorts as forgot my
waterproof wear
-Właściwie to będzie film..
Mehdi:
-Powiedz mi jeszcze raz co tutaj mamy?
Co to jest?
W języku perskim to danie 
nazywa się: Dolme
-Ok, wiec mamy Dolme.
-A Dolme to..?
-Jest zrobione z 
liści winogrona, ryżu, zioła
także mięsa..
-A to w środku czy to coś jak 
fasola albo ciecierzyca?
-Wydaje mi się ze to ciecierzyca.
-Nie wiem jak to się nazywa po angielsku.
-Ok.
So we take one like this..
wrap it in bread/ naan..
and you just eat it :).
-Wspominałeś ze jest to podobne do 
Polskiej potrawy.
Gołąbki!
tak jakby.. 
-my także mamy coś podobnego
do gołąbków.
-ale jest to bardziej tradycyjne..
-Gołąbki są zrobione w podobny sposób
także zawijamy w liście 
ale w smaku bardzo się różnią.
-Smakuje jak kwaśne?
Nie.. to jest..
danie mięsne wiec nie wiem 
dokładnie jak opisać smak.
-That means: "Go, move!"
-Such amusment is waiting for 
drivers in Tehran
-Tak znowu nagrywam.
-Ponieważ to co zobaczyłem zaskoczyło
mnie trochę.
-Zastanawiałem się jak ci się to uda.
-Poszło.
-Poszło :)
Yep, this is quite amazing as
driving here require you to operate
by centimetres or milimiters
and as you've seen earlier,
 there is no mercy here
and our friend Sarah
Rock it!
That's it. Cya!
Dla moich przyjaciół 
(tłumacze dlaczego nagrywam).
The situation is as follow.
I am at new friends place
they have invited me to their house
after I've been in restaurant trying
to buy hamburger
they said that they have to buy
me that hamburger
and invited me to be guest
 at their house.
..i wtedy jest ok.
-bez podziałów.
ok, I'm watching my friend's (Reza) 
wedding movie
and there are mens only, dancing.
because when they have a weddings
-he (Mahdi) will be filming
-when they have weddings..
women go on one side a have
their own party
and mens go on their side 
and have their own party
it's not allowed to have party together
as god would see it and that wouldn't be ok. 
Iran je Git
Iran to bogactwo kultury, natury, 
interesnej lektury,  Mekka ziomali co
przed nami...   
..a poza tym Jesień jest ładna ale z zima
troche przereklamowuja ;)
well.. it start to rain a bit.
we are in the castle now.
-Nieprzejmuj sie Ali, kerec "video bloga"
nie przeszkadzaj sobie.
..it start raining..
..and..
..there is very cool fog around due high 
water condensation and low temperature.
[big bang ;]
"Situation is". 
That today we are on 
"The Iranian Camping".
It's has been offered to us
that instead of staying in tent,
we can fo free sleep...
at the camping.
and "Iranian Camping" looks
like bunch of bungalows
... emm 
..with glass.. 
..and that's it.
theoretically they have mosquito nets 
in the windows..
but it's only theory.. 
as.. 
you can see..it's easy to skip those
and so i wanted to show
that there is few mosquitos
around and about
few..
not sure if you can
see them or not
also we have other creatures..
lubisz je Ali?
lubisz je?
-lubie je?
tak, komary i te wszystkie..
tak, zjadlbym je. 
mamy darmowe sniadanie 
i kolacje, nie? 
-chcialbym zjesc te komary.
pewnie, zjedz je.
"second attempt" 
as previous clip
I have been recording for 5 minutes
but ended up with a picture..
..my shoes.
..as usually.
we're leaving Rasht in which
we have "stuck" for 5 days
for many reasons..
[Big up Parham]
[have you cleaned ure flat u lazy..?]
and today is not so nice and easy..
it's raining non-stop
although we have waterproofs
well.. for now these are water proof
in case of luggage
when it comes to clothes..
it's water proof from outside
but from inside you are sweating a lot
end ending up wet anyway.
but it's alway like that. 
what else?
we are riding toward sea
50km to go.
