INSANE day in Iran | [E77]

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Aug 8, 2026
Welcome to my exciting solo Motorcycle Journey from Sweden to Nepal! In today’s episode, I take the ferry to Iran and share my thoughts and experiences from the first day of this adventure. From unexpected surprises to breathtaking views, you won't want to miss any part of this trip! Subscribe for more motorcycle videos and let's explore the world together!
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“Sweden2Nepal” A motorcycle journey I've dreamed of since 5 years back has finally started. I quit my job to pursue one of my biggest dreams, to travel across the world with a motorcycle and an open mind as a solo female. “Sarek” My Motorcycle: Honda Transalp XL650 from year 2005.
Let the adventure continue
towards Iran
I'm shaking
So dangerous. Oh my god
Because he kept on taking my phone and put it in his pocket and I got really scared
I had a feeling he was doing something weird with me
Good morning, all my beautiful people. I hope you're doing well
Today is the day. I'm leaving
Emirates to go to Iran
So the boat is at
9 p.m. Tonight and I will arrive tomorrow at 9 a.m.
So at the moment I will go to the custom and fix all the paper
change some money and
Then be good to go
Yep, I'm looking forward. I'm very excited and nervous
It will be alright. I am not sure how much I will film in Iran and all that
I will see when I come there
But yeah, perhaps a little bit less. We will see
Emirates was really really nice. I had a lovely time here. People are so smiley and helpful
It's incredible, but it was a very short stay here. I
Wish I could stay longer, but next time next time for sure and I bought a new camera. I
Have a new DJI which I put in front of my helmet
DJI 4 so maybe you can see some difference at least for me. It's a huge game-changer
Huh, I really love this camera. It's so good because my other camera was overheating all the time
And it just shut off after 30 seconds. So I lost a lot of material, but it is what it is
So I went to buy this one in a store in Dubai. All right
So I'm getting my DJI action 4 and I'm here at the advanced media to do that. It's crazy. It's so good
This is a big change for me and for you
Wow the lightning everything is just brilliant with this camera, so now I'm ready to go to Iran and yeah do all this
Fantastic. I have a bike here as well. Look. It's a Harley Davidson
Hi, thank you so much
So they were really helpful there and helped me with everything incredible incredible people
installed
everything so we're thankful for that and
I bought some new gloves as well summer gloves because mine are too warm and I know I know I should wear gloves
It's just I didn't have this good summer gloves just big
Bad ones, but here in Dubai I could find them on Shia
So have good gloves now, the only thing is that
Tomorrow when I arrive in Iran, it will be a Friday
On Friday, everything is closed
So custom will be closed
So what I can do is to leave my bike in the customs
Go myself to a hotel stay the night and wait until Saturday and then the day on Saturday. I can pick it up again
So she's gonna stay there for one night
Anyway
Let the adventure continue
towards Iran
Okay
Out to go
first mission is to
exchange some money
We're good to go and fix all the paperwork
Let's do that
We got money
And now
We gotta go somewhere I think it's here and exchange them as well
We need to get some fuel
Just a little bit
Because I want to fuel up in Iran. It's very cheap there to buy fuel
We're taking a little bit
Okay, we have changed money. So it's all good
Dollars some other dollars. So I'm gonna change it when I come to Iran
Now I gotta get something for the boat they said I have dinner there, but I still want to get something just in case
No, they won't they won't do I don't have any hot water but for example noodles cost 4.25
Yep
100 gram of Nescafe gold 25.99 AED
Can buy some prickly pears
What is that it looks from the cactus and jackfruit
Yep
So I'm like two minutes away from the custom and the port
Right my beautiful people I'm sitting on a boat
It's like one two three four seats in a row
Yep, I'm gonna get some dinner and then we're heading out to the sea
Soon it's 9 o'clock
And then we're going, I don't know, we'll probably sleep
A little kid in front of me looking at me right now. He's super super cute
He's gorgeous face
Okay, let's go
Hey, you're my beautiful people. Hope you're doing well
I'm here. I'm in Iran. I'm in my hotel room at the moment
Yesterday I was
Going with the boat at 9 in the evening and I arrived at 9 in the morning
Saw a 12 hours trip
slept half-half
Got some food some dinner on the ferry
It was alright
and then
we came to the port and
It was a man who helped me there to get up my bike and go to many different offices. I can show
Many papers to everyone there, but I couldn't do customs because it's Friday yesterday. So I
Couldn't take her out. So she's staying here my dear
Solric, she's sleeping there. So we are going now to pick her up and
Yeah, I'm just gonna go down and eat breakfast and
Then he will pick us up and we go and do the custom
So we will see if I continue my journey today because it's gonna take a couple of hours or if I continue tomorrow
I didn't explore that much of Bandar Abbas yesterday. I was so exhausted
Of everything, no sleep, papers and new country and a lot of things
So we will see
But now we're gonna go and eat breakfast and then we do the custom
Black cat in the corner there as well
Hi guys, it's nice to meet you
Okay, bye-bye
Okay, where am I going?
