The Domes and Bridges of Esfahan

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March 2nd 2016

Published: March 2nd 2016

<em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Day 40 Saturday 27th February 2016 Today is a bus to Esfahan which leaves at 10.30am so slept in a bit and got a taxi to the terminal. No sooner had we jumped out of the taxi and we were being asked where to and do we have a ticket, every step someone different asked us the same question and wanted to see our ticket. Finally sat down and another m... Read Full Entry

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Bazar-e Bozorg

Bags of spices

Bazar-e Bozorg

Bad Hair day for Dummies

Bazar-e Bozorg

Tiled Passageway

Bazaar

Flashier Tourist Bazaar

Masjid-e Jameh

Under the 1000 year old Southern Dome

Inner Courtyard

Minaret

Northern Portal

Leaning columns in Southern Prayer Hall

Masjed-e Jameh

Wonky Columns

Masjed-e Jameh

Mud Brick walls of Southern Dome

Masjed-e Jameh

Details of mud brick work

Masjed-e Jameh

Northern Prayer Hall

Masjed-e Jameh

Tile Work in Northern Portal

Masjed-e Jameh

Southern Dome

Masjed-e Jameh

Northern Portal

Masjed-e Shah

As seen from the Square

Masjed-e Shah

Entry Portal

Masjed-e Shah

Mountains of carpets everywhere

Masjed-e Shah

East Iwan

Masjed-e Shah

South Iwan with Tiled Dome

3rd March 2016

taracloud
Tara Cloud

Fab photos in the land of high prices!
Love the domes and bridges and tiles and spices--rather makes up for seeing so many women in chadors, dealing with carpet sellers and paying such high prices. $48 for a room and no breakfast? Sydney prices for coffee? At least the mosques and churches weren't as outrageously expensive as the museums on your earlier stops. And how great for you that tourism is down--you can roll in late in the evening and score a palace of a room! Good show!

3rd March 2016

taracloud
Tara Cloud

Torture and hell!
There's a scene in my favorite film, The Seventh Seal, where an artist in the Middle Ages is painting scenes of torture and hell, and explains that people would rather see that than a naked woman. This may also have been familiar to Christian Armenians uprooted from their land to work in Muslim Iran.

4th March 2016

Shelley and Scott
Michele Hutchinson and Scott Maberley

Hell
I thought it was amusing that there seemed to be a lot more wicked women going to hell than wicked men. Was it that the artist enjoyed painting naked women, or was it that they just thought women were more wicked?

6th March 2016

D MJ Binkley
Dave and Merry Jo Binkley

Going boldly
You've really done your research and are going where few have gone. The blogs are interesting and the cathedrals and mosque have such character. I would not want to fall asleep on the bus and wake up with the pooch snarling at me. That could be a heart stopper.

6th March 2016

Shelley and Scott
Michele Hutchinson and Scott Maberley

Face to face with a sniffer dog
It was one of those moments you wished you had your camera ready, and on the right setting to catch the speed of him bolting off the bus. We felt sorry for the poor guy but sure did give us a good laugh.

8th March 2016

traudy glasencnik
non-member comment

Loving it!
I am so impressed with these mosques!!! My god! How fortunate are we of 21st century to still be able to witness such master builder attributes of 1,000 or less years before. I'm loving the pictures of all these places and all these amazing sites! Thank you so much guys. Outside of the occasional hiccup, taxi driver weirdo, L/P outdated info. I imagine you are both finding this trip absolutely fascinating and rewarding. I'm really loving it! xx

8th March 2016

Shelley and Scott
Michele Hutchinson and Scott Maberley

Thanks Traudy, Iran is pretty amazing and easy to photograph. Yea we keep whinging about how hard this is, but you know that the worst day of travelling is still better than your best day at work. When we get some decent WiFi again we need to email you to get an update.

15th March 2016

maxzak
non-member comment

"Game of Thrones Season 6" : )))

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