Iran & Mongolia HU Travellers held up at ferry port.
This is a bit of a sad tale for the beginning of a trip, but it does highlight some serious shortcomings by some travellers.
On Sunday morning 11th May I waved off from Orange in the South of France, HU traveller Thierry Floreck and his team en route for Mongolia via Turkey and Iran, and fellow travellers Jo & Marie Helene Camblong who are spending a month travelling In Iran. These are highly experienced global travellers, embarked on time critical journeys due to the visa requirements. I received news early this morning that they had reached the boat heading for Greece in good time, but had been held up for more than 7 hrs ( so far) at the ferry port by a group of motorcyclists from the U.K. who were travelling without correct ( and in some cases any) paperwork, incuding passports. The authorities and the ferry line decided to impound the whole boat until things had been resolved. I am awaiting updates, but as you may imagine our French friends are seriously p'eed off at the moment.
I have some words of advice for the inconsiderate few, but they are not repeatable here, even as asteriscs or exclamation marks.
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-''It is better to walk alone than with a crowd going in the wrong direction''. ( Herman Siu)
-'' Live life then give life '' ( www.lltgl.org.uk)
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