Yazd, Iran Travel Blogs

Mud, mud, glorious mud!!!
Sep 25, 2005 (34 photos)

... David's and David's in mine!!! That's how much dodging and swerving he was doing!! He was the Formula 1 Dodgems driver of Yazd!! Lucky to reach out desination alive we climbed the higher of the two towers and positioned ourselves with a good view of the ...

Extras
Sep 26, 2005 (39 photos)

... as our Dutchie friends had invited us up for a home cooked meal of pizza. It went down a treat and for the first time in Iran, I found myself hankering for a beer. A bit sad, but I really need one !!! We were up early as we had a driver coming to pick ...

turism
Nov 11, 2006 (13 photos)

Lasime endale eelmisel õhtul kaela määrida tuuri lähedalasuvates külades. Kolmes, kuhu ise oleks LP kirjelduse järgi tahtnud minna ainult kahte. Aga ok. Neljane grupp, mis on odavam, transport siiski kahes autos, giid + kaks autojuhti + prantslane ja ...

matk
Nov 13, 2006 (2 photos)

Mr Friendly Internet suutis reisijutulehe lahti muukida! Saluut! hot.ee-ga sama trikk küll ei õnnestunud, aga mul jäi meelde, kuidas see käis ;) Sri Lanka kaudu. Hommikul suund karavanseraisse. Zein-o-din, 60 km. Minibusside pesa ei õnnestu üles leida, ...

Persepolis and old fashion air con
Dec 16, 2006 (25 photos)

... only go with them for a little hour. I got a few more rides through the deserted and sometimes snowy landscape in Central Iran. I was cold, but I think, still better than the killing high temperatures in the summer. An the last truck that to me from the ...

My vacation on the vacation
Dec 28, 2007 (1 photos)

Will update

Desperatly seeking desert
Nov 16, 2008

... mentionner quelques superbes rencontres, surtout masculines (quoi que : je m'étais fait embarquer aux côtés d'une charmante iranienne à mon arrivée à Yazd, celle-ci concluant notre bref echange en fârsi par son numéro dans mon guide papier et, à l'oreille, "we can ...

Mesto Yazd
Apr 30, 2009 (11 photos)

Poèasi sva se iz Isfahana odpravila v malo pusèavsko mestece Yazd. Po obièajnem motoviljenju s taksisti in iskanju hotela sva pristala v predelani stari domaèiji, ki je vsekakor najlepsi hotel v katerem sem v zivljenju bival. Vendar so imeli na voljo samo eno ...

Mud, mud, mud
May 17, 2008 (11 photos)

nice hotel

Muscles and Mosques and Mousavi
Jun 14, 2009 (31 photos)

... our hands over the flame.  Heathens.    A short stop at the Amir Chaghmagh theatre provided a few shots of Yazd’s main street, long and straight like Dominion Road, and views over the city.  Many of the buildings in Yazd retain ...

Yazd - the old and the new
Nov 8, 2008 (16 photos)

... go away you either say "Enough" - "bass-tey" or "Away" - "borro".   The brush with the underbelly of Yazd behind us Mohsen led us into a hotel converted from an old merchant's house to view the courtyard, and a groovy photograph taken ...

How many mud houses can one man take?
Feb 16, 2008 (23 photos)

... in Iran are really nice and usually so amazed a foreigner is in their taxi to try anything shifty. The great thing about Yazd was its old city - it is made completely of mud and was so amazing to walk around especially at night. Again there were ...

I can't come up with a clever title for this entry
Sep 14, 2008

Warning: Boring Entry. Dont waste your time. I left the hotel at 7 am so I could catch my 730 bus to Yazd.  In Iran, when you reserve or buy a bus ticket, it is obvious that the bus companies consider your gender before issuing a seat number. Each ...

Yazd - half a day's visit - more to come
Nov 8, 2008 (14 photos)

... /city required almost micro-waved attention to each sight and sound experienced. Still, musn't grumble!! Yazd, to put you in the picture dates from AD224-637, which was the Sassanian period. ...

another day, another ruin, another city
Nov 6, 2008 (7 photos)

... the record old Cyrus the Modest (I'm joking. He was Great) was the first Shah, and considered the Father of Iran. Thankfully it was onto to Yazd and to the Caravan Hotel (actually a motel) a mere 20-30 minutes in a crazy taxi ride from the ...

