middle east Archives - I Wander Travel Blog, Itineraries & Guides, Hotel Reviews Sat, 01 Oct 2016 14:15:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.3 https://iwandered.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/cropped-favicon-1-32x32.jpg middle east Archives - I Wander 32 32 The Real Iran Pt6: Winter Wonderland, Embassy Raids & Nose Jobs in Tehran https://iwandered.net/the-real-iran-pt6-winter-wonderland-embassy-raids-nose-jobs-in-tehran/ https://iwandered.net/the-real-iran-pt6-winter-wonderland-embassy-raids-nose-jobs-in-tehran/#comments Thu, 01 Dec 2011 15:29:25 +0000 http://iwandered.net/?p=1269 bustling and modern Tehran I could be fooled for thinking that I was in some other place. North America. Maybe… No, it looked more like I was in Europe. Yes, definitely more European than American. The houses, they looked chic and expensive… and very western. It was un-Asian, if there ever was such a thing....

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]]> https://iwandered.net/the-real-iran-pt6-winter-wonderland-embassy-raids-nose-jobs-in-tehran/feed/ 10 The Real Iran Pt5: Kashan! Kashan! https://iwandered.net/the-real-iran-pt5-kashan/ https://iwandered.net/the-real-iran-pt5-kashan/#comments Sun, 27 Nov 2011 14:27:40 +0000 http://iwandered.net/?p=1246 kashan skyline – windcatchers and water reservoirs competing for attention By this time, we entered the second half of our trip and continued our way up north. It was time to say goodbye to the amazing city of Esfahan and proceed to a little but popular city in between Esfahan and the capital, Tehran. We...

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]]> https://iwandered.net/the-real-iran-pt5-kashan/feed/ 5 The Real Iran Pt4: Esfahan – Half the World in a City https://iwandered.net/the-real-iran-pt4-esfahan-half-the-world-in-a-city/ https://iwandered.net/the-real-iran-pt4-esfahan-half-the-world-in-a-city/#comments Wed, 23 Nov 2011 16:18:28 +0000 http://iwandered.net/?p=1194 reflections at the sheikh lotfollah mosque After two days of wandering aimlessly in maze-like streets and surveying what looked like Aladdin’s Agrabah, it was time to make a move again. I left Yazd with both sadness and excitement. I really liked the city, and told myself that I’d return one day. But at the same...

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]]> https://iwandered.net/the-real-iran-pt4-esfahan-half-the-world-in-a-city/feed/ 15 The Real Iran Pt3: Yazd – An Oasis in the Desert https://iwandered.net/the-real-iran-pt3-yazd-an-oasis-in-the-desert/ https://iwandered.net/the-real-iran-pt3-yazd-an-oasis-in-the-desert/#comments Sun, 20 Nov 2011 15:29:32 +0000 http://iwandered.net/?p=1164 [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-VBgDGuKQM] After spending two nights in Shiraz and taking that daytrip to Persepolis and Nagsh e Rostam, it was finally time to move on to our next city – Yazd. Sitting in the middle of the desert, this central Iranian city is known for its unique clay architecture which gives it a very storybook feel....

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]]> https://iwandered.net/the-real-iran-pt3-yazd-an-oasis-in-the-desert/feed/ 13 The Real Iran Pt2: The Biblical City of Persepolis https://iwandered.net/the-real-iran-pt2-the-biblical-city-of-persepolis/ https://iwandered.net/the-real-iran-pt2-the-biblical-city-of-persepolis/#comments Sat, 19 Nov 2011 02:47:05 +0000 http://iwandered.net/?p=1141 Many countries have that one landmark which serves as the national symbol as well as its #1 tourist draw. As Angkor Wat is to Cambodia, Machu Picchu to Peru and Great Wall to China, in Iran that place is Persepolis. Over 2,500 years old, this former capital of the Persian Empire is emblematic of the strong...

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]]> https://iwandered.net/the-real-iran-pt2-the-biblical-city-of-persepolis/feed/ 2 The Real Iran Prologue: Why Go to Iran? https://iwandered.net/the-real-iran-prologue-why-go-to-iran/ https://iwandered.net/the-real-iran-prologue-why-go-to-iran/#comments Sun, 13 Nov 2011 13:24:29 +0000 http://iwandered.net/?p=1098 If I were to base my travel decisions solely on the opinions of the people around me, I probably would not have gone to Iran. To say this country has a bad reputation is a gross understatement – it probably ranks near the bottom among countries in terms of public perception. Of course, it does...

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