It's not hyperbolic to say Rick Steves, the beloved travel host and writer ... Also on that trip, he saw a stark gap between the rich and poor in Iran and ungovernable territories around the ...

Or the truly wretched hostels—befouled with ants, cigarette butts, and broken windows—he rented for pennies in Iran and ...

Rick Steves is arguably the country’s most beloved ... After traveling as cheaply as possible through Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan, they finally arrived in India – the destination ...

Rick Steves speaks at an event for his new book ... The Iranian Revolution came in 1979 with the Shah of Iran being overthrown, and Russia invaded Afghanistan. Steves said travelers could ...

During that time, Rick Steves’ Europe has flourished to a staff ... Shortly after his journey, the Ayatollah Khomeini closed Iran’s borders. Less than a year later, the Soviet Union invaded ...