Saturday, 3 May 2008 | Views [756]
The bus journey, on Saturday, from Yazd to Shiraz was long and rather
uneventful. Spending hours looking at dusty arid scrub land can only
hold one’s attention for so long. Throughout the 7 hour ride only two
things caught my eye. The 1st was a lone ... Read more >
Tuesday, 29 Apr 2008 | Views [329]
The desert city of Yazd has been around sine the 2nd century AD and
therefore the old quarter was laid out without the car in mind! The
city is famous for the Bagirs or wind towers that cover the cities
rooftop skyline. It’s an old fashioned air ... Read more >
Friday, 25 Apr 2008 | Views [421]
Planes, trains and automobiles: …ok, no planes but I did go on a bus! The
07:40 train left Qazvin on time and safely cocooned within the air
conditioned carriage with far too much leg I dozed the 2 hour ride to
Tehran. Impressed with the train ... Read more >
Monday, 21 Apr 2008 | Views [562]
The shrill beep of the alarm woke me up at 08:01 precisely. Due to the
fact that the toilets are shared and the only “English” one (I’ve yet
to learn how to squat properly) was one floor down I had to get
dressed, go for a walk just to sit down again.... Read more >
Friday, 18 Apr 2008 | Views [252]
The airplane rumbled across the tarmac of Tehran’s international
airport runway 20 minutes ahead of schedule. So it was only 02:10 in
the morning then! Going through passport control took awhile but not as long as the luggage! At 04:30 my head hit ... Read more >
