0203 - Esphahan - Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque

0204 - Esphahan - Imam Mosque

0205 - Esphahan - Imam Mosque entrance tilework

0206 - Esphahan - Imam Mosque

0207 - Esphahan - Imam Mosque

0208 - Esphahan - Imam Mosque - canvas shades

0210 - Esphahan - Imam Mosque tile details

0211 - Esphahan - Imam Mosque

0214 - Esphahan - Imam Mosque

0214 - Esphahan - Imam Mosque

0216 - Esphahan - Imam Square & Imam Mosque

0217 - Esphahan - Imam Square & Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque

0218 - Esphahan - Ali Qapu Palace gateway

0219 - Esphahan - Ali Qapu Palace

0225 - Esphahan - silk carpet workshop

0227 - Esphahan - silk carpet workshop

0229 - Esphahan - Imam Mosque at night

0230 - Esphahan - Abbasi Hotel

0232 - Esphahan - Abbasi Hotel

0235 - Esphahan - Armenian Vank Cathedral

0237 - Esphahan - Armenian Vank Cathedral

0238 - Esphahan - Armenian Vank Cathedral museum

0241 - Esphahan - puffing on a qalyan at Shaking Minarets

0242 - Esphahan - Zoroastrian Fire Temple

0243 - Esphahan boy

0245 - Esphahan women

0251 - Esphahan boys - the Dad wanted to take my photo

0252 - Esphahan - Mom and baby girl

0253 - Esphahan - traditional Persian restaurant

0255 - Esphhan - Madrasa, attached to Abbasi Hotel

0256 - Esphahan - bookseller & his shop

0258 - Esphahan - Bazaar

0259 - Esphahan young man in his family shop

0262 - Esphahan - House of Strength - sporting club

0264 - Esphahan morning on the river

0265 - Esphahan - Si-o-Seh Bridge, dating from 1599

0266 - Esphahan - Si-o-Seh Bridge, dating from 1599

0270 - Esphahan - Khaju Bridge, dating from 1650

0272 - Esphahan - Shahrestan Bridge, dating from the 12th century

0281 - Esphahan - Imam Mosque

0282 - Esphahan - Chehel Sotun

0283 - Esphahan - Chehel Sotun

0286 - Esphahan - Chehel Sotun Palace ceiling

0287 - Esphahan - Chehel Sotun

0288 - Esphahan - Chehel Sotun

0289 - Esphahan - Chehel Sotun

0290 - Esphahan - Chehel Sotun

0291 - Esphahan - Chehel Sotun

0293 - Esphahan

0296 - Esphahan - Imam Square

0297 - Esphahan - Imam Square

0302 - Shiraz - full moon at Aramgah-e Hafez, tomb of poet Hafez

0303 - Shiraz - tea house at Aramgah-e Hafez

0306 - Shiraz mosque

0309 - Shiraz - Nasir-ol-Molk Mosque - exquisite ceiling detail

0310 - Shiraz - Nasir-ol-Molk Mosque

0311 - Shiraz - Nasir-ol-Molk Mosque - winter prayer hall

0313 - Shiraz - Nasir-ol-Molk Mosque - winter prayer hall

0314 - Shiraz - Nasir-ol-Molk Mosque - winter prayer hall

0317 - Shiraz woman

0318 - Shiraz - watermelon seller

0319 - Shiraz grocer

0321 - Shiraz - University students

0325 - Shiraz - view of gardens from Naranjestan Museum

0326 - Shiraz - Naranjestan Museum - self-portrait with Constanza

0327 - Shiraz - Naranjestan Museum - hall with elaborately decorative ceiling

0328 - Shiraz - view of nearby