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Mashhad, the holy city of Iran
I am in Mashhad, the holiest place of Iran. The reason why it is holy is because of one important shrine. The shrine is called Hamam, not to exchange with Harem. The Hamam is one of the most beautiful buildings of the islamic world. In In this shrine is the 8th Imam off 12 buried. The Imams name was Reza, and he was born in Medina. He got only 53 …
Black is back....
... all the way to our hotel....after much tooing and throing we worked out that the other guy in the cab needed to go in the opposite direction to us and our driver had simply given the appropriate fare to another cabbie to take us the rest of the way...."No more money" ...he kept repeating. OK, fine by us.
With all our luggage swapped over we showed the new guy where we wanted to go. Right near the biggest monument in town...The Holy Shrine. From what we could see ...
Welcome To Iran
... talking about Iranian history and culture, surprised at the level of English spoken.
The Mashhad experience gave us a more than an ample taste of Iranian food. We tried everything from soups, stews, shishlik, kebabs, dizi and the famous Iranian dish of Sirobi consisting of sheep’s stomach (apparently good for a healthy stomach). The weight we had lost in Central Asia was quickly piling up again as each day passed here. Trips out to surrounding ...
Mecca in Iran - Mashhad
... are one of the most friendliest and nation in the world, and are extremely polite as well, I had so many local people approaching to me, introduce themselves, welcoming me to Iran, show me around, and outside the holy complex, I also had a whole crowd of schoolgirls ran up and take a photo with me. They do not see a lot of tourists in this country especially in Mashhad, but the once they see, they really take good care of ...
Taking it easy today;-)
21/08/2010
After a very relaxing morning just organizing suitcases and taking long showers, my aunt and i decided to just stay in the room until the tour at 2pm, for a change. We had lunch at the hotel; since its ramadhan not all restaurants open; i found out that Pilgrims that come to Imam Reza are not obligated to fast at all...hmmm interesting. Checked out, met with the group, piled our bags in the van and headed to the Imam Reza mosque and maulsoleum to spend ...
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