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The Road to Shiraz (and I don't mean wine)
We left Ahwaz around 7:30 a.m. headed to Shiraz (with a stop in Bishapur) in the southcentral portion of Iran (and to the east of Ahwaz). We spent the first couple hours driving through endless gas fields to the south and east of Ahwaz (including the largest natural gas field in Iran) as well as a couple military bases (no pictures please). Not the …
The City of Nightengales, Poets, Gardens and Love!
So we were up early on Sunday morning (a regular work day in the Islamic world) for a full day of sightseeing in Shiraz, a city that has stood for more than 2,000 years. Bahman was clearly very excited to show me his favorite city starting with the mausoleum of Hafez and its beautiful gardens. Hafez (the nickname for “one who can recite the …
Nightengales, Poets, Gardens and Love Part Deux!
Day 2 in Shiraz was going to be a lot less action packed. I went downstairs stylin' in my new manteau and gorgeous silk scarf (Good God I am actually starting to care about what I look like covered up!) Anyway, after some breakfast, Bahman and I headed across the city to the Bagh-e Eram or the Garden of Eden. The gardens are the most famous …
Shiraz
... go up the lanes the wrong way. I literally saved Tim's life by pulling him out of the path of a speeding car!
We wandered visited the old fort before heading down to the old bazaar. Miles of crowded undercover passageways lined with everything you might need for both daily life and tourist souvenirs. We found ourselves a traditional restaurant and having the usual chicken kebabs and rice.
We spent another few hours weaving our way through the seemingly ...
52 Degrees and Rising
... opened it up. Sasha even had an opportunity to speak to a mullah. There are two types of religious scholars in Iran – one with a white headband and the other one with a black headband. The “Blacks” descend directly from the Prophet Muhammad, Peace Be Upon Him, while the “Whites” are ordinary graduates. A scholar was curious to know where Sasha was from, how did he like Iran and hoped he will tell the truth about that ...
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