Exploring Iran’s early religion: Zoroastrianism

Mohammed educates us on Zoroaster and ‘Ahura Mazda’

Rooftops — the views over Yazd’s old city

From the narrow alleys to amazing vistas over Yazd

The ‘friendship alleys’ of Yazd

So narrow that one is obliged to become friends

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…

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…

Exploring Tehran’s Golestan Palace

I have always been fascinated by Iran. Their history, the culture & people and landscapes. For one…

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…

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…

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…

The views from the roof of the Amir Chakhmaq complex