Methuselah On The Move - Update 11 (Yazd to Esfahan) October 6th 2013 <strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Yazd to Esfahan
<strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Saturday 5th October
Today was one of those days that was to be laid back – a simple 330 km trip to Esfahan with one stop to view the Jame Mosque in Naein at about the halfway point. The trip was across desert and it was hot. The truck traffic was heavy ... read more
Middle East » Iran » West » Esfahan 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
A grumpy old man who got the travel bug late in life. I now like to go to unusual and exotic places. Have visited Vietnam (3 times - first trip in 1971 but it doesn't count, since then visited again twice - in 2003 with Carol and 2008 with the "almostnomads"), Europe 1976, New Zealand 1982, Malaysia (five ties), Singapore (eight times), Turkey 2011, Jordan 2011 (took part in an archaeological dig at Pella), US North East + California as well as Eastern Canada in 2009, US West Coast and Western Canada 2011, China 2010, Borneo 2012 - that's where I had an altercation with a motor cycle and te... full info