Above: Bam’s town centre. It was our sleep-in today, waking up at 0830 before taking a cold shower and having breakfast. Akbar, the owner of the guesthouse introduced himself after returning from Kerman. He was a teacher in English and Persian literature. We wandered around Bam’s town but there wasn’t much to captivate us.   […]

We reached Akbar Guest House in Bam around 1300. It was like a little oasis within their compound. We bought some snacks in place of lunch. It was a social place at the guesthouse. We chatted to Daniel, a Swedish ex-military guy who raves about Sydney and Australia, having been there for the Olympics in […]

It was a more civilized wake-up at 0700 for breakfast of greasy fried egg, bread sticks, jam and coffee. Our organised transport turned out to be the driver which booted us out of the taxi at the airport yesterday for whatever reason due to communication difficulties. His job for the day was to take us […]

Above: Mosaic work at Jame Mosque, Kerman. We rose early at 0600 and were down for breakfast at 0700. It was the same breakfast except the jam was now a carrot jam which was new to me, but I liked it! We were in a taxi to the airport at 0800. We spotted a few […]

Golestan Palace We woke to another beautiful day in Tehran with clear blue skies. The hotel breakfast was a good introduction to the Persian breakfast. Nan bread (not like the Indian tandoor one but thinner and somewhat cardboardy), egg, white cheese spread, butter and jam. [Edit: while I enjoyed it, little did I know that […]