The bus from Shiraz to Yazd was pretty uneventful, besides the woman at the back vomiting audibly followed by the guy in front yelling and gesturing about the bus being too hot. It was bloody too hot, and if I knew more farsi I would yell and gesture as well. It's not the same if you are gesturing and yelling in English and you're the only Asian on a bus full of Iranians. Pick your battles! Mind you the journey was ridiculously cheap, $2 for 400kms or so. I don't even know how they make a profit from such journeys.
Yazd is a dry and dusty town known for its ages-ago history, mud-brick houses, qanats which are water cooling towers that rise into the sky and are dug deep into the ground, desserts, and it being a dry and dusty town which I will mention again for emphasis. There are also some beautiful grand mosques which glow charmingly as the sun runs out of juice.
During the day they don't look as cool but you can see the nice work they did on the tiles.
I went for a walk as the guidebook suggests, and got lost as the guidebook didn't suggest but did say was a likely possibility. I think that has a lot to do with the writers realising their directions are shit.
In the maze of tunnels I came across a room with jail-like bars at the front. I stuck my camera in and took this photo. It was actually ten shades darker but I'm so pro with my cam that it turned out madness. I wonder what happened to the person who once worked here. Did he die? Retire? Discover motorbikes? Last suggestion most likely (You mean I don't have to pedal!?!?!).
I don't know why the door here is so charred. Maybe they had a house fire, maybe they smoke...A LOT. Snoop dawg? Hahahahahah....I'm hungry.
A removalist truck. I'm so glad there wasn't any pathetic pun on the side about two men and a truck. And what a beautiful truck it is, I can just imagine it in the movie Cars, look at that bonnet, it almost wants to start talking!
- Unfinished project
- started 3 years ago and been kept in the dry since then. No rust
- needs minor body work
- needs new front window (30 bux from wreckers been quoted)
- various bits and bobs, have 5 milkcrates of spares (useless junk that is for a totally different car)
- first to see will buy
- turns heads
Well after walking around the city for a few hours, I was pretty bored of it. The only real attractions are the mosques, the walk, and a nearby town which I couldn't be bothered seeing. So I ditched Yazd and headed for Esfahan which is meant to be hectic electric. We'll soon find out...
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