I'm in Bandar Abbas if I didn't tell you that
Bandar Abbas and I'm heading up north
I'm going toward Pakistan
Taftan border so I
Gonna do a little little detour not too much. Unfortunately, I would love to but
As I said, I need to get to the Himalayas, which is one of my biggest dreams
to drive in the mountains there and
Yep, I think there we can get out
It's been a lot with the motorcycle yesterday to get her out. It took us six hours to get her out, but
It was okay
It's just like waiting and we got guidance and everything for that
So that was really good. If I would do that alone, I would be so lost and it would take me days or not weeks
So I'm pretty pretty happy for all the help I got there
All right
Let's explore Iran
Wow
Soon six o'clock. I decided to start early due to the heat, of course
So six o'clock is alright. It's not as warm as Emirates
It's like 35 36 degrees something like that
So that's okay I
Can survive it even though it's very hot to drive with the Sun
But it's doable compared to that
48 degrees
All right, he's coming here, yes
He's doing like that, yes, yes, yes
Bandar Abbas, it's a beautiful morning
Very nice with a sunrise. I love to drive with the sunrise. I told you before but
The only thing missing it's a coffee. I eat a little bit of breakfast at the hotel, but I need some coffee
Probably find it on the way
I didn't tell you but I'm going towards a city called Sirjan
I'm just gonna do a u-turn here
It's just a way to
Transport myself, I'm not sure what I can see in Sirjan, but I will go there sleep one night
If everything goes as I want
Otherwise, we will see
There are a few villages I could stay in if that would be the case
Okay
the u-turn
Everything is going all right. It's just a lot of trucks and it's not too hectic in the traffic right now
I'm traveling through this mountain area. It's so beautiful with these mountains
So I'm gonna drink a little bit, rest and then we continue
I have
128 kilometer to my fuel station where I will stop
The issue here with the fuel station is that you need a card
A certain card only locals can have and they asked me for that yesterday when I went out from the customs
My first fueling up, so they asked for this card
I didn't have it
somehow it was this guy coming there and talking to him and
He let me get some fuel
So I hope this won't be a problem in the future
I have some papers that can show that I'm a tourist and I don't need a card, but
Yeah, we will see. I'm sure it works out. I heard a lot of travelers didn't have an issue with that card, so
Shouldn't be a problem for me neither then
I have 44 minutes left until I will grab myself a coffee and fuel her up including myself
The ride is amazing. It's perfect temperature right now and it's not that much traffic
Beautiful surroundings people are so kind along the road. Yeah, you know
I heard many good things about the Iranian people and the nature here. So I
Get to see a little bit of it. I'm very happy for that
It really looks like snow down there. I
Believe it could be salt
I think it is salt
See on that side as well
Yep
What is it, can you tell me Iranian people, what is the white thing on the ground?
We gotta stop and see if they have any fuel
If they do, maybe I can have something to eat
Not sure
I will see. It says there will be a supermarket, but I'm not sure about that neither
Salam
Benzene? Not here? Diesel? Ah, only diesel here
Diesel I don't need. I want benzene
But in the next city, the next one he said
I arrived to this little village and the sister has some fuel here
So cross my fingers that it's not only diesel
So we can get some food for her
Such a nice ride here
The views are incredible. The mountains here are just
Unbelievable. Yeah, it's a bit of a queue to get fuel, I believe. I just gotta wait
Benzene
Okay, see where I can go
Merci, merci
Okay, I don't know how, but he's telling me that I can get fuel somehow
Salam
Okay, I wonder which one
Very good, okay
Salam, benzene? Okay, I got some fuel on
I need to go, I need to go to Sirkan
Yes
Bye-bye
I think that was a bit weird
So I fuel up here. She's good. I don't know. It's just a little bit weird, but maybe it's just me
I guess he was just joking, but it was not fun for me
Because he just kept on taking my phone
From from here and put it in his pocket and I got really scared so many times
I don't know why he did it, if it was just an internal joke there
See what this guy
He was the guy who helped me at the fuel station
To pay the money and everything
I'm going to Sirjan
Sirjan
Yes, the time is it's getting more hot the more hours
I keep on going. Two hours, I'm there. Salam
Because you want to put a hat in here
I thought so, I thought so. Thank you
Merci man, merci
I had a feeling, I had a feeling, I had a feeling he was doing something weird with me
Okay, okay
Do you know a place where I can go and eat?
