Blogs from Iran, Middle East - page 15

Aquí en el lago este no hay ni hormigas, noche tranquila. Por la mañana a la ciudad de Shiraz, a solo 25 km. Se nota que me acerco a la ciudad, la gente se vuelve mala. He pedido usar un baño y me querían cobrar pasta. A los 500m he encontrado una mezquita y les he embozado el inodoro. Es la lucha de las civilizaciones. He llegado a Shiraz. Me he gastado 150000rieles en ir a ver la ciudadela, un truño más grande que el de la mañana. Luego he buscado para conseguir más rieles de estos. Hoy los bancos están cerrados también. Tengo que cambiar en la calle. Peleando he conseguido cambiar el dolar a 1:35000. 100 pavos. Debería llegar par largo mientras no me ponga a comprar souvenirs y tal. A la saluda de ... read more

Es dificil encontrar internet en el desierto! Estoy a 250km de persepolis, casi sin dinero irani, pero llegade a una ciudad dn 2 dias. La gente en iran es fantastica, estar tranquilos que me cuidan bien Portzierto, mi tel es: 0098 933 536 3125 A jugar a pala OIHAN... read more

Geo: 36.5382, 61.1598The temperature in these parts is hovering around 40 for most of the day and it gets a little hotter, 44 ish around lunchtime so we are unable to stand being out of the car too long. There is a hot desert wind which feels like a hairdryer complete with sand blasting. The Iran exit process was smooth enough. Turkmenistan has a reputation for being difficult and we were more than a little apprehensive given the dramas over the last few days. The immigration officer did look at my English passport and both Darren and I stopped breathing for sure. He got up and headed into a side office to talk to his manager, the manager came out (far out where is the Rescue Remedy when I need it, I have run out). He ... read more

Geo: 33.5959, 56.9244We only stayed in Yazd for the one night because we neededto get to Mashhad to collect our Turkmen Visa with plenty of time just in case it is not given… yep we may not get it..any we are 2 days short on our Iran Visa… hummmSo anyway we headed north towards Tabas and into the desert.. We steadily climbed up to 2500mtrs again and the temp also started to rise..then we started to descend in to the low desert and the temp went up to the mid 40's.. then the low 50's… at one stage it was 57 degrees freaken hell it was hot… well hot outside anyway…. Yep we had the AC turned on and the in cabin temp varied between 23 and 26 degrees…. How tough are we… maybe not tough ... read more

Geo: 29.0454, 56.9681Humm… we set out from Shiraz (which was nondescript) and headed for a town called Rayen… apparently it is just like Bam except it did not get flattened in the 2003 earthquake…I say apparently because we never got to see it. One of the issues that can happen with self drive overland is you just can't find the place you wanted to go… The signs start off in English then either change to Persian or just fade out altogether… The result is the same… opportunity missed… and it was only a 650Km diversion… lucky fuel is cheap.Stayed at Kerman and it was a crazy place… crazy insomuch as the drivers were particularly aggressive. Really intimidating to say the least. Rather boring town with only a few things to see like the ancient Ice House… ... read more