Rasht in translation is 
"City of rain"
and we hope that when we leave here..
it will stop raining.
sound naive but apparently it's a fact
that 4 climate zones meet here
[i think this apply to province..maybe :]
what it means? I don't know.
in sea resort..
unfortunately we don't know anyone, 
don't have hotel, address..
or we don't know what to do there
but its always like that.
Pare godzin pozniej..
And this way
today..
I don't know  when exactly
28 or 29
June
if I'm not mistaken.
Officially.. we have arrived 
with Mr.
Ali! At Caspian sea.
which..
not sure if It's good to admit.
till now I didn't know
that, this is inland sea
which makes it worlds biggest lake
..apparently
It's raining all the time
we try to cycle in rain
it's possible however it's 
get colder and colder
and less good.. less good.
again and still we are by seaside
as we ride along the coast
to city Astara.
after 4 hours we're taking brake
we have decided to eat Fish
as obligated by seaside tradition.
Fish comes from basin.
generally here is store with..
lifebuoy, sleepers, ball,
kebab and fishes
what else interesting?
we're about to go to village 
to try..
find... "push" into 
someones hospitality 
because it's to cold for camping
and too wet
everything is wet so..
..also we drink tea now
which perfectly suits current weather
Nasz maly ["Domek Goscinny"]
we have finally succeed it
at last some childrends that
chased us around village
they have get entry for us
at their home
however home is a big word
we have been given this..
not sure terrace or how to call it?
we have here
 Persian Carpet, pillows
most importantly there 
is roof available
generally prediction for today was..
will be good weather
however this didn't exactly 
work out.
it's raining all the time and this
roof had small leaks
and at night it has been dripping
on our heads
but it's ok as everything 
is wet anyway
after yesterday and day before.
so we will have to run from here
as it's not great here.
we have used to Iranian 
hospitality to much
and failed there
Today we are going by hitchhiking.
with super nice guy.
-"esm e man Piotr ast"
-aha
-"And you"?
"esm e man Piotr"
[answear in Iranian- guess it's "plesure"]
-"esm e man Tzara".
-Tzara
so this is my new friend Tzara.
-Tzara.
-Exactly, Tzara who picked me for hitch-hike.
and we are going in these big mountains
where clouds gather..
and you can't see nothing
That's it.
I can introduce myself in farsi.
and so...
and he don't know english
and we chat like this..
it's fun and nice.
Siemano!
today for the first time i have 
tried hitch-hiking in Iran
because..
because.. long story.
and so, in Iran they don't 
know what hitch-hike is
and every time I was offer ride 
either by taxi or bus
or..
something else.. and i've said "no, 
I'll stand here and someone will stop"
and of course it never took more 
then 2 minutes 
always someone stop and gave me a lift
of course alway for free and in the 
meaning time
they must take me for lunch or 
buy some cookies
or this or that..
or for sup
and of course I never could pay
..traditionally.
So hitch-hiking is unknown in Iran
unless you are Tourist, then
its ok. It's good.
the thing is that all my 
"arrangements" went messy
[ustalenia;]
Guy whom I supposed to stay over with
phoned me, talked with my driver
after he spoke with me
unfortunately his phone died 
or something like that
and it get dropped.. everything
with driver we misunderstand 
each other
he's from Turkey
super nice guy
I wanted to ask him whether
I should stay here.
and he understood that I'm
informing him that will stay here.
and so I stayed.
I'm somewhere here..
10km away from city i was heading.
however I think I'll manage it somehow
not sure how..
will come out with something.
at last we're in Iran
it's 10 pm and normally
somewhere else
I would be little bit afraid
but in Iran there is nothing
to be afraid
ok I'm going to work on this... Plan.
but, yet not sure where how 
and what for
Ok, "the situation is" as i have 
been saying before..
I've been lost in the 
middle of nowhere
This is Beza. My new mate.
