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Yazd - The Silent Tower Academy Award
... of Yazd. We walked through Beheshti Square (the main square in town) down Imam Khomeini Street and stopped in the Yazd Traditional Cookie shop. They apparently made the best shirin (sweets) around, including my favorite, baklava with pistachios and honey. The line was really long so Bahman called Hamid to stand in line for us while we went to the Yazd Water Museum. (I ended up with two tins of goodness!)
The Yazd Water Museum was a really interesting place and provided ...
Windcatchers.....
... sunset. These two ruins on opposite hills were used for ancient Iranian sky burials. Basically, the practice of leaving bodies for the vultures after the appropriate ceremonies, much the same as the Tibetan practice in Western Sichuan. We grabbed a taxi and trudged up the first hill only to find out you couldn’t see the sunset. Not to be thwarted, Tim headed up the other, steeper one to get his shots. I graciously minded the path J
Tomorrow we head off for ...
Too hot round here
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Meeting the revolutionaries
The next day, I went to a beautiful mosque in Yazd to offer the sunset prayer and I met 3 university professors at the ablution area who all spoke brilliant English: one professor of genetics, another professor of microbiology, and another professor of civil engineering. They were all in their late 50s or early 60s. Most people in Iran whom I have spoken with are dissatisfied with the current regime, the ...
The Oldest Living City on Earth
... out looking for a travel agent selling train tickets. A storekeeper offered to escort Sasha to the office nearby. When they arrived they realized that tickets are sold in a different part of the city. The person asked Sasha to wait while he called a friend who had a car. They offered to drive Sasha so he can get to that office. After refusing several times Sasha realized that their kindness is genuine and they want to help us without asking for anything in ...
All there is in Yazd
... we both left on the same day, he even knocked on my room to say cheerio, even more smiles and handshakes
This place we are at now (silk road hostel) is about the best we have stayed in, the shower is clean , proper WC, fresh water (we are drinking water with iodine from the truck) comfy beds, and even A/C, but we are only here for 2 nights, then another bush camp, before we exit Iran and get into Pakistan (I have done some washing, had 4 showers, a ...
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