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  • Iran’s famous flatbread

    Iran’s famous flatbread

    A ‘national sport’ to get the freshest bread at the dinning table
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    Apr 11, 2016
    The ‘friendship alleys’ of Yazd

    The ‘friendship alleys’ of Yazd

    So narrow that one is obliged to become friends
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    Apr 10, 2016
    Rooftops — the views over Yazd’s old city

    Rooftops — the views over Yazd’s old city

    From the narrow alleys to amazing vistas over Yazd
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    Sander van Dijk
    Apr 10, 2016
    Exploring Iran’s early religion: Zoroastrianism

    Exploring Iran’s early religion: Zoroastrianism

    Mohammed educates us on Zoroaster and ‘Ahura Mazda’
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    Apr 9, 2016
    Yazd’s Magical Jāmeh mosque

    Yazd’s Magical Jāmeh mosque

    I am not sure what to do with this post really. I must have taken a hundred images of this magical place, and I often think of going back…
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    Apr 9, 2016
    The views from the roof of the Amir Chakhmaq complex

    The views from the roof of the Amir Chakhmaq complex

    Yazd is an amazing town. It seems they have been able to resist to the modern urbanisation changes that, for example, happened in Tehran…
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    Apr 9, 2016
    The Adobe Sar Yazd Castle

    The Adobe Sar Yazd Castle

    A good 50km from Yazd lies the Sar Yazd castle, slightly outside the village with the same name. Apparently, it is rather close to the well…
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    Apr 8, 2016
    Yazd’s Dowlat-Abad Garden

    Yazd’s Dowlat-Abad Garden

    One of the first places we visited in Yazd, after taking the night train from Tehran, was the Dowlat-Abad Garden. Well, ‘garden’ is perhaps…
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    Apr 8, 2016
    On the Streets of Tehran

    On the Streets of Tehran

    We did spend very little time in Tehran, as a city, it is rather intense, and we were looking forward to spent more time in Yazd and…
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    Apr 6, 2016
    Hanging out on Tabiat Bridge

    Hanging out on Tabiat Bridge

    Why would you want to hang out on a bridge in Tehran? Well, because the whole thing does not even look remotely like a bridge. Tabiat…
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    Sander van Dijk
    Apr 6, 2016
    Persian History in Iran’s National Museum

    Persian History in Iran’s National Museum

    I am not going to annoy you with a lot of words this time. We kind of rushed trough the National Museum of Iran. Not because we ran out of…
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    Apr 6, 2016
    Exploring Tehran’s Golestan Palace

    Exploring Tehran’s Golestan Palace

    I have always been fascinated by Iran. Their history, the culture & people and landscapes. For one reason or the other I waited and waited…
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    Apr 6, 2016
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