We have a problem. Or at least, we might have one: it has been more than three weeks since we submitted our application for an Iranian visa in the Iranian consulate in Shanghai, but as yet - we still have no news.
This puts us in a somewhat difficult position: on the one hand, we really want to travel into Iran, because from what we've read and heard about it, it's a great country. It's also on a key stretch of the Silk Route, and without it we will not get a Turkmen visa, which then in turn implies we will probably not be able to make the trip "overland", as we intend to. We then could very well be "stuck" somewhere in Uzbekistan, having (because of our visa-situation) no alternative but to fly to Azerbaijan or any country on our itinerary where we can get a visa on arrival.
But on the other hand, waiting here without any concrete information as to when we'd get that visa -if at all- doesn't make much sense either, since we've been waiting for quite a while already.. A situation which is somewhat aggravated since we have to buy our train tickets to Xi'An well in advance (see other entry).
So we decided to stay a few more days in Shanghai, leaving on a jet-train on Monday 11 August. Thus, we hope for the visa to be granted this week, or next monday at the very latest.
Help us hope!
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