A day of cycling in Iran by numbers:
- Hijab removed when nobody was looking: 1
- Showers in a cold stream: 2
- People who insisted we must be wealthy: 2
- Invitations to spend the night: 2
- Mountain peaks climbed: 3
- Pieces of bread eaten: 4
- Food breaks: 5
- Gifts of food: 6 (oranges, apples, yogurt, sugar and two bags of bread)
- Photos snapped by Iranians on their cameraphones: 7
- Motorcyclists who tailed our bikes: 15
- Pictures taken: 150
- Cries of “hello mister”: countless