Going to Thailand Nepal on a bike


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  • persepolis si naqsh-e rostam

    September 2nd, 2007

    niatza, niatza

    persepolis, o terasa sapata in munte, inceputa undeva pe vremea lui Darius I vreo 500 de ani I.C. , ruinele unei civilizatii fantastice.  As fi dat un pic (mai mult ) timpul inapoi sa-i vad pe persani urcind treptele multe si subtirele in rochitele lor cele lungi.

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    sa vad si sirurile de reprezentanti ai variilor natii prezentind darurile aduse pentru sarbatoarea anului nou. ce-i drept pe ei i-am vazut imortalizati pe pietrele ramase.

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    si  coloanele din palatul celor 100 de coloane…acum nu prea mai ies la numaratoare, si palatul apadana.

    E foarte dragut ca se  simte si acum ca era foarte foarte frumos, ca erau foarte bogati, ca toate acele locuri erau pline cu minuni. Aparent i-au trebuit lui Alexandru cel Mare vreo 3000 de camile sa goleasca tezaurul pastrat acolo.

    deasupra terasei, mai sus in munte sint mormintele lui artaxerxes II si III, unde zoroastristi fiind i-au lasat sa-i pape vulturii 🙂  se vede foarte frumos tot complexul de sus de la mormint.

    foarte foarte frumos, ne-a placut tare si am vazut ca si localnicilor le place,  misunau destul de multi pe-acolo.

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    am fugit de la persepolis, am dat gata un kebap si o tocanita de vinete si niste inghetata si ne-am mai oprit un pic la naqsh-e rostam unde mai sint niste morminte sapate in munte locuite la ora asta sper doar de niste sopirle simpatice si foarte curioase  – l-a intrebat din ochi pe cip : “sir, where are you from? ” 🙂

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    dragonflies and dust-devils

    September 1st, 2007

    Esfahan – shiraz, 485 kilometers in the desert like mountains, straight roads for as far as you can see in the searing heat.

    And dragonflies, hundreds of them, swarming over the highway. I always thought that dragonflies live near the water. I was wrong 🙂

    We saw probably 50 or 60 dust-devils (some more like baby tornadoes than dust devils) an eerie view for us.

    We stopped at pasagardae on the way to shiraz:

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    Shiraz is much nicer than esfahan. Peaceful and quiet.

    We took a stroll in the bazaar:

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    and the old city:

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    and then we went to the tomb of Hafez, where we also managed to buy the complete works in english:

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    In iran 3 people on a bike it’s normal, four it’s current. Here I managed to snap a picture of a happy family:

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    esfahan

    August 31st, 2007

    As a city, Esfahan doesn’t really have the magic I was hoping for. Our timing was not so good either because we went to Esfahan on a holiday and the last weekend before the beginning of the schools so the city was very crowded.

    Anyway the mosques more than compensate the crowded city and the heat. Especially the Sheikh Lofollah, left us speechless, this is truly a perfect building 🙂

    Jameh mosque:

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    dinner on a rooftop in Imam square:

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    around esfahan:

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    and finally the lofollah mosque:

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    The iranians seem to have a lot less entrepeneurial spirit than the turks, they don’t like to bargain, they don’t sell water and souvenirs near the tourist sites etc… just as an example the ticket to the lofollah mosque is 3000IRL (for non-muslims only), the ticket to the armenian cathedral is 30.000IRL (for everybody) 🙂 .

    abyaneh

    August 30th, 2007

    on a small detour from the road from kashan to esfahan you can find the small mountain village of abyaneh. This is probably the most photographed village in Iran (either abyaneh or masuleh).

    well, it’s nice, in a tourism poster kind of way 🙂

    here are the obligatory photos

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    intrebare

    August 29th, 2007

    aveti careva idee ce-am mincat ?

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    va mai dau niste indicii…sint mai mici decit niste boabe de fasole, sint prajite, gustul e cam ca de aluna dar sint mult mai crocante. nu stim cum se cheama dar sint bune 🙂