here
So this is the Iranian hero of the day
Ha and this guy at the fuel station. He tried to take three million. I think from me
300,000
Ha I was so lucky this guy was there because I had a really weird feeling
When I went there
He his energy wasn't really right
And when he kept taking my phone
Then I felt like okay. It was a little bit strange
So I'm so thankful for this guy in front of me. He's showing me to some place to eat
His cousin is taking me to a restaurant because he's working the other guy
Mahdi, Mahdi, Mahdi. Yeah, Mahdi the hero of the day
So I ordered some chicken with some salad again and yeah, it's gonna be delicious
Then I'm gonna do two hours. So I reached Sirian, but it's a pretty cool place. You're sitting in these little cubes
like this
They're very kind and his cousin. He took me here. So kind. I tried to offer him some food or drinks, but I
Think he was in a hurry
So classical salad, like some of this today, bread and chicken
Next time
Such a kind family owning that place
So good and like half price from Bandar Abbas. I gave them some extra money as well because he was so kind
I mean we couldn't share much
Much words, but I can feel their energy. It was so nice
But very kind people
Well, it's good. It's changed
because
I was a rough start there with a with a guy at the fuel station
So what happened at the fuel station? I
Stopped there to get some fuel, but he didn't let me. He didn't let me
Get any fuel. So he start pointing at my phone all the time. So I thought he needed this card
So I tried to tell him that I'm a tourist I just need to fuel up
But then he just ripped my phone off my bike and put it in his pocket
So then I felt like oh, okay. This is his energy was not really
cool
so I
walked towards him and took my phone back and saying don't do that and
then
Yeah, after a while he fueled up and then he said I'm out and I am still not learning
I haven't learned their currency really so I stood there struggling
But then this kind kind guy came and he told me like no no no no no you're gonna pay this amount
Not that amount, okay
So he helped me do that
really quickly there
But it was a bit strange
anyway
it's just
Couple of dollars more. It's not a big amount for me
but it's just
Ripping up tourists
Nah, I don't like that. Especially when you start taking stuff from from your guest
This can happen anywhere in the world as well, don't forget that. Let's explore more of Iran now. Let's go
I did that in just a few seconds. I'm shaking
from there
My phone ripped off and fell on the highway
Oh my god
I just turned around in the middle of the way, no cars
And picked it up as fast as possible. That was so dangerous. Oh my god. Oh
Wow
Everything is alright, everything is alright. What's up with this day?
This one is out of order right now
No more no more. Okay. I mean, I did some kind of MacGyver move there
It flew from here BAM
And it was rolling. I saw in the mirror it was rolling around there and there was no trucks or cars coming
So I used MacGyver, moved around
fast as I could
picked it up
and turned on the side
But hey
If there will be a truck behind me that phone will be ruined. I know I have pretty big issues
Yep out of order
Out of order
Nothing happened with the phone. I have protection and everything on it, but
It's just the cover
And the screen but I have a protection for the screen so it's okay
Yep, MacGyver moves
Sirchan
I'm just gonna find a place to stay and see if they have any spots
There's one tourist hotel. So I will see if it's possible
To go with that one. Oh, this was red. No, I was just following this car. Sorry
Yeah, there's one hotel I'm going for a tourist at all see how much it is otherwise there are a few other ones
We have a ninja cat there
He's digging there. He was jumping like one meter up to get the butterflies. Oh, sorry. He's going to the toilet
I'm not gonna stare
Anyway, they were full
It's a bummer because it was super nice, but
Hugh recommended to go to this hotel instead
So I will try
See if there's something there. Hopefully I can go there
Yes
This is the hotel I paid it $25 for this room
$25 for this room and it's great. It's renovated pretty newly renovated it looks like
Well, I did a mistake because
When I came here I heard 25
but
When I parked my motorcycle and came up again, I said, oh, I have $25 and they were like no 35
So I heard wrong
Something is wrong with my ears. I
Believe why I always don't hear things. It's because of my helmet
Because it has
No wind
Reduction do you say so it takes so much wind and it sounds so much inside my helmet
When I'm driving over 80 kilometers per hours, it's always when I'm done for the day. I'm exhausted in my head
That's one of the things and including um, I don't hear stuff
Anyway, so they said 35 but then we I was like, okay, but they were so kind and let me for 25 in the end
Charging station
bomb AC
Super nice. It's very very nice
Love the bed comfortable. No hair clean
toilet shower
is
Exactly what I need. I don't really have a window. I don't care. I'm just gonna sit here and work right now
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