Karimkhan Hotel Mashad

... Floor's horizontal plan take the geometric modeling as a foundation, middle buckles mutually by two squares, assumes the octagonal star shape. Each angle assumes the semicircle, relaxes the incisive feeling. In double tower's 41-42, have an over-bridge. Many people in the famous big piece "stole the day trap" to witness the double tower and over-bridge's grand appearance.

... Wueste wie Konye-Urgench, Bukhara oder Samarkand). Die Strasse fuehrt recht dicht an der Grenze zu Iran entlang, teilweise ist die Grenze nur 5km entfernt. Die Temperaturen sind konstant bei 40 Grad tagsueber (ok am fruehen Morgen nur 30 Grad nach Sonnenaufgang). Gruss Ralf

... to witness the inner workings of a very conservative Muslim family - the praying and the fact the wife wouldn't let me see her without her scarf on was amazing. I also got to see many pre- revolution pictures of the family and all the women had no scarfs on and were wearing clothes that would certainly excite men today. Again i meet some uni students and was invited to play board games and drink ...

Informations pour les fellows travelers : Ashgabat centre jusqu au check point de l entre du parc national, 20 min, 2 USD traverse du parc, 30 min, 20 usd negocie a 15 usd pour 2 pers. Passage de frontiere super smooth, les deux postes sont en face l un de l autre et separes de 30 m. Taxi de Darjilian (poste froniere) vers Mashad, 25 usd. Taxi de Darjilan vers Doughan, 5 usd puis bus vers mashad, moins ...

Yo, je suis en pèlerinage au Lourdes local. 12 millions de pèlerins chaque année, je vais bien arriver à me faufiler ni vu ni connu. C'est pas pour rien que je ne me rase pas depuis 15 jours (mais bon les iraniens se rasent eux...). A part ca, y a rien à foutre dans le coin, ca serait con que je me fasse refouler... Mashad est la 2eme ville de Téhéran à 100 km de l'Irak. Il n'y a que des corbeaux, fini le look dénudé des femmes à Téhéran où les cheveux d ...

... kebab everyday, sat eating icecream in teahouses, visited the most beautiful city in the world (Esfahan), shopped in bazaars, visited holy shrines, seen the anti-American graffiti on the wall of the (old) American embassy, visited palaces, and ...

... on the outskirts of modern day Mashhad. In the 13th century after Toos was destroyed by the invading Mongols, Sultan Mahmood Ghaznavi built a mausoleum in Mashhad (meaning 'Place of Martyrdom'), and thereafter Mashhad developed as a city as many people migrated to the area surrounding the shrine. Fitting for being the holiest city in Iran, the town ...

... nice from the sky and went straight to the Tourist Information booth. A kind chador girl in a very good English programmed my itinerary for my staying in the city. It took me nearly two hours. Of course, at the end I didn't follow her suggestions, so wasted time for her. Then I went to that nice hotel just next to the Holiest Shrine. It was too cheap! Only 9000IR per night. The amazing thing is that it was complete apartment. Two bedrooms, kitchen and one clean ...