Hamedan

Hamedan is a city in western Iran.

It's a very historical city with ruins and 3.000 year old inscription. It is also an incredible a natural paradise for mountaineers. The range behind it is really worthy to visit. The wheather is quite cold but people are very warm.

Hitching out

NorthEast towards Qazvin or Saveh and Tehran

Take Enghelab street until you reach the ring road at Najafi Boulevard. There walk a bit, (direction airport) and start to hitch. In autumn/winter there will be lots of pumpkin sellers. Before Famenin is a junction where you can go north or east.

West towards Kermanshah or Sanandajand Iraq

The road starts again from ring road Najafi boulevard and splits before Saleh Abad. If u want to go to Kermanshah continue to Asadabad, but if u want to go Iraq go north to Qorveh Sanandaj and later Sulaymania. Just this way you will enter Kurdistan unless you will find yourself in Baghdad and is not the safest place to hitch!

Accommodation and Sleep

Couchsurfing community is quite small, but local people are extremely welcoming. Fede was spontaneously invited at home 3 times in one day. There are also lots of public parks (eg Baba Taher Square or front of university going to Ganjnameh waterfall) but lots of panel saying camping is forbidden.

• apparently no explanation, I've seen police questioning and annoying people in one tent. Locals explained me, couples use tents for their intimacy and its forbidden, though people told me if u arrive in the quite late night (after 9pm) and take out ur stuff in the early morning they shouldnt annoy u, specially if u r foreigner. anyway is so easy make u invite, and wheather is also very cold and windy Fede