This was a long hot day in the Peugeot, taking the back roads through the Zagros to Esfahan. We stopped for food in Yasuj and In Sisackt. We also stopped at a waterfall 10k outside Sisackt and filled up the camel packs with the fresh mountain water. Apart from that we passed the hours singing western and Persian songs, with us trying to imitate Batman's versions of the latter, often adjusting a word or two for gentle comic effect.
We let Batman drop us beside the road outside Esfahan so that he could get going on his return journey. To retain his $16 profit margin, he needed to avoid taking a room overnight.
We left our bags at the hotel and headed into town, where we were promptly accosted by Aida and her father, who we spent the next few hours talking to in Naqsh-e-Jahan square. This is the main square in Esfahan. My photos will be uploaded soon, but in the meantime, if you find photos of the square online, you will see why it is the subject of the famous Esfahani half rhyme - "Esfahan nesf-e Jahan". This translates as "Esfahan is half the world". The square and the mosques and palaces that front onto it, are one of the wonders of the Persian world.
