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Oldest Bridge in Esfahan, Iran. 1500yrs old from what i remember but no promises as since getting back I have been making up for the lack of alcohol and have a job remembering my name now or where i live
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Joanna in full Ninja regalia leaving the Arminian Church.
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Bridge in Esfahan with museum type thing in the middle
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In a tea room under Bridge 33 in Esfahan. Notice the lovely garments that Joanna is wearing behind me!
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Quick video of the tea room under the arches of Bridge 33 - Star of show are Keith, Paul, Joanna and Pru
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One for the Ladies - This is our guide Saied. He was fantastic and if you are ever in Esfahan I thoroughly recommend you find him! Ask at Aladin's Carpet shop on Eman Sq.
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The tea rooms under Bridge 33 - Paul catwalking it and Joanna in the background in her Iranian garb
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Meeting the locals in Esfahan. Note the impressive 'Bridge 33' behind me (it has 33 arches and a tea room under it). This was the 3rd group of locals who wanted a photo with us?
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Me in the Eman Sq (2nd largest in the world) wearing the England shirt! Not a stars and stripes but got to be worth something!
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The Ladies Mosque. This is where most of iPSL Technical Support would need to pray if they were Muslin and lived in Esfahan, Iran
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Fantastic looking local Bird. Shame they are always in Black or Grey
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Eman Mosque at sunrise - Esfahan, Iran
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Inside the Eman Mosque. Notice the great beauty. Mosaics aren't bad either!
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Dome of the Emam Mosque in Esfahan.Taken by lying in the middle of the mosque. (Noone else in the building!)
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Dome inside the Ladies Mosque in Esfahan
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Me with a couple of the local ladies!!
Sorry about the cut off but we were all naked below the waist (or it may have been a crappy upload!)
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Me indulging in the local pasttime of Sheeska (water pipe) - Flavoured (apple) tobacco only! More like a breath freshener than smoking. Not sure I would bother again.
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Persopelis, Iran - huge gert carving of a Sphynxy thing at the entrance gates to the temple complex
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Persepolis - faces of Persian Soldiers carved into a wall
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Pillars at Persepolis (artily shot with sun behind!)
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Persepolis - looks like most of it has fallen over - 2500 years old so guess it is to be expected
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Zoroastrian (think they worship Zoro?) Tower of Silence where bodies of the dead are left for the vultures to eat. Also notice the pillars in the foreground which 'suck' cool air into underground room. (Interesting eh? - Suit yourself)
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View from the top of a Mosque in Yedz (I think - may be Shiraz?)
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