September 14th, 2007 by Thomas
Here we are. My 7 posts long report from my trip in Iran is over. I hope you enjoyed it, and the pictures (if so, leave a comment here :)).
Here is a recap, with all the links :
#1 : Getting to Iran
#2 : Kashan, suffocating
#3 : Esfahan, easy-going, visual, elegant + More pictures
#4 : Shiraz, depressing and austere
#5 : Persepolis, quiet & mystic
#6 : Yazd, arid and luminous
#7 : Tehran, Alternative iranian way of life
Photo by Anahide
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September 13th, 2007 by Thomas
Tehran. Final (4 days long) step of our trip. We flew from Yazd with Iran Air. Service was good, and flight went smooth. 1h20, 800 kms, 23 US $ (yes yes).
We arrived by night straight to our Hospitality Club host. A really nice guy.
To be honest, I don’t really know what about starting writing…
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September 5th, 2007 by Thomas
Back from Persepolis, one more night in Shiraz, and we were heading to Yazd.
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August 31st, 2007 by Thomas
The main reason we were going to Shiraz was Persepolis, the last remainin ruins from the Achaemenid Empire. About 2 500 years old.
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August 29th, 2007 by Thomas
Without any other transition than a 7 hours bus trip by night, we arrived to Shiraz.
Tough change compared to the Half of the World.
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August 26th, 2007 by Thomas
Si Oh Seh bridge, under
Blue Mosque, B/W
Closer shots
Blue mosque, from under
Si Oh Seh, by night
Sunset
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August 24th, 2007 by Thomas
Second stop, in Esfahan, where our trip really started.
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August 22nd, 2007 by Thomas
Our first step of the trip. Kashan, small city south/south east and 4 hours by bus from Tehran (only) 150 000 inhabitants.
A first rigorous stop in a very traditional city, where the only coloured clothes you see in the street are the ones from (very few) foreign tourists. Black everywhere. (A bit) frightening. But no worries, Anahide bought a nice iranian manteau in Bazar.
Welcome in Kashan
Kashan from top, 40°C wind at 8PM
Tea timeJust before finishing this post, 2 pictures from Abyaneh, a small village 70 km from Kashan where you can meet one of the last zoroastrian community in Iran (these ladies with coloured hijab).
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August 17th, 2007 by Thomas
As you probably know (if you’re reading Follow the Way regularly :)), I’ve been 2 weeks in Iran on holidays, with a swiss friend (whose female point of view is also interesting).
2 weeks in a totally crazy country, far far away from all the stereotypes we could have from our western civilizations.
Let’s go
Yerevan, 9.30 AM : our “Volvo” bus ( very comfortable, i.e. with A/C, cold water, toilets) was standing like a giant among all those little soviets marshutkas.
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August 3rd, 2007 by Thomas
Sorry for the lack of posts these days.
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Bye bye Armenia
I came back safely from Iran. Tons of photos and thoughts to blog about it. Please be patient
You’ll find a report from my swiss friend who traveled with me
here with some of my pictures.
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I’m leaving Armenia on sunday night, so see you all in Yerevan one last time sunday evening at Shamrock Irish pub, Saryan street.
That’s all for the moment
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