In 2011, she finds a note on her motorbike, requesting her to visit Iran: ``Please do not think of what happened here and in Teheran. This invitation intrigued her as she realised that her knowledge of Iran came entirely from the British and US media, and it wasn't pretty. So, despite the official warnings and the desperate negativity of friends and family, she plans a lone 5000km ride from Tabriz to Shiraz to uncover the heart of Iran. She works through the applications with a visa agent and gets a visa with a condition: she must enter Iran on public transport, not on her own vehicle. Did she find the heart of Iran?

Source: Otago Daily Times March 19, 2017 18:00 UTC