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Advieh – a Wonderful Persian Spice Mix

Joe — Sun, 20 May 2012 07:02:47 +0000

After running around Kings Park, along the Swan River and up Jacob’s Ladder this morning I went to Subiaco Markets. To my delight, the Spice Library stall had advieh, a traditional Persian spice mix. I didn’t know it was called … Continue reading →

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Iran’s Election Dramas And Protests

Joe — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 13:43:00 +0000

Over the past 10 days I have been keeping a keen eye and ear on the Iranian election farce and associated events. I had the pleasure of visiting Iran in 2004 (see a, b, c, d, e, f and g) … Continue reading →

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Tehran 3 (at last)

Joe — Sun, 03 Oct 2004 23:50:00 +0000

Finally, the next update from my Iran trip, the trip that now seems a piece of ancient history. Sunday 5 September 2004 For breakfast we ate fresh mangoes and ugly, flat peaches (the kind we had previously eaten in Tabriz. … Continue reading →

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Tehran Continued

Joe — Sun, 19 Sep 2004 18:20:00 +0000

Across the road from the old American Embassy are a number of souvenir shops. We entered several of them, looking for a present for Devrim and Efkan for the occasion of their wedding that we both missed. We decided on … Continue reading →

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Tehran

Joe — Sun, 12 Sep 2004 21:20:00 +0000

Tehran is one of the world’s great cities and a metropolis of 12 million people. A peculiar motivation for coming here was to experience some of the world’s craziest traffic (thanks Uran for the tip). More about that later… For … Continue reading →

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Yazd to Tehran

Joe — Sun, 12 Sep 2004 20:42:00 +0000

Back at the Silk Road Guesthouse Karin and I packed our gear and I paid the account. The accommodation and meals for the 2 days came close to 200,000 rials. All but 40,000 was for the lovely Indian and Iranian … Continue reading →

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Yazd

Joe — Mon, 06 Sep 2004 19:51:00 +0000

This morning Karin and I arrived in Tabriz around 6am from Tehran. When we got off the bus we forgot a bag on the overhead space. Karin remembered and then chased the leaving bus to fetch the bag. Tomorrow we … Continue reading →

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Shiraz to Yazd to Tehran

Joe — Sun, 05 Sep 2004 01:43:00 +0000

I have so much to write about – my notebook contains 10 pages of reminder notes for me to expand upon. I am writing from the Mashad Hostel (not Mashad Hotel!) a shortwalk from the Emam Khomeini Square in Tehran. … Continue reading →

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From Tabriz to Esfahan to Shiraz (have a drink for me)

Joe — Wed, 01 Sep 2004 01:42:00 +0000

Having come from Esfahan, Karin and I are now in Shiraz, the town the famous grape is named after. Tomorrow we will take a tour to the ancient city of Persopolis before catching a bus to Yazd in the afternoon. … Continue reading →

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Tabriz…continued

Joe — Fri, 27 Aug 2004 17:22:00 +0000

At the bazaar a carpet and antique-style metal product seller said hello as we walked passed. If I was in Turkey, Egypt or another touristy country I would have ignored him and carried on walking. As it was Iran we … Continue reading →

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