Hamadan, Iran

... that you can't identify is like a joke no one gets - if you have to explain it, it isn't funny! Still the tea was nice! ] Hamadan was wet; and cold as it turned out. We were dropped off in the centre (or as near as matters when you're on holidays) of ...

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. ...