Safaieh Hotel Yazd
Shahid Fallahi Ave, Aboozar Sq. Yazd, Iran
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Avant de quitter l´Iran
... ils ne peuvent vivre comme ils le désirent, pour la plupart. Beaucoup se sentent en prison dans leur pays.
Le président fait l'objet du mépris, voire de la haine de très nombreux Iraniens, et pas seulement des jeunes. Ils le prennent parfois avec humour, en témoignent les caricatures qui circulent sur les sites communautaires, bloqués forcément. Mais c´est un humour grinçant.
Ils en ont plus que marre de cette république fantoche, où ils doivent sans cesse ...
Yazd
... est fait de briques de boue séchées au soleil, et dans le ciel bleu se détachent les badgirs, ces 'tours du vent' qui permettant de capter le vent et de refroidir les pièces situées en dessous lors des étés torrides. Presque toutes les habitations sont équipées de ce système de ventilation naturelle.
De nombreuses anciennes, splendides maisons traditionnelles ont été converties en hôtel ou en ...
Big touristy day
... Though on the other hand I guess it suggests that I am getting older. Ew.
The next morning the two of us rose early, as we wanted to partake in a tour of the area that the hostel charters. I spoke to the manager first thing, but he informed us that the car was full, and we would be unable to go. It was a disappointment, though after some time he returned and said that if we wanted another car it could be done, we would just have to pay 50,000 toman ($40 ish), which we ...
Yazd - Such a Lovely Place, Such a Lovely Place...
... name was. We replied that Julia Gillard was our PM. "Never heard of him" the mechanic muttered. "But I do know of Skippy the Kangaroo. Skippy must be more famous than your Prime Minister". It was probably true.
A scorching hot road swept us from Kerman toward the central Iranian city of Yazd. We were so relieved that we had air conditioning and for me, that Alan had swapped places and I could travel in the front seat of the car. Even with the ...
Mud city in the desert
... all the fun in have had so far as I am now 3 weeks in. The city's roofscape is a forest of Badgirs (windtowers or catchers). They are ancient air-conditioning systems designed to catch even the slightest breeze and direct it to the rooms below expelling most of the warm air somehow. Zoroastrianism This was the main religion across the Iranian Plateau before the Arabs brought Islam to the fore. It was one ...


