"Half of the world"

Trip Start May 14, 2010

Trip End May 29, 2010

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Flag of Iran Esfahan, Iran
Monday, June 14, 2010

Esfahan was said to be "Half the world" in ancient times... and it doesn't disappoint.

Sitting at the tea shop overlooking the large Imam square, smoking a water pipe and sipping tea with locals made for some of the best memories from the trip.

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Spice market	Spice market	Mosque	Madrassa ( school )
Students	Esfahan Bazaar	Esfahan Bazaar	Mosque
Mosque	Mosque	Prayer time	Prayer time at the mosque
Time to pray	Ancient inscriptions	Beautiful caligraphy	Mosque
Mosque	Mosque	Ancient mosque	Mosque on Imam square
Traditional blue in Esfahan mosques	Domes	Snap!	Intricate art in the mosques
Mulla	Stones used to pray to mecca	Delicate windows	Domed mosques
Mosques	Mosque	Imam square Comments!	Walking into the grand entrance of the bazaar
Stamping table clothes	Spices	Spice market	Esfahan Bazaar
Esfahan skyline	Esfahan skyline	On top of the Hakim mosque	Street sellers
How to make a persian carpet	Haggling for a carpet..	Tourists...	esfahan
Imam Square	esfahan	Imam Square	Ferreni - a tasty treat
Ferreni - think yogurt + syrop. Yummy. Comments!	Esfahan Bazaar	Esfahan Bazaar	Sugar and spice
Esfahan Bazaar	Esfahan Bazaar	Esfahan Bazaar	Esfahan Bazaar
Esfahan Bazaar	Esfahan Bazaar	Head scarf anyone?	Mosque
Mosque	Bird market	Bird market	Bird market
Bird market	Bird market	Bird market	Bird market
Bird market	Bird market	Spice market	Esfahan markets
Market	Fruit market	Fruit Market	Fruit Market
Esfahan Bazaar	Camel meat anyone? It's actually pretty tasty	Camel hoof at the meat shop	Back streets of the Esfahan Bazaar
Back streets of the Esfahan Bazaar	Murals of the imams overlooking the mosque	Murals of the imams overlooking the mosque	Murals of the imams overlooking the mosque
Murals of the imams overlooking the mosque	Murals of the imams overlooking the mosque	Mural, I'm not 100% sure what this one is Comments!	Sacred Shrine
Sacred Shrine	Backstreets	Qur'an extracts throughout the city	Khaju bridge
Khaju bridge	Khaju bridge	Khaju bridge	Khaju bridge
Khaju bridge poets	Under the bridge	Searching from some Hafez poems to recite	Under the bridge
Khaju bridge	Khaju bridge	Si-o-Seh bridge	Dorm life
Imam square	Mosque in Imam square	The bridge at night	Small egg & tea shop in the bazaar
Esfahan bazaar - head scarves	Students at the Madrassa	Esfahan mosque	Religious counseling
Esfahan mosque Comments!	Esfahan handicrafts	Esfahan handicrafts	Silver work
View of Esfahan from above	A Church in Iran	Bread stand in the city	esfahan
The best tea shop in Iran	Esfahan bridge	Imam square at sunset	Very atmospheric underground tea shop in Esfahan
A stroll down Si-o-seh bridge at night	Esfahan skyline from the roof of Hakim Mosque	Worker at the mosque wants to chat	Eating at the local egg and tea shop. So good.
A walk through the Esfahan bazaar	Prayer time at the mosque	Acoustics in the Mosque	Making silver handicrafts
View of Imam square from my favorite tea shop	Hafez under the bridge