Hotel Moshir Garden Yazd

... The city beneath the badgirs of the hotel was made up of mostly mud-brick houses, arranged with the attention and structure that your average 5 year old might bring to bear, as a result of the numerous developments and redevelopments that have taken place in Yazd over the centuries. This made wandering the old town a massively interesting experience, as the various lanes meandered their way to nowhere in particular. We loved it.<br><br>Leaving the Silk Road we were immediately confronted by ...

... at the teahouse of Yazd Khan Bath. Set in a lovely old bathhouse with large shallow pools and small fountains. In traditional manner, we removed our shoes and sat cross legged on large cushions around the low tables. Dinner was the usual buffet salad, kofta, kebabs and featured our first &#8220;dizi&#8221;, an unusual meat, potato, vegetable and lentil dish mashed to a pulp at our table. Very boring food but this is as good as it gets.

... po Iranu, o njegovih problemih ker je ateist v Iranu, kako so njega in njegove kolege Iranci hoteli nanovaèiti za vohunjenje proti amerièanom v avganistanu in podobno. Fenomen. Danes sva pa prisla v Shiraz, dom pesnikov in velièastne prestolnice starih perzijcev. Tukaj bova poizkusila tudi podaljsati najino vizo. Upajmo na najboljse. Slik zaradi poèasnih povezav in raèunalnika spet ni. Ko pridem nazaj domov zgleda...

... viennent à peine troubler l'homogénéité de cette petite ville historique, dont le calme et les nombreuses maisons traditionnelles reconverties en superbes hôtels ont poussé vers le haut cette longue journée passée à pied, revenant souvent sur mes pas. Ce ne fut pas la nouvelle étape forte que j'imaginais ni le retour au désert que j ...

... size. Onwards though to Malek-e-Tojjar, a converted "old house" and which features heavily in Lonely Planet. It was very Persian, down an alley with huge wooden doors, and wonderful Persian architecture. The courtyard surrounded by a verandah which led to a small viewing area over the city. This would be a great place to stay. Central. Dripping with character and not overly expensive for a room. Lunch at a table, much to my ...

... dates from AD224-637, which was the Sassanian period. Not sure whether Lonely Planet means it was built by really slow builders, or this was just the Sassanian period during which time it was established. We may never know...or care! Marco Polo described it as "a very fine and splendid city and a centre of commerce." Even old Genghis Khan spared the city, and no doubt its very grateful citizens. Our first port of call this morning ...

... I travelled - Morecambe and Wise eat your heart out - you can ask me about that one) says in the itinerary:- "Pasargade, where Cyrus the Great of the Achaemenid dynasty built his capital. Side porticoes graced the columned halls of the two palaces and flowing watercourses ran amongst his beautiful palaces and pavillions. This ambrosial pleasure garden [whatever! - my note] and its architectural delights created the ideal location ...

... to donate it to the hotel staff who happily accepted my present. <br><br>Having waited out the dreadful heat of the afternoon in my room, I headed out to the Zoroastrian Temple, or the Ateshkadeh, the home of the eternal flame. The temple is only a few decades old, but apparently the flame has been kept up since ancient times by devoted guardians of the flame. The flame can be seen through thick glass, robustly burning and fed by a constant supply of fresh wood doled out by dour and ...

... special. Many Iranians drive up for a family picnic on the weekend.<br><br>The next destination was the old city of Meybod. I visited the old Naeen Castle, the old caravanserai that has been converted into a restaurant, the ice house that was used to store snow from the winter and kept cold for use in the summer, and the pigeon house that was home for hundreds of pigeons at some point in the past. <br><br>Before going back to the ...

... as he is - over-educated, under-employed, single and unable to date someone, much less getting married and start a life of their own. He was both pessimistic and apathetic about the upcoming elections. Why bother voting when the reformer candidates can't even get approval to run by the Governing Council? Khatami had been sandbagged by the conservatives every step of the way and the constituencies who supported the reformers were deeply ...