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Wuestenstadt
... auf einem dieser Daecher. In Yazd kann man ohne Probleme von einem Dach zum anderen spazieren, wir taten das natuerlich aber nicht, da wir die Privatsphaere der Leute respektieren wollten. Zudem ist die Stadt ein Zentrum fuer die zoroastrische Religion. Diese Religion kannte ich gar nicht und war echt neu. Es scheint, als liesse sich diese Religion mit dem Islam ganz gut vereinbaren, weshalb sie wirklich sehr akzeptiert ist. Wir besuchten also auch einen Feuertempel, ...
Yazd
... aux plus pauvres, chants, veillées...
Je me suis esquivée quand ils s’apprêtaient à sacrifier un dromadaire.
La vieille ville de Yazd émerge du désert comme un phœnix. Yazd est dite "plus ancienne ville sur Terre", selon l'UNESCO. Ceci est difficile à confirmer, mais il est largement considéré que le site a été continuellement habité depuis 7000 ans. Sa position sur ...
Big touristy day
... other way around.
Once we got ourselves settled I raced out the door with a gym on my mind. For some reason I have really gotten into it over, and am enjoying it more than I do at home. I suspect it is because I am getting to try out a new one almost every time I go, so there is always new equipment to try and new faces to look at.
The gym was cheap, and as usual I got the looks of coy curiosity, with Iranian men seeming so eager to say something, but ...
Yazd – loving old town
... Fire Temple – the fire is said to be burning since AD 470).
However the highlight was a theatre performance as part of a three day festival in Yazd. By chance we met some artists outside a tourist side and got an invitation for 4pm. The small theatre room was packed, men and women nicely separated and the performance was outstanding, including standing ...
Yazd - Such a Lovely Place, Such a Lovely Place...
... old caravanserai, the Zein-o-din Robat. Built by order of Shah Abbas I (1587-1629) in the early 1600's, the old caravanserai has been beautifully restored to its former glory and is now used as a hotel. For such a touristy place, the hotel was quite beautiful and gave us a real appreciation of what the old caravanserais looked like and how they functioned. Rooms were curtained off from the wandering corridors and beds were carpeted platforms over raised ...


