…living in and dreaming of…

our collective formed in shiraz … battista morgan  matthias

[Read more →]

we met for breakfast at the anvari hotel and made a goodbye picture in front of the arg of karim khan. alex continued to kerman, ove went to busher and the cyclemasala crew, morgan and battista, and me went straight south towards the persian gulf.

[Read more →]

on the way back from the havez tomb we stumbled upon a poster of a music festival. we stepped inside the building just to get information but found ourselves in the concert hall five minutes later listening to traditional persian music. afterwards we met for dinner before leaving shiraz the next morning.

[Read more →]

one of the most influential poets of persia is hafez. his tomb in shiraz is a frequently visited place by iranians and his poems are cited in persian traditional music. people are trying to find answers or seek help for decisions through reading verses by hafez. the tomb is surrounded by wonderful gardens, flower beds, and [...]

[Read more →]

the way from yazd to shiraz lead again through desert like areas. though blessed with beautiful sunsets and starlit skies at night it was hardly enjoyable because of the cold. after one last mountain pass over 2000m, it slowly got better. 60km before shiraz i reached the ancient site of persepolis once the capital of the persian empire [...]

[Read more →]

on our search for a restaurant we stumbled upon a place similar to our hostel and soon to opened as such. but before the opening the owner promised us a party with everything other iranian parties are missing. okay! we didn’t really believe in what we were promised but wouldn’t miss even the slightest chance [...]

[Read more →]

there are not many places in iran which match your idea of a hostel of what you’re used to when traveling europe. so it’s inevitable that you run across some people you met before sooner or later. in yazd i met again with marteen from belgium and ove from norway. oh and of course the [...]

[Read more →]

there are some ancient sites around yazd which are better reached by car. we organised some people from the hostel and phoned a driver. the next morning at 8 o’clock we first drove to meybod to take a look at at an old pre islamic castle. since there was a class of schoolgirls visiting with [...]

[Read more →]

…below the kabir jaame mosque

[Read more →]

the promise of a warm shower made me cycle the last 150 km to yazd in one day. it started to rain just when i pedaled into the city. but  it took me another hour to get to the hostel. i had to ask 5 taxi drivers, 7 pedestrian and 9 clerks before i got [...]

[Read more →]