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October 16th 2011
On Tuesday, 11.10., I was leaving Esfahan in direction of Shiraz. Saeids mother gave me lots of food that I had difficulties to pack all the stuff in my packages :) Thanks a lot to Saeid and his family! I hope I can give something back in the future! It was the season of Pomegranates. I was given so much Pomegranates. And they are heavy! It was a big challenge to eat them faster then getting new ones! But until Shiraz I made it:) I could also recognize that I get into the grape region. I was also given much grapes. But they are not so heavy... The first three days I was quite fast, I made over 400km. On the way to Shiraz I visited some historical sites. I thought a bit history in Persia ... read more
November 25th 2010
Does Osama like to swim? Yes he does. If it was more wading and paddling or arms stretched to the front parting the water like morning curtains I can’t recall, but he certainly had no fear of water. There was no hesitation there: that is true, for I swam alongside him some years back, in 1997 by the settled calendar of the west, to be exact, to be precise, in the mountainous wilds of southern Iran. The water was mineral stained, the blue at its least a mix of cobalt glass, peacock-chest and Swedish-eye. It was other-worldly, a blue that must’ve shamed the sky even in its brightest effort, such that the regular concealment of night would come as an entirely welcome cloak to its failure. The water was warm, Earth-baked and a suitable adversary for ... read more
October 31st 2009
My final hours in Iran - that country that I will never forget, for its generous, beautiful people, so misjudged by the majority of the West. I arrived at the ferry port in Bandar Lengeh as instructed at 7am, for my 10am trip to Sharjah - part of the sprawling city in the United Arab Emirates that includes neighbouring Dubai. At 7am there was no sign of any official activity, but there were half a dozen people already waiting, sitting next to their personal cargoes of identically tied-up cardboard boxes and plastic-wrapped dozens of jars of pickled gherkins. I walked to the beach to enjoy the clean and salty air, and soak up the heat that was almost unbearable so early in the day. I also thought and worried a little about my possible visa predicament; ... read more
October 30th 2009
For a day and a half I was by the Persian Gulf, in the south of Iran. Here there was a marked liberal air, in relation to the rest of Iran, of course. Clothing was more colourful, women's ankles were often to be spotted (for those who were looking) and that obscure fanciful practice known as swimming was undertaken in full public view. I arrived in Bandar Abbas at 8.30am, and already it was very hot - such a contrast to cooling early autumnal Esfahan. The first sight to shake me from my night-bus hangover was the startling face-coverings worn by some women in the Gulf region as part of the burqa. I was too sleepy to take a picture of this, so concentrate on the description: Bright red and stiff, made of I don't know ... read more
Running amok in the Persian Gulf
Published: October 19th 2008Middle East » Iran » South » Bandar Abbas
October 12th 2008
The bus pulls into Bandar Abbas about 6am. The first thing I notice is the heat - its around 30 degrees and the humidity is about ten million percent. Danial and Iman meet me at the station, and as soon as I see them I know Bandar is going to be loads of fun. While the town itself is unspectacular the islands, and the company prove to be first-class. Our first mission is to Hormoz Island - myself Danial, Kamil and Anna take a speedboat across. The heat is almost unbearable, and there is very little shade on the island. We walk through a village which is inhabited by Bandari's and on to the Portuguese castle. The castle is in ruin and has been badly damaged by earthquakes, but some parts, including the underground church are ... read more
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October 22nd 2006
Aqui estamos, otra vez en Iran.....pero esta vez con el encargo de hacer un libro de fotografia sobre el pais.Perdonad el retraso en escribir este nuevo blog, no he tenido tiempo para actualizarlo pero os dejo con el resumen de estas primeras semanas: PRIMERA PARADA: ISFAHAN La primera semana en Iran ha sido un completo desastre: Nada mas llegar a Isfahan (primera parada en nuestro tour fotografico) el portatil decide dejar de funcionar, lo que significa que sin portatil no podemos descargar las fotos y entonces estar aqui no tiene ningun sentido.....PORQUE ESTA MALA SUERTE???? Tras intentar repararlo sin conseguirlo, nos vimos forzados a comprar un nuevo portatil....asi que la entrada a Iran no ha sido muy buena, y espero que a partir de ahora no ocurran mas imprevistos y podamos hacer un buen trabajo aqui.... ... read more
