Archive for 'Yazd'
iran during ramadan and a diplomatic nuclear crisis - what a week!
Days 80-89: For something completely different, we visited Iran for ten days. (Links in this entry go to my other posts about Iran.)
Despite evident concern of friends and family that Iran would not be safe to visit, to the contrary we found that Iran was an easy place to travel and the people the most […]
Posted: October 7th, 2007 under Iran, Tehran, Yazd, Shiraz, Esfahan.
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flying in the name of god
Day 89: Kate boards the Iran Air Fokker 100. We took three such flights: Tehran to Yazd, Shiraz to Esfahan and Esfahan to Tehran, and flew in a Fokker 100 each time. Air travel in Iran is incredibly inexpensive by international standards. None of our flights set us back more than $30, and each replaced […]
Posted: October 3rd, 2007 under Iran, Flights, Bus, Photos, Tehran, Yazd, Shiraz, Esfahan.
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yazd terrace view
Day 83: From the terrace of the Silk Road Hotel, the dome and minarets of the nearby Jameh Mosque and the adjacent mausoleum were in perfect alignment.
The magnificent old city Jameh Mosque, with its imposing twin minarets, by day.
Posted: September 29th, 2007 under Iran, Photos, Mosque, Yazd.
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sunset in yazd
Day 82: Yazd’s “town square”, fronted by the facade of the Amir Chakhmaq Complex, at sunset.
Posted: September 29th, 2007 under Iran, Yazd.
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