16/01/2008
Quelques jours passés à Heidelberg chez Phildar et Carolina avec les potes des Skallumés (groupe-icône culte de toute une génération d’ESSTINinens).
Rien de vraiment phénoménal à raconter, si ce n’est la joie de passer la nouvelle année avec des amis que je n’avais pas vu depuis un bail pour certains et cela faisait énormément plaisir de revoir.Soirée du 31 au concert de Mardi Gras Brass Band (site + myspace) (ils sont vraiment bons, allez les voir si vous pouvez) puis bouffe gargantuesque et puis voilà.
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4/12/2007
Earlier on this month, I got contacted through Facebook (my profile is here) by an old friend of mine with whom I’ve been travelling to Benin 3 years ago.
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14/09/2007
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
13/09/2007
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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5/09/2007
Back from Persepolis, one more night in Shiraz, and we were heading to Yazd.
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31/08/2007
The main reason we were going to Shiraz was Persepolis, the last remainin ruins from the Achaemenid Empire. About 2 500 years old.
So we left very early in the morning, by public transportation to reach the place. Read the rest of this article »
29/08/2007
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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24/08/2007
Second stop, in Esfahan, where our trip really started.
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22/08/2007
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).
17/08/2007
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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3/08/2007
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
21/07/2007
Just a small post to tell y ou that everythig is OK here in Iran.
I am actually in Esfahan, since 3 days and 1 more.
Words are missing to describe the Imam square, the blue Mosques and endless bazars. Hopefully my camera is pretty much often ON.
No pictures for the moment, but don’t worry, they will come in time.
The country is really different from what I could have expected. So developped, pretty much rich and the people are sooooooooooo friendly and helpful.
More to come very soon.
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15/07/2007
7 hours before taking the bus to Qazvin.
Two weeks in Iran. Qazvin so, then Qom (one of the oldest Holy cities of Islam), Kashan, Esfahan, Yazd, Shiraz, Persepolis and finally Tehran. Then flying back to Yerevan :)
Hospitality club powered :)
And I will try to meet Romain in Esfahan.
I don’t really know neither how often I will be able to blog during the net two weeks, nor if I will be able to photoblog.
See you in two weeks in the worst case :)
12/07/2007
Here some pictures from my stay in Tbilisi last week.
As usual, it was too short (4 days), we didn’t had time to travel outside the city.
But nevermind, I loved hanging around the ethnic districts, jewish, azeri, armenian, all the small junk streets.
I’m definitely under the spell of this city. So much different from Yerevvan, much less soviet, much more european, as I was telling you during my first trip (pictures here). Much more urban in fact. That’s what i enjoyed.
More pictures on my flickr page. Next week Iran :)
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30/04/2007
Hi there.
just arrived in Tbilissi for a few days vacations.
The city is really amazing.
Totally different from Yerevan, much more european indeed.
And people here seems crazzy.
I’m really looking forward to discover this culture a bit more in deep.
Will come back in Armenia in the end of the week :)
