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In 2011, at the height of tension between the British and Iranian governments, travel writer Lois Pryce found a note left on her motorcycle outside the Iranian Embassy in London:... I wish that you will visit Iran so you will see for yourself about my country. WE ARE NOT TERRORISTS!!! Please come to my city, Shiraz. It is very famous as the friendliest city in Iran, it is the city of poetry and gardens and wine!!!Your Persian friend,HabibIntrigued, Lois decides to ignore the official warnings against travel (and the warnings of her friends and family) and set off alone on a 3,000 mile ride from Tabriz to Shiraz, to try to uncover the heart of this most complex and incongruous country. Along the way, she meets carpet sellers and drug addicts, war veterans and housewives, doctors and teachers - people living ordinary lives under the rule of an extraordinarily strict Islamic government.



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Lois Pryce

Lois Pryce (b.1973) is a British travel writer, journalist and author of three books.

In 2003 she left her job at the BBC in London to ride her motorcycle from Alaska to the tip of South America. Upon her return she wrote the book of this trip, 'Lois on the Loose', which was published in the USA and the UK and translated into several languages.

In 2006 she set off from London to motorcycle the length of Africa, taking in the Sahara, the Congo and Angola. Her second book, 'Red Tape & White Knuckles' is the story of this adventure.

In 2013/14 she made two solo tours of Iran on her motorcycle which is the subject of her latest book, Revolutionary Ride.

She is also a co-founder of the Adventure Travel Film Festival, which takes place annually in the UK and Australia.

www.loisontheloose.com
twitter @loispryce



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