Mashad Hotels

... clock work - flights were on time, our air e-tickets worked wonderfully, our internet accommodation bookings were miraculously in place and hotels were more than satisfactory. We were happy. Little did we realise so early on that it was to be political ...

... time in Mashhad. After being seen to our train at the end of four days in Mashhad we headed off to the desert town of Yazd where we would be travelling on our own again, as backpackers staying in cheap hotels and washing our clothes in the bathroom ...

... occassional meat stew we came across. There were no refrigerators along this road and the meat would have been a risky option to choose. Mashad has some holy significance and we were told it is second to Mecca for holy pilgrimage. We got to see this first ...

...  the reason. And being "thrown in at the deep end" by our visit late on the first day to our first destination of Mashad, the holiest city on Iran, is probably the answer. For people who live such a free and easy life in Australia, we never ...