Yazd - Towers of silence

Not that silent anymore! Got to love a historical site you can ride right up to, and over, and around. Sort of like a local motocross track! Shame about the dead people, but the vultures ate them out of the top of the towers years ago.

Life In Iran

November 12th 2011
The Country So I had this vision that when we crossed the Anatolian Plateau in Eastern Turkey and entered Iran the cold would be over. After all, Iran is a hot desert kind of place, isn’t it? Well yes, Iran is a hot desert kind of place, but a bloody mountainous one. So far we have rarely been below 1,000 metres in altitude, and mostly have been at 1,500m plus. Often we hit 2,100 or ... read more

Middle East » Iran » East » Yazd

Known as Persia until 1935, Iran became an Islamic republic in 1979 after the ruling monarchy was overthrown and the shah was forced into exile. Conservative clerical forces established a theocratic system of government with ultimate political author... ... read more

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