Shiraz and Persepolis
Wednesday Nov 12: Persepolis
Thursday Nov 13: Shiraz to Dubai
The hotels in Iran were generally not very impressive. They were clean but cramped, and they all had low thread count sheets, thin towels, dim fluorescent lighting, uncontained shower areas, and poor breakfast selection. Sorry, we never actually tried the breakfast in Tehran since we left at 1:30am in the morning! There was one hotel in Yazd, a traditional hotel, that would have been very cosy but we unfortunately did not book any nights in Yazd. So in Shiraz we tried not to spend much time in the hotel, but we were so tired that we ended up sleeping away part of Wednesday afternoon.
That's because we got up at 7am to make the one hour trek to Persepolis, an ancient Persian city from before the Islamic revolution. We spent a very busy and fun morning exploring the ruins, going through the museum, and hiking up the mountainside to visit some of the tombs of the ancient kings.
I have this unfortunate image of Xerxes from the movie 300, but I tried to forget as we examined the stone reliefs at Persepolis. It was definitely one of the highlights of Iran. And the weather was perfect - sunny and dry, not to hot, not too cold.
That evening we explored Shiraz at night, had our last dinner of kebab and more kebab, and left Shiraz the next morning. The flight attendants on our flight were not wearing hejab so I ripped off my head gear the minute I sat down on the plane. What a relief!!!
But it was worth it - an adventure in a strange land. Please do check out the pictures in facebook!!
Thursday Nov 13: Shiraz to Dubai
The hotels in Iran were generally not very impressive. They were clean but cramped, and they all had low thread count sheets, thin towels, dim fluorescent lighting, uncontained shower areas, and poor breakfast selection. Sorry, we never actually tried the breakfast in Tehran since we left at 1:30am in the morning! There was one hotel in Yazd, a traditional hotel, that would have been very cosy but we unfortunately did not book any nights in Yazd. So in Shiraz we tried not to spend much time in the hotel, but we were so tired that we ended up sleeping away part of Wednesday afternoon.
That's because we got up at 7am to make the one hour trek to Persepolis, an ancient Persian city from before the Islamic revolution. We spent a very busy and fun morning exploring the ruins, going through the museum, and hiking up the mountainside to visit some of the tombs of the ancient kings.
I have this unfortunate image of Xerxes from the movie 300, but I tried to forget as we examined the stone reliefs at Persepolis. It was definitely one of the highlights of Iran. And the weather was perfect - sunny and dry, not to hot, not too cold.
That evening we explored Shiraz at night, had our last dinner of kebab and more kebab, and left Shiraz the next morning. The flight attendants on our flight were not wearing hejab so I ripped off my head gear the minute I sat down on the plane. What a relief!!!
But it was worth it - an adventure in a strange land. Please do check out the pictures in facebook!!
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