by Calvin Sun | Apr 10, 2012 | April 2012: Iran, Iran
From Persepolis we head onwards to Yazd… We stop for tea next to a 4,000 year old Bodhi Tree We arrive in Yazd 5 hours later. Yazd is a remote city in the middle of Iran, relatively untouched by wars of history past and unaffected by the...
by Calvin Sun | Apr 9, 2012 | April 2012: Iran, Epiphanies on the Road, Iran, What Dreams May Come
The view outside Necropolis The ruins of Persepolis It may have been a chapter you learned in your 8th grade history class, or an afterthought from a Sunday afternoon episode on the History Channel. It may have been the name of your local Persian...
by Calvin Sun | Apr 8, 2012 | April 2012: Iran, Doctor in the House, Fit for Foodies, Iran, Mo' Money Mo' Problems, The Nightlife
It’s kind of nice to browse through a beautiful city that doesn’t demand for your attention — you let things happen to you and you will be rewarded for your curiosity. Shiraz is a city of simple pleasures with a handful of photogenic...
by Calvin Sun | Apr 8, 2012 | April 2012: Iran, Iran
Just letting the world know that we just landed in Shiraz, where the weather is warmer and the city more relaxed. Our guesthouse, Niayesh, is absolutely charming. Just dropped off our bags and about to begin a walking tour of the city. Bunch of lose...
by Calvin Sun | Apr 7, 2012 | April 2012: Iran, How's the weather?, Iran, Walking Tours
We barely got in 3 hours of sleep after our early morning arrival from Vienna before we were on the streets of Tehran. If I didn’t know any better, Tehran is like any normal city you’d find in the Middle East (Cairo, Amman…) but a lot more...
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