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26. 07. '08

Nightbus Across The Moon

We started after dark, gray desert looked like moonscape, road was all potholes. The bus was cramped, air-con screamed as hell and the ceiling was fitted with lights in all colours you can imagine. More

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24. 07. '08

Bam Is Not Shaking Anymore

Five years after the quake Bam is a huge construction site. But if did not know what happened there, I probably would not suspect anything. The missing pavements would be a little suspicious, though. More

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24. 07. '08

Recommended daily dose of colours has not been reached – continued

Iranian food served in restaurants and fastfood joints is surprisingly boring. Home cooking is supposedly much better. More

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23. 07. '08

Cut Down The Hanged, Drain the Balls From The Pool

Kerman's icehouse has been converted into children's playground – pool of coloured plastic balls and effigy of last shah hanging by the neck above it all. In a hat with stars and stripes. More

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23. 07. '08

And How Is The Food in Iran

Iranian food served in restaurants and fastfood joints is surprisingly boring. Home cooking is supposedly much better. More

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22. 07. '08

Wind Towers, Gaudí on LSD

Yazd is quite pleasant town. The only thing missing is a park v hanging out. It's old city is huge, flat and probably designed for getting lost. More

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18. 07. '08

In Persepolis Counting Reliefs

Lonely Planet says "… be prepared to compare Persepolis to better known sights such as Pyramids, Colloseum or Angkor Wat." More

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15. 07. '08

My Name Is Mehdi And I Sell Blankets

I met Mehdi at the teahouse with a view at Imam Square in Esfahan. He told me he has been coming there for past sever years and that the tea is expensive there but there is a view. More

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14. 07. '08

Tea and Loafing In Esfahan

Esfahan must be the best place for just hanging out in Iran. There is even a teahouse with view of the main square. More

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12. 07. '08

I Have Not Been to Iranian Cinema Yet But I Took A Bus

On a bus from Tehran to Esfahan I saw an Iranian movie. It did have everything and leading actor was Robert de Niro look-alike. More

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10. 07. '08

Islamic Fashion Police

Walking around Valiasr square, you can see what women dare to wear in Iran. I saw women wearing colourful manteaux with huge buttons and headscarf to match and a girl in a shiny black tight fitting shirt. More

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10. 07. '08

Huge Small Town

Even though Tehran there are more people living in Tehran than in Czech republic, it is just a small town. Even in the north which is supposed to be lively the atmosphere is sleepy and on Friday (muslim Sunday) half of the shops closes. More

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09. 07. '08

Recommended Daily Dose of Colours Has Not Been Reached

Tehran has around fourteen million inhabitants and is all made of concrete and is full of mad traffic a pollution. And there are no colours. More

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08. 07. '08

Southeast Asia In Northern Iran

Caspian coast and the road from Rasht to Masuleh could be somewhere in Laos. Rice paddies backed by forested mountains with peaks in clouds. More

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05. 07. '08

Picnic At The Ostrich Farm, Genuinely Iranian

Iranian picnic consists of striking of a tent, grilling of chicken, making tea all he time a smoking waterpipe and cursing of the government. More

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04. 07. '08

Half Robin Hood, Half Yasir Arafat

From Tabriz I went to Kaleybar, I wanted to make a trip to Babek Castle. It was cold there, in the whole town there was no restaurant, only kababis, children wanted me to sign them pieces of paper and in the yard of a hotel two guys were tuning Paykan. More

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03. 07. '08

If You Wait For Five Minutes I Invite You For a Tea

In Tabriz there is a Blue Mosque and Covered Bazaar. Biggest in the world they say. More than 35 km of alleys full of shops. The biggest attraction of all, however, is the tourist information office and specifically Nasser who works there. More

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02. 07. '08

Iran Intro

Iran is like Turkey. Modern, civilised, clean and dirty at the same time. All the signs are in Farsi however (same script as Arabic). Sidewalks are not that high but there is a moat filled with dirty water or rubbish around them. More

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