Finally, some other travellers! And a great hotel
May 17, 2006 (36 photos)

... and hit the water at the bottom, a kind of old age air conditioning! From there we wandered the charming streets of Yazd around the city (via the Jame Mosque and other places) to home sweet home. The highlight of my time in Yazd however ...

Can people get any nicer?
Nov 11, 2003 (1 photos)

... , over the stunning, huge, deserted mud walled city would have to be seen to be described (certainly the highlight of Iran). Having studied the Persian architecture at some length, and thanks to the latest loooong bus journey, our new house design is well ...

Yazd, Meybod, Kharanaq and Chak Chak
May 17, 2006 (33 photos)

... interesting, but in Yazd water even has a museum dedicated to it. Iranians have been building wells and irrigation channels for centuries and Yazd is famous for its cisterns and reservoirs. The city is one of the most exotic I have been in Iran: it has ...

unine päev
Nov 12, 2006 (7 photos)

Magame kaua. Selgub, et hommikusööki antakse vähemalt poole kümneni või kauem. See on hea uudis. Kolame mööda vanalinna, teeme pilte pahaaimamatutest inimestest. Mõned neist tahavad meid kangesti kuhugi juhatada, ainus mure on see, et me ei tea, kuhu me minna ...

yazd, etc
Dec 18, 2006 (6 photos)

the day after filluming finished, allessandro and i went to yazd and stayed in a caravanasseri.  we visited ardakan where we wandered the mudbrick alleyways of the old city and then meybod to check out a castle and restored ice house, where we ...

Shiraz-Yazd
Nov 10, 2006 (1 photos)

Karm varajane tõusmine kell viis, et kindlalt peale bussile jõuda. Buss on peen, termomeetriga, mis annab võimaluse jälgida kliimamuutusi teel. Shirazis 21-22 kraadi, mägedes kohati isegi 8, kõrbes jälle üle 20. Kõrgematel mäetippudel lumi. Paljureklaamitud Silk ...

The Zoroastrian flame burns brightly
Sep 13, 2008 (15 photos)

... ;winding lanes, past small dwellings and wind towers made of adobe - sand, clay, water and straw/dung. Yazd's heritage as a centre of Zoroastrianism is also important. It was the first monotheistic religion and predominant religion in Iran before ...

On the way to Yazd
Jun 13, 2009 (27 photos)

... sound. With 'Kristina’s’ flip top head opened up, we soon secured the services of the best truck mechanic in Iran (or so Mustapha told us). While waiting, we wandered around the back streets of this lovely mud brick town, took some photos, ...

Yazd, la fille du desert
Feb 17, 2009 (33 photos)

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Road from Kerman to Yazd
Feb 16, 2009 (8 photos)

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Yazd
Oct 4, 2008 (9 photos)

Hello all. here are some photo's of Yazd, one of the oldest cities in the world.

Garmeh to Yazd
May 26, 2005 (4 photos)

... minority in India). Even though they are regarded as pagans and non-believers by the Iranian mainstream, they have fared comparatively well in Iran. Afterall, Zoroastrianism is an important Persian legacy that has made Iran unique in the world.

Yazd 1
May 28, 2005 (23 photos)

... realized that kitschy-ness is Modern Talking's appeal. I grew to accept the omnipresence of Modern Talking throughout my travels in Iran, but it is an ill-fit with Zoroastrianism and Chak Chak for sure. Chak Chak is actually the a natural spring situated ...

Yazd 2
May 28, 2005 (36 photos)

... of everything. Then a lovely green-eyed young lady offered to help me. She is a student of English literature at Yazd University. With her mother standing nearby, we carried on a pleasant conversation about the sweets as she helped me sampling several ...

Dans les murs de
Jun 28, 2007 (12 photos)

De bon matin et apres une pas trop mauvaise nuit dans le bus, on arrive au Silk road hotel dans la vieille ville Yazd. Cette ville a plus de 3000 ans et la partie ancienne est super canon avec ces ruelles ou l on se perd facilement mais qui nous menent aux ...