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.…
Month: August 2007
Iran #4 : Shiraz : depressing and austere
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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More pictures about Esfahan
Si Oh Seh bridge, under
Blue Mosque, B/W
Closer shots
Blue mosque, from under
Si Oh Seh, by night
Sunset
… Iran #3 : Esfahan : easy-going, visual, elegant
Second stop, in Esfahan, where our trip really started.
Iran #2 : Kashan , suffocating
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 …
Iran #1 : Getting there
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 …
Nubarashen : Smoking garbage
Just before going to Iran (the pictures are coming, I swear it :)), We went with Anahide to Nubarashen dump site, in the framework of her ecological researches for KASA NGO.
Unusual destination for a taxi driver
