Monthly Archives: July 2009

Swim, Bike, Run — Armenia’s Second Annual Triathlon

By Tom | Published: July 31, 2009
Last week­end I par­ti­cip­ated in a triath­lon up in the moun­tains at Lake Sevan, which was organ­ised for the second year run­ning by staff at the US Embassy. Events like this are few and far between in Armenia, as the idea of sport for gen­eral health and fit­ness has not yet gained wide­spread pub­lic accept­ance. [...]
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While You’re Waiting, You Might Enjoy…

By Tom | Published: July 23, 2009
Maybe you’ve been enjoy­ing read­ing about my escapades in far-flung lands. And maybe you’re not par­tic­u­larly enthralled by the idea of read­ing up on my ran­dom mus­ings, pre­par­a­tions and escapades as I remain rel­at­ively static for the next few months. If so, look no fur­ther, as I have a few sug­ges­tions that may just keep [...]
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The Final Steps

By Tom | Published: July 11, 2009
I climbed the stairs to a small flat in a back alley of cent­ral Tehran and rang the door­bell. Tenny opened the door, stared at me blankly for a second, then jumped out of her skin in shock. Minutes later we were laugh­ing hap­pily together. The jour­ney was over. We would spend the next few [...]
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Political Conundrum Affects Man On Bike (Again)

By Tom | Published: July 1, 2009
Just as Tenny’s par­ents were ready­ing the doc­u­ments needed to issue a formal invit­a­tion for me to obtain a visa, the Ira­nian pres­id­en­tial elec­tions took place, fol­lowed by a fort­night of dip­lo­matic snip­ing which left Anglo-Iranian rela­tions even more strained than before. I woke every morn­ing to silence from the Ira­nian For­eign Min­istry, and gradu­ally [...]
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