Archive for September, 2007
persia hotel, esfahan
Days 86-88: Located at the hotel district of Tahkti Junction, about 15 minutes stroll north from Imam Square, we stayed at the Persia Hotel, where we were clearly the only foreign guests, and had been for some time. Breakfast here was basic but the staff made up for their limited English by looking out for […]
Posted: September 27th, 2007 under Hotel, Iran.
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hotel shiraz eram, shiraz
Days 83-85: Located handily on Shiraz’s main drag, this was a comfortable option. There were a few quirks. The in-house restaurant had decent food but service was very ordinary, with staff giving the impression that they had tired of the job ten years ago. Our TV carried BBC World, but only apparently after 2pm. We’re […]
Posted: September 27th, 2007 under Hotel, Iran.
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silk road hotel, yazd
Day 82: The best place that we stayed in Iran, with small but simple and clean rooms, a lovely courtyard to relax in and great food.
Posted: September 27th, 2007 under Hotel, Iran.
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atlas hotel, tehran
Days 80-81: A good, quiet room with an impressively sized bathroom north of Ferdosi Sqaure and very handy to our favourite restaurant in Iran.
Posted: September 27th, 2007 under Hotel, Iran.
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the incredible bibliotheca alexandria
Day 79: For all of our planning, some of the best days on this trip have been marked by experiences in which our loosely-formed expectations have been unexpectedly exceeded.
The minute that we walked through the doorway into the reading room of Alexandria’s Bibliotheca Alexandria, we knew that we’d stumbled onto another such spot.
There was no […]
Posted: September 27th, 2007 under Egypt, Alexandria.
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alexandria to sharjah with air arabia
Day 79: A night spent in transit with Air Arabia from Alexandria to Sharjah, and then connecting from Sharjah to Tehran the following day. Once we boarded the plane, Air Arabia did everything right, but even so very little sleep ensued.
Posted: September 27th, 2007 under Egypt, Iran, Flights, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.
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k-k-k-k-k-k-kathmandu
After a very wothwhile 10 days in Iran, and a night in transit in the UAE, we’ve made it as far as Kathmandu for a visit here which will prove far too brief.
As we were essentially locked out of our blog while we were in Iran it will take a few days to get […]
Posted: September 25th, 2007 under Uncategorized.
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we’re in iran!
Hi folks. If you are reading this message, we are in Iran and cannot access our blog. For those who are concerned, you may be reassured to know that the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade regards Iran as a safer country to travel in than most of the Middle Eastern countries that we’ve visited […]
Posted: September 14th, 2007 under Iran.
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