Arg E Jadid Kerman
Joumhouri Islami Blvd Kerman Kerman, Iran
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Today: The First Day of the Remainder of Your Life
... well dressed young men. What was surprising was that, in addition to her dangerously far-too-pushed-back head scarf that revealed heavily streaked and blonded hair, she wore a designer pinafore dress with very short puffed sleeves. This was the only time during our stay in Iran that we saw a woman with semi-naked arms. The young woman looked both confident and very much at ease with her situation. Surely she would have to wear a shawl when she went out onto the ...
Garden and desert adventures
... and economic migrants is, and how fortunate I am to have had the choice to become one of them, rather than being forced by circumstance into this wandering life. On a more prosaic note he also helps me add minutes to my Iranian SIM card, which has proven to be priceless so far. In Kerman bus station we part, back to our separate journeys.
Kerman is near the desert and hot. For some reason LP considers Kerman off the beaten path and ...
Kerman and Kaloots
... are some rock formations that are unique on earth and were said to be formed when a meteor ricocheted of the earth about a million years ago. As interesting as this sounded I was feeling very tired but after a short sleep I felt more energetic and keen to go. I was glad I did, as visiting this special place was one of the highlights of Iran for me. We arrived to watch the sun set and then went for ...
Hot stuff!
... so this is now in very dry country in the middle of nowhere. It was impressive in size and amazing that the bricks are in such good condition, some had ancient writing on them. Sadly just a few ruined buildings surrounding it so difficult to really imagine what went on. When we got back to town I went down to the river and as it was the weekend there were loads of people swimming. It was a surprise to see women in the vicinity of guys ...
The doors of the desert
... happens, they also offered me some food on the way.
Once at the junction, it now would have been very easy to flag any of the numerous buses making the route Esfahan-Shiraz, but I decided to extend this hitch-hiking experience and waited for another lift. It didn't last long and an old guy offered to drop me in Sa'Adalabad, a small city 95km from Shiraz but only 60km from the antique site of Persepolis, where my plan was to camp, waiting the site to open the next day ...


