The Gate House Saba
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Tehran to Hamadan - So Dizi My Head is Spinning...
... wonderful.
From Tehran, Mohammad was both driver and guide. He used his own car, a Peugeot that he was immensely proud of, for the rest of our journey. Interestingly, many of the motor vehicles we saw were of French origin - Renaults, Citroens and Peugeots were very common.
Mohammad loved Tehran and although we did not see a lot of the city this day, it was certainly much more relaxed than Mashad. In contrast with the ghostly black cloaks ...
Saba goed overleefd
... maar zeer acrobatische geiten, die de bergen 10x sneller ophuppelen als wij.
De lastigste wandeling is de klim van de Mont Senery, de hoogste top van Saba (en eigenlijk ook het hoogste punt van Nederland). Het is ongeveer 900m hoog, en het heeft ons veel bloed, zweet en tranen gekost, maar we hebben hem toch bereikt.
De vliegreis was, zoals we al verwachten, een avontuur op zich. Deze duurt slechts 10 minuten, maar het ...
Baghdad 190km
The next morning I got up early and went to the border with Iraq, 15km from Silopi. There I had the bad surprise to learn that it is not possible to cross it on foot. Since no truck driver would accept to give me a lift, I had no choice but hiring a taxi from the local mafia to be driven through the different checkpoints. 10 euros for 500-hundred meters !!! Taxis in Manhattan are less expensive… But the driver handled well the paperwork and after a couple of minutes, ...
Saba the cliff
... disappointing. We only had one more day and we mainly came to Saba for the reknowned diving. Instead we hiked up to the top of Mount Scenery. The weather was almost temperate and it's a very wet hilltop so there's lots of ferns. There were great views on the way up but the clouds were in when we got to the top. About 5pm we recovered enough to leave our hotel and walk down to Windwardside. There we had a few drinks and enjoyed ribs with Dan and Lisa at Swinging Doors. ...
Takht-e-Soleyman
The next night was spent at a bushcamp on the road to Tahkt-e-Soleman, the stronghold of Zoroastrianism in the 3rd Century. The temples of fire, air and water surround an effervescent lake in a crater in the center, which is only a little bubbly now. Surrounded by mountains, it was actually quite a beautiful spot. We then had another long drive along the extraordinarily straight motorway to Esfahan. ...
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