Today was to be one of those useless transit days, driving from Shiraz to Zein-o-dein, an old caravanserai (hotel for caravans). Luckily there were a few interesting highlights to punctuate the otherwise uneventful 7 hour drive. We left bright and early with our driver Hojat and guide Ali. Hojat treated us to a wealth of yummy snacks he had prepared, including Iranian sweets and fruits. A well prepared guy, we discovered during the trip that Hojat had the ability to always have something up his sleeve when you needed it, including a watermelon, oranges, cucumber, car sick pills, mint water, a knife. You name it, he had it, stashed somewhere in his van. Our first stop was Parsargadae, which was the capital setup by Cyrus the Great, the guy who started the first humungous Persian empire
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