the night before we left yazd, sk tossed a handful of 9 numbers for this cute boy to pick.unknown to him, sk emailed the numbers back to singapore to buy 4D.
nice to cool off next to a fan. the heat in yazd is about 40 degrees during the day time. fortunately, weather was dry so... less sweat but more burn...
the inside of jameh mosque.
getting lost in the old city... it's fun!
i still haven't figure out what this picture means. if you know, please write me a comment.
zorastrian sign
the zorastrian temple
a zorastrian fire temple. there is a flame in this temple that has been kept burning since A.D. 470...
an example of a live body in the pit on the tower of silence...
the tower of silence - the ancient zorastrians (a religious group) used to place their dead bodies here for vultures to eat them. there were no cremation nor burial in those days because they felt that fire and earth are sacred.
a bazaar
another mosque
a small view of the old city
jameh mosque - next to our hotel (silk route hotel).we arrived Yazd in the middle of the night and took a taxi to Silk Route hotel which was recommended by travelers on the Lonely Planet forum. it was a lovely hotel with many wooden bali-style daybeds placed around its common area. we got a dormitory bed each for 40,000 rials per night (sgd 6) and the room sleeps about 8 people, had a high ceiling and was located at the basement. i thought it was quite a good recommendation and there is no check-out time.
1 comment:
hi.about those pictures:
they are iranian martyrs. they have killed in iran-iraq war between 1981-1989.I'm iranian. and I have a weblog about history,culture and news of armenia. because i live in yerevan.
i invite you to visit my webblog.
www.yerevan.persianblog.ir
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