Arriving in Tabriz by train from Tehran the two men with whom we had shared a cabin insisted on showing us to our hotel themselves. On arrival at the hotel they demand that the manager charged us the correct rate and not the rate he’d quoted Rhian on the phone. After a breakfast of yoghurt [...]
Our first full day in Tehran was a Friday, the Iranian weekend. As a number of the sights we’d planned to see were closed we decided to join the Tehranis on a walk in the foothills of the Alborz mountains above Darband. We enjoyed the fresh air and mountain scenery but yet again it was [...]
Kashan on the edge of the Dasht-e Kavir, provided us with a day and a half of distractions on our way from Esfahan to Tehran. We took in the wonderfully restored traditional houses and the beautiful Hammam-e Sultan Mir Ahmad, explored the bazaar and chartered a taxi to visit the village of Abyaneh. The biggest [...]
The beautiful city of Esfahan was where we were to spend our first wedding anniversary. We were truly blown away by the place. The stunning Naqsh-e Jahan square with its beautiful palace and mosques was one of the most impressive places we’d visited so far on our trip. Our anniversary was spent Naqsh-e Jahan square [...]
The journey from Shiraz to Yazd passed through some incredible desert scenary and as we crossed the Zargos mountains we were treated to a vista of snow-capped peaks. The city of Yazd was like no other we had visited on our trip so far. The amazing adobe architecture of the old city gave the narrow [...]
Our first task after checking into our hotel in Shiraz was to purchase a manteau for me. At Sharjah I had changed into one of Matthew’s shirts in order to adhere to Iran’s laws regarding how women should dress in public. Finding a manteau was no problem. The lady at our hotel pointed us in [...]
After much consideration we decided that the time wasn’t right to make the journey across Pakistan from India to Iran. Instead, we booked the second flight of our trip from Delhi to Shiraz. The flight involved a connection at Sharjah. Our diminishing budget meant that we decided to forgo a hotel in Sharjah and instead [...]
Continuing the theme of returning to cities for a third time we took the Golden Temple Mail from Amritsar to Delhi. I didn’t have the most pleasant of journeys from Amritsar. I’d been gloating to Rhian that I’d avoided any prolonged sickness during out fifteen weeks on the sub-continent only to pick up a nasty [...]
It’s really not worth owning a razor when you can sit back, relax and have three weeks growth effortlessly removed for only Rs. 20. Beats hacking through it with a Bic any day. Great Punjabi soundtrack too. 7/10.
There was no way we were going to be able to pick a single winner from the entries. So instead of one winner, we’re having four. Postcards on the way to JB, Alan, Hannah (not strictly a caption but very amusing) and Colin.
