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Middle East » Iran » East » Yazd May 19th 2006

Mr Medhi took me to the bus station first thing and got me a ticket to Yadz, 5 boring hours later I checked into my 'hotel', flea pit is a more apt description, but at $7 a night who am I to complain. I dumped my bags in my cubicle and started the walk described in the Lonely Planet, visiting the Water Museum which describes the creation of the thirty thousand underground canals criss crossing the Iranian desert, similar to those Ruthie and I saw in Turpan, in the Gobi Desert. After that the Jamah (Friday) Mosque via an icecream store they are everywhere here, to the old city, I followed the directions for a while to little avail as I was totally lost in the maze. Eventually I found Alexanders Prison (I doubt he ever ... read more
Amir Chakhmaq Complex
Baghirs - Yadz
Yazd's Jamah Mosque

Middle East » Iran » South » Kerman May 17th 2006

Monday morning was madness but thanks to Ruthy was finally in the money and making an insane dash to the Oman's Seeb International Airport, its amazing what a cabbie will do for an extra $5. I am honestly amazed at the lack of compassion for my difficult circumstances from fellow westerner traveller and was disappointed at the middle aged Australian couple who went on and on about how there son got stuck in the Sudan for two weeks without money but offered me no help. Yet dozens of Arabs and Indians have shown the type of kindness that is unknown in western countries, Jill you hit the nail dead on the head, Australia aint what it used to be in regard to helping others. By 12.30 I was in Dubai and catching a cab back to ... read more
Arg - e - Rayen
Arg - e - Rayen
Arg - e - Rayen

Middle East » Iran April 23rd 2006

Salam aleikom! It's been a while since I posted my last travelblog. I hope everybody is doing well and is having lots of fun wherever he or she is. Right now I prepare myself for the upcoming semester in Munich. But before that I had a 5 week trip to my family in Iran. The last time I was there was in 2001 and I couldn't do any sightseeing. Besides, I didn't have a camera with me and there was no travelblog. But this time I took one with me to share some of my experiences there with you. My first destination was Teheran. I stayed only few days and I was hanging around with my cousin Ali. Then I flew to Mashad where most of my family is still living. From there we went by ... read more
Teheran
From Above
Teheran styling

Middle East » Iran » East » Mashhad April 20th 2006

Hi all Remember how we promised to get things up to date before leaving Iran? Well, we blew it I'm afraid and a proper rundown of the last 6 weeks in Turkey and Iran (as well as KP's foodie post) will just have to wait until we hit Uzbekistan. We're in Mashad, north west Iran, right now and will get up at the ungodly hour of half 4 tomorrow morning (20th April) to catch our taxi to the Turkmen border. From there we'll be whisked away by our local guide to the ancient city of Merv, which hasn't been properly inhabited since a certain Mr G. Khan and 7000 friends swept through 8 or 9 centuries ago. We're told Turkmenistan had a little less than 3000 tourists last year (that's around 8 a day, for a ... read more

Middle East » Iran February 18th 2006

Dar vueltas sin sentido, cambiar de planes cada dos por tres, de destino, de reportaje.....y siempre en el ultimo minuto. Fuimos a Shiraz para extender el visado de Iran que se agotaba hoy sabado, y despues el plan era ir al golfo persico y a la isla de Kish, para hacer un reportaje de la isla.....Al final decidimos ir solo a Kish. Cuando llamamos para reservar hotel......TODO LLENO, los baratos claro, solo habia plaza en los hoteles a partir de 40 euros la doble ( cuando en Iran no hemos pagado mas de 8 euros para dormir)...asi que Kish se fue al carajo. Que hacer????? "Pues vamos a Isfahan, y luego al kurdistan irani" nos decimos ilusionados (aunque no muy convencidos....). Asi que cogemos un autobus ( 8 horas) y nos plantamos nuevamente en Isfahan. Una ... read more
RECOVERED

Middle East » Iran » West » Esfahan February 8th 2006

Tehran to Esfahan on a train - what an experience. If you think Immigration control at Heathrow is a nightmare, trying to get on this train was hell - talk about suspicious guards! Not the most comfy trip BUT a good experience and cheap great hotel BUT toilet mosques/architecture are beautiful markets are plentiful with all sorts of tat on sale friendly people practising their English on you is a nice and welcome interaction... read more
ermmmmmm this is no good!!!!
how amazing is this

Middle East » Iran » East » Yazd February 6th 2006

El mundo esta loco, loco, loco...... Y mientras medio mundo anda revuelto por culpa de unas caricaturas e Iran se halla en el ojo del huracan por el enriquecimiento de Uranio, nosotros estamos en Yazd disfrutando por tercera vez de la compania de Mahmood y su gran familia. Hace un par de dias que estamos en su casa, como huespedes de honor, y como unos mas de su familia. El pequeno Soroosh ha crecido un poco ( la verdad es que tampoco mucho) y hay un nuevo miembro en la familia: Amir Arsalan. Las fiestas del Moharram ya han empezado, y cada noche cientos de hombres vestidos de negro van de mezquita en mezquita conmemorando la muerte de Hussein, mientras las mujeres, sentadas, lloran amargas lagrimas por los martires caidos en batalla. Esto de la religion ... read more
Moharram Yazd
Moharram Yazd
yazd

Middle East » Iran » North » Tehran February 3rd 2006

simorgh/raamtin Hotels are both great on the famous Valias avenue parks/street so green and so clean earthquakes can be a worry and Tehran is poised for a big one any day the mountain range of Damarvand with Tehran sitting on the foothills is a great escape out of city life. Good ski resorts and just great open space speed traps are a popular past time of Iranian police... read more
Speed at your peril
an awesome day out in the mountains
The winding road to the Caspian Sea

Middle East » Iran » North » Kashan February 3rd 2006

El ultimo mensaje quedo incompleto por un fallo del ordenador asi que proseguire con el relato: Como decia, eramos los unicos "catolicos" y extranjeros, pero a nadie le importaba, eramos unos peregrinos mas. Durante el viaje a Qom cantaron las desgracias del Hussein, que murio en la batalla de Kerbala junto con sus seguidores y familiares. El es un heroe para el chiismo y los iranis lloran cada anyo su muerte, durante la celebracion del Moharram, que este anyo se celebra desde el 31 de enero hasta el 9 de febrero. Una vez en Qom nos dejan 30 minutos, para ir a rezar, o en nuestro caso para deambular por el patio de la mezquita. Para entrar en el recinto ( en principio la entrada esta prohibida a los infieles!) me dejan un chador, esa especie ... read more

Middle East » Iran » West » Esfahan February 1st 2006

El hotel de Kashan , el unico que podemos permitirnos, es un poco.....como decirlo, incomodo ( solo hay un lavabo y una ducha para todas las habitaciones) y un poco sucio....pero eso no nos tira para atras. La idea era tener como base Kashan para visitar la ciudad sagrada de Qom, pero paseando por la ciudad conocemos a Mohammed un tio local que es un poco friki que nos lleva a un museo donde trabaja su colega, Hamid. Ambos hablan ingles basico pero el suficiente para charlar un rato y acabar quedando con Hamid, al dia siguiente, para ir de excursiona Qom en un autobus de peregrinos. El viaje empieza el dia siguiente, a las 7 de la tarde. Subimos a un autobus lleno de devotos chiis que nos llevara primero a Qom ( a ... read more
kashan
kashan
kashan




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