Blogs from Iran, Middle East

http://www.heygo.com 11th March - Persepolis, The Ancient Persian Empire PERSEPOLIS WAS ONCE THE RICHEST city on earth - the glittering capital of the Achaemenid Empire. At the heart of the city lay the royal palace - a wonder of gold and silver, ivory, and precious stones. From there, Xerxes planned his war against Greece - and the treasure of a vast empire piled up in the store-rooms. In 330 BCE, Persepolis was captured by Alexander the Great. Before he left the city, he ordered the palace burned to the ground - whether through drunken malice or sober calculation, it is impossible to be sure. The ruins lay buried until the 17th century when they were identified as the once-great royal city of Persepolis, but professional excavation did not begin until 1931. It was declared a UNESCO ... read more

Horror stories abound these days, due to the corona virus. For example: A recent article by url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/30/treated-worse-than-criminals-australian-arrivals-put-into-quarantine-lament-conditionsThe Guardian revealed the terrible conditions that Australian citizens who are reentering the country are facing as they are placed at the Sydney InterContinental, a five-star hotel that’s been turned into a government quarantine center. Instead of hand-crafted, Instagram-worthy meals for in-room dining, citizens are receiving meals that are barely edible and that don’t take their dietary restrictions into consideration. Instead of being able to, at the very least, enjoy the stunning views of Sydney that the hotel is known for, those in quarantine aren’t allowed to leave rooms with windows that don’t open. Other Australian citizens being quarantined at ... read more

Na ubytku pohodlna postel, uz len ranajky chybali. Vonku ziadne otvorene jedlo. Nakonec nachadzam jednu pekarnicku, kupujem dva plnene chleby, take placky. No nez sa do nich pustim, vidim kopu ludi v malej miestnosti ako do seba nieco tlacia. Omeletu. Hned teda objednavam. Cakacka kym sa uvolni miesto, potom cakacka na pochutku. Prinasaju mi ju v malom hlinennom hrnci, k tomu chleba. Chut genialna, som si spomenul na maroko tam to bolo rovnako dobre. Napraskany pochodujem k severnemu bus terminalu (asi 5km). Minam istanbulsku branu. Nic extra. Taktiez nic extra po ceste. Akurat sa ku mne pridava mladik, co tlaci tacky. Na nich dake lahke mechy. Ang nevi ale co som vyrozumel pozyva ma na disco kde je aj alkohol a kurvy. Tez sa nemohol zjavit vcera. Furt cestou mele to iste, disco, znazornuje tanec. Velebi ... read more

Na ranajky dnes vynechavam vajco, predsa len budem cestovat 8hod busom. Recepcny chce este foto pred hotelom, tak zrejme budem na neakom letaku. Vchadzam na okraj bazara. I ked je piatok dost prevadzok funguje (ovozel). Zacinam si do sacku nakladat jahody, dobehne predavac, to sa nesmi. Ukazuje na lopatku, tak ja ukazujem 50k a za taku sumu dostavam jahody. Asi tak pol kila, kilo. V dalsom stanku som uz mudrejsi a hned ukazujem 50k nech mi daju za tolko ceresne, opat okolo kila res polkila. Idem rovnakou cestou na bus terminal ako som prisiel. Pri terminale velke parkovisko s kopou aut. Je to jeden velky bazar. Ludia kupuju a predavaju auta Samozrejme pod dohladom policie. Na terminali kupeny listok, bus mi odchadza o 20.00, mam 10hod casu. Ono keby ide viac spojov, vklude to kupim hodinu ... read more

Na izbe som mal nove baby ale na irancanku nemali. Ta bohuzial odisla vcera. Ranajky si davam tentoraz v podzemi kde sa podavali. Robim check out, len nechavam kluc od skrinky. Recepcna ma vola spat ale na jej prekvapenie som tu nemal pas ako depozit. Ziadne velke lucenie ako s inymi ubytovanimi. Asi sa novinka, ze nemam rad ojebavacov rozniesla medzi celym staffom. Rovnou ciarou na metro. V tomto skurvenom meste nechcem ostat ani minutu. V metre sa snazim s peniazmi v ruke odchytit cloveka, ten asi nechapal. Druhy za pomoci pokladnika uz chape a pipa svoju kartu pre mna. Peniaze mi vracia. Chlapik robil v rusku, tak trochu po rusky na mna. Vyskakujem na stanici kaveh kde je bus terminal. Nakonec som si to rozmyslel a predsa sa zastavim v hamedane. Bus zo stanovista c.2 ... read more