Yazd, Meybod, Kharanaq and Chak Chak

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  Yazd Province, Iran
Wednesday, May 17, 2006

Yazd is pretty much in the middle of the desert. It is very dry and hot here!
Iranians` relationship with water is quite interesting, but in Yazd water even has a museum dedicated to it. Iranians have been building wells and irrigation channels for centuries and Yazd is famous for its cisterns and reservoirs. The city is one of the most exotic I have been in Iran: it has many traditional houses that are built around courtyards; they also have `wind towers` to help cool the rooms. These houses are built with light brown brick, mud and straw. The old city is like a maze with narrow streets and tall walls - very picturesque!!
But I guess the highlight of my stay here was the very nice travelers I met at the delightful Silk Road Hotel. It was wonderful to talk to tourists like me after traveling so long on my own.
It is very enriching to meet people from all over the world, who love traveling and have loads of interesting stories to tell.
I was sad to leave Yazd!

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Amir Chakhmaq Complex, Yazd	Ayatollah Khomeini	Ceiling of Bagh e Doulat Abad palace	Chak Chak
Children on the streets of Yazd	Couryard of traditional house in Yazd	Dome of mausoleum Bogheh ye Seyed Roknaddin, Yazd	Fort and pomegranade garden
Fort in Meybod	Fort in Meybod I	Gate of Chak Chak temple	Inside a traditional house in Yazd
Inside the Icehouse in Meybod	Jameh Mosque, Yazd	Kharanaq I	Kharanaq village, near Yazd
Old man in Kharanaq	Outside the Icehouse in Meybod	Playground	Pleasure
Restored caravansarai in Kharanaq, near Yazd	Selling bread on the streets of Yazd	Street of Yazd	Tomb of the 12 Imams, Yazd
Towers of Silence, Yazd	View from Chak Chak	View from the entrance of my hotel	View from the Towers of Silence
Water cistern and one of the Towers of Silence	Wind tower of Bagh e Doulat Abad	Wind towers in Yazd	Window of Bagh e Doulat Abad palace
Yazd overview	Back of façade	Graffiti	windows
wind towers - overview of Yazd	street of Yazd II	A doorknocker for each sex	sun rays over Yazd skyline
one of the many courtyards	wind towers and street	making sugar cubes (with a touch of saffron)	2 CV
Sugar factory	Ruins in Kharanaq	Kharanaq II	Kharanaq III   Comments!
Kharanaq IV	Kharanaq V	Bagh-e Doulat Abad	Kharanaq VI
Car and boys	Kharanaq VII	Kharanaq VIII	Skyline of Yazd
Restored Caravansarai	Amazing architecture!	Maison & minarets	Zoroastrian temple
Green and beige	Silk Road Hotel entrance	Old walls	Dome and minarets
Courtyard of more modern mosque	sexy rooftops	Alley and minarets	Dome of bazaar in Yazd
Old tower - streets of Yazd	Cool!

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