-I was lost..
-He's my friend
he's my (..?) friend.
and it turned out that this Friend who..
such a goodies we have here..
This friend I was calling,
the one with dead battery
he went home, charge his phone,
rang his friend
and turn out that his friend 
was 5 minutes away from me...
I'm in safe hands..
at least i think so
[Behza explain that I am 
speaking Polish/Lahestan now]
an so.. a I was standing on the 
street 20 minutes ago
where was dark and dangerous
Now I'm well looked after
generally it's much more interesting
so have a look by yourself
Beza: It's forbiden to film.
Good morning!
it's 9th of July
or something like that
Today I'm hosted by Farid,
Farid
Powiedz Czesc,Siema
-Czesc
-to po polsku "jak leci"?
Siema!
Siema!
Siema, Farid says "Siema"
we're at hometown
in city populated with 100k people.
it's not tourist destination
therefore I'm the only one tourist
..since ages.
second ago I was at barber's place
which said that..
I'm here once only, hence he can't 
take any money for me..
because.. because I won't come
here any more.
and it's not good to take money from me
it's an interesting philosophy..
but it was impossible to convince 
him to take any money.
now, we are having lunch
we have some pasta here
on the top we have some
tomatoes, cucumbers.
However, what I wanted to tell you
it's a little innovation.
here we are eating herbs
by putting all of them
on th plate
and everyone grabs hand
full of herbs
put them here,
here, we have chive
here, apparently mint,
parsley,
and my favour..
emm what it's called?
Stary zapomnialem jak sie
mowi "dill" po polsku.
eeee... dill of course!!
how could i forgot?!
we're garbing hand full of herbs
here..
little bit like a cow.
not everyone must like it
but I'm enjoying this way, it's cool 
ok, CYA!
ok, today we're in new place
it's again huge lake, almost sea.
but, because of some reasons,
someone decided to dry it
because they collecting this 
water somewhere (?!?)
whole surface here is 
covered with salt
and there is "like sea".
I mean lake,
very salty water
you can't see horizon
..generally cool view
and here some "super unique" 
mountains.
apparently there are some castles 
at the peaks
it's so salty
that, water forms slurry 
nice, nice  
we are in ZOO
I don't like ZOO's but we're here.
we're standing by wolf cages,
the one, over there..
when you approach him,
he's aggressive
but here is one more..
and look what'll happen.
You can stroke this wolf.
he likes it.
Today we're siting in hotel's cafe
and we smoke..
"Lahestan" [Polish in farsi]
[Polska w farsi]
We're smoking now,
Hookah/Shisha
and with it comes
different sweets
regarding th pipe..
I'm not biggest fan,
since I don't smoke,
but everyone encourage me that
it's essential to try so..
I'm scarifying ;)
Pare dni pozniej..
w drodze do Azerbejdzanu.
Pierwszym razem "odbilem" sie na granicy
jako że było zamkniete o 18:00 :)
Na szczęście miałem jeszcze jeden dzień wizy.
"Siemka" 
quick update
yesterday I've fail to cross border
to Azerbaijan
as frontier crossinf was closed at 6pm
so I've slept in tent
and today ..again it started
apparently in Azerbaijan you need to 
give bribes all the time
..to the maximum
so I was prepared
and spent all my cash
last hundred on tomato and cucumbers
I've strike on the border today
and it kicked off with 
"bicycle documents"
we have argued for ten minutes..
what documents? 
I was presenting passport saying 
"this is my documents"
they keep asking for
bicycle documents
and me repeating.
finally they given up.
"do you speak russian?"
little bit in russian little in english
and so?
yeah, they all said "good luck"
and "do svidaniya"[RU]
and I'm heading at the "last gate"
looks like I'll cross bribe less 
to Azerbaijan
I'm off, see you later!
Koniec częście pierwszej "Iran"
Kolejne części wkrótce.
Podziękowania dla przyjaciół z Iranu za 
niespotykana gościne i wspólny czas
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