How many mud houses can one man take?

Trip Start Jun 18, 2007
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Saturday, February 16, 2008

Yazd was the last city in the typical tourist loop.

Getting into an unknown city at 3.00am is a terrible idea especially dealing with those bloody taxi drivers, but once again a local helped me out in a way that would be really embarrassing to most Westerners. But what has happened so many times in Iran. It usually goes that he jumps in the taxi with you tell the driver where you are going and then PAYS for your taxi and then waits for you at the hotel to make sure everything is OK. It really is amazing and to be honest all the taxi drivers i"ve meet in Iran are really nice and usually so amazed a foreigner is in their taxi to try anything shifty.

The great thing about Yazd was its old city - it is made completely of mud and was so amazing to walk around especially at night feats of strength
feats of strength
 . Again there were amazing mosques and religious schools but i think i had seen enough. What made it great like all Iranian cities i had been too were the people and talking to them in broken English.

Also look at the video of the strength tests that Iranian men do everyday - it must be their version of going to the pub

I had found out my turkmen visa was all ready so i decided to do something crazy and catch a train up to Tehran - after India i was dreading this but it was so easy - no craziness and no cows.

Sorry for the short post - just look at the pics           
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