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Fri, 1 Oct 2010 | By haveblood | Photo Gallery
elaborate tombs in Shiraz
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Mon, 27 Sep 2010 | By haveblood | Photo Gallery
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Mon, 20 Sep 2010 | By haveblood | Photo Gallery
hangin with some locals in Kermanshah
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Fri, 17 Sep 2010 | By haveblood | Photo Gallery
a few days hitching along the Howramann valley
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Fri, 17 Sep 2010 | By haveblood | Views [1954]
come with me to a place time has completely forgotten. where life moves and progresses in a surrogate fashion, out of phase with the surrounding world. where the land looks through the glass and steals glimpses, snatches a phrase here and there, and ... Read more >
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Thu, 16 Sep 2010 | By haveblood | Photo Gallery
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Tue, 14 Sep 2010 | By haveblood | Views [1304] | Comments [1]
Qalyan in the park. an unexpected bunch. a burly wrestler, a Persian philosopher, an IT student. Welcome to Kurdish Iran. The Boys Light Up at the Qalyan cafe and drown me in a conversational cascade of open-mindedness and blazing curiosity. I have ... Read more >
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Thu, 9 Sep 2010 | By haveblood | Views [930] | Comments [1]
It crosses borders, language and cultural barriers. It opens the door to a new world, a place of laughter and harmony where everything is funny. It transcends that over-used desire for politeness in new company. It breaks the ice, the tension, that unsuredness ... Read more >
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Sat, 21 Aug 2010 | By shaysyd | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry
I have submitted five pictures of a series of photographs taken of rooftops in Yazd in Iran. This marvelous city which is located at the heart of the desert brings an ancient labyrinth to mind. The architectural feature of the city is so outstanding ...
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Sun, 4 Apr 2010 | By damonlk | Views [1140]
Mashhad, like Karbala and Najaf in Iraq, is one of the holy cities of Shi'a Islam. As the resting place of the eighth Imam, Reza, its golden domed shrine and adjacent courtyards spread over several city blocks. There is underground parking, a museum, ... Read more >
Mon, 29 Mar 2010 | By damonlk | Views [1056]
Tehran is a sprawling, muscular city of concrete and wide
boulevards, manicured parks, palaces, mosques, ruined cinemas and expressway
flyovers. It is home to 15 million people, and rising. Apartment buildings
stretch ... Read more >
Mon, 22 Mar 2010 | By damonlk | Views [692]
Until 1989 traffic was permitted on the historic bridges of
Isfahan. It is hard to believe it could have been so. These days the lower
arches of their 400 year old stone and mortar structures conceal tea houses,
their upper youths and couples ... Read more >
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 | By damonlk | Views [779] | Comments [1]
Far out in the desert, Yazd from above is a series of eggshell domes and the tall square section towers – badgirs – that in summer capture breezes and funnel them down to cool the houses of the rich. The poor make do these days with AC.
At street ... Read more >
Sat, 11 Apr 2009 | By alexito_nz | Photo Gallery
800 years old houses! North East
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Thu, 23 Oct 2008 | By pecosbiff | Photo Gallery
Bam to Zahedan - the tricky bit
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