Relaxing
In courtyard in Yazd
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Annexed by Russia between 1865 and 1885, Turkmenistan became a Soviet republic in 1924. It achieved its independence upon the dissolution of the USSR in 1991. President NIYAZOV retains absolute control over the country and opposition is not tolerate... [read more]
Annexed by Russia between 1865 and 1885, Turkmenistan became a Soviet republic in 1924. It achieved its independence upon the dissolution of the USSR in 1991. President NIYAZOV retains absolute control over the country and opposition is not tolerate... [read more] Blog: Esfahan to Ashgabat
Date: June 20th 2009
Having left Esfahan behind, visiting mosques, wonderful bridges straddling a river with no water and having eaten some traditional Iranian food (apart from the ever present kebabs!) we headed south to Shiraz of grape fame - isn’t it odd that they are a nation of teetotallers. Although we were spending two nights there we only had one full day to explore and half of that was spent at the Ira ... read more
Date: June 20th 2009
Having left Esfahan behind, visiting mosques, wonderful bridges straddling a river with no water and having eaten some traditional Iranian food (apart from the ever present kebabs!) we headed south to Shiraz of grape fame - isn’t it odd that they are a nation of teetotallers. Although we were spending two nights there we only had one full day to explore and half of that was spent at the Ira ... read more
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Retired, happy and spending the kids inheritance on our OAP gap year. Why should the youngsters have all the fun. We are travelling from Istanbul to Kathmandou for three months and we would be very happy if you would like to follow our progress. Hopefully we'll be in enough places where we are able to fire up the computer! See you soon, Chill Man! James and Margaret... full info
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