PAKISTAN | Saturday, 25 Oct 2008 | Views [208]
Horribly lost and nervous at Lahore station. Unbelievably noisy, a demonstration of some sort is gathering nearby, I get put into town. I need shalwar kameez and I need LP India. Taxidriver takes me to buy s.k. but women in P are slim and nothing fits.... Read more >
Tags: trust, catholics, tea
PAKISTAN | Friday, 24 Oct 2008 | Views [229]
I woke Andy in the night as frighteneing noises were coming from another room - grunting, mad noises like nothing I heard before. We lock all the windows and check the door and eventually fall asleeep again. Horrid. Wake before 8 and get stuff together.... Read more >
Tags: goats
PAKISTAN | Thursday, 23 Oct 2008 | Photo Gallery
Friendliest place on earth
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PAKISTAN | Thursday, 23 Oct 2008 | Views [201]
And I thought Iranians were friendly! What a welcome in Pakistan! Everyone wnats to say hello, shake hands, have pic taken, practice their english and just hang out with you. It is like England, familiar faces and altho there are open sewers either side ... Read more >
Tags: friendly pakistan
PAKISTAN | Thursday, 23 Oct 2008 | Photo Gallery
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PAKISTAN | Thursday, 23 Oct 2008 | Photo Gallery
New country, new currency
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IRAN | Thursday, 23 Oct 2008 | Photo Gallery
Bam to Zahedan - the tricky bit
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PAKISTAN | Wednesday, 22 Oct 2008 | Views [252]
I am now in Pakistan - there is something invigorating about a new country - drinking tea with money changers who are taking me for all I have. Everone has to make a living. I object when one of them tries to sell me two bus tickets on account of no ... Read more >
Tags: taftan, bus, moneychangers
IRAN | Wednesday, 22 Oct 2008 | Views [272]
Breakfast of pistachios and apple aborad the bus for Zahedan, wild and dangerous Zahedan. The Iranian girl opp me has disappeared completely under her black veil but surfaces pretty quickly when her mobile rings. There is a scrolling message at the front ... Read more >
Tags: no bandits, no problem
IRAN | Tuesday, 21 Oct 2008 | Views [242]
It is eleven o'clock in Akbar's guesthouse in Bam, poor devastated Bam. Today I was the only tourist in town - they lost their great attraction, the Arg e Bam, the adobe citadel, in the 2003 earthquake and now it is just a resting place on the long trek ... Read more >
IRAN | Tuesday, 21 Oct 2008 | Views [161]
It is eleven o'clock in Akbar's guesthouse in Bam, poor devastated Bam. Today I was the only tourist in town - they lost their great attraction, the Arg e Bam, the adobe citadel, in the 2003 earthquake and now it is just a resting place on the long trek ... Read more >
IRAN | Monday, 20 Oct 2008 | Photo Gallery
post-2003 earthquake
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IRAN | Monday, 20 Oct 2008 | Photo Gallery
off again
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IRAN | Monday, 20 Oct 2008 | Photo Gallery
desert
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IRAN | Sunday, 19 Oct 2008 | Views [182]
Decide against another night in this overpriced hotel and opportunity to see the town as no one has a good word to say about Kerman so it's a rush for the border sans rest, sans bazaar, sans decent-sized daybag. Bus to Bam is 4 - 6 hours. And it must ... Read more >
Tags: the tricky bit
IRAN | Saturday, 18 Oct 2008 | Views [215]
Making plans to leave. Asked manager Ali for his advice on timing last night. I want to get the 6.10am Yazd to Zahedan and then Zahedan to the border, the scary border. If I leave today I will see nothing of Yazd and miss Zoroastrian Fire temple completely ... Read more >
Tags: zoroastrians unseen, food, no fear
IRAN | Friday, 17 Oct 2008 | Views [172]
Orient Hotel - what a fabulous place. Stayed up till 4 talking and feel deathly. Jobs today: 1.Work out schedule for leaving before visa ends. 2.Post Office to send presents home. 3.Internet. 4. Shower. Not necessary for hygeine particularly but only ... Read more >
Tags: beauty of persians. heat
IRAN | Thursday, 16 Oct 2008 | Views [195]
God, this Amir Kabir hostel is a dump! the man washing down the loos first thing is also the guy who makes the breakfast. First H and his wife arrive with armful of presents, poetry by Hafez and others. Then P and her children and mum arrive to take ... Read more >
Tags: kindness of iranians
IRAN | Wednesday, 15 Oct 2008 | Views [212]
Saw so much today. At the Imam Mosque a man is standing singing in an empty room. His friend asked if I understood what he was singing about. I said yes, everyone understands beauty. I did not photograph him. Sometimes you don't. 2 small Afghani refugee ... Read more >
IRAN | Wednesday, 15 Oct 2008 | Photo Gallery
sheer loveliness
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