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Day 257: House of Strength
Blog: Diaries of a Vagabonding Couple - 28 October 2010
Inside an Iranian House of Strength Zurkhaneh, the house of strength, is a traditional Iranian gym where men go to exercise and frequent “performances” are held. Our LP highlighted this as an interesting window into Iranian culture but I couldn’t quite understand our guidebook’s description: “A group of men, standing around the perimeter of a lowered pit, perform a series of ritualized feats
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Day 256: Windcatchers in the desert
Blog: Diaries of a Vagabonding Couple - 27 October 2010
The full moon rises behind mountains in the horizon, the twilight sky slowly turns dark. There’s no better soundtrack to this serenity than the soothing echo of songs coming from mosques left, right and center. It’s prayer time and the singing voices carry so much grace we are left silent standing on a rooftop overlooking a panorama of mud brown houses. We’re in Yazd, an ancient Silk Road city
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Yazd- the oldest city in the world.
Blog: arnika round the world - 2 May 2010
*A quick side note. My blog site is actually banned in Iran, thanks to my lovely friend Kate who is updating it for me via email. So I will add photos and video’s when I get out of here* The Silk Road hotel is where all tourists eventually end up. Its one of those places [...]
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