Chimgan After 6 days with devastating and unbearable heat (40 – 45 degree) in Bukhara and Samarkand we decided to escape to the mountains. We were recommended by many to go to Chimgan. Chimgan is a very nice, small mountain village with a few good (but heavily overpriced) hotels. We found a nice looking hotel…
Måned: juli 2019
Uzbekistan
Bukhara Char Minar (Four Minarets) 1807. Former gatehouse to a long gone medressa. Kalon Mosque og minaret 16. century. Big enough for 10.000 people. Nice tile work in the courtyard. The minaret was built in 1127, 40 m tall with 10 meter foundation. Has survived erthquakes and was spared by Genghis Khan during the ransacke…
Turkmenistan
Form the border city Saraks between Iran and Turkmenistan we continued to Mary. A city with big boulevards, marble palaces, golden mosques and huge government buildings. Behind the facade bazars and daily life like we have seen in it in Iran. On many of the big buildings the president was pictured. Always smiling. On the…
Farvel til Iran og goddag til Turkmenistan
FARVEL TIL IRAN Onsdag morgen ankom vi til Mashad, som er den næststørste by i Iran og et vigtigt religiøst centrum for hele Iran. Hvis man som Iransk muslim ikke kan rejse til Mekka, (måske fordi man ikke kan få visum) kan man “nøjes med” at rejse til Mashad. Her findes en “magnificient holy shirne”…
Shiraz – Persepolis – Yazd – Koohr – Damghan
After amazing Esfahan we continued to Shiraz, Yazd and the dessert city Khoor. Shiraz In Shiraz the highlight are outside the city (Persepolis and Nekropolis). But we spend a full day in Shiraz doing a city walk where we visited the pink mosque. In the evening we enjoyed the sunset from the top of a…
Billig diesel i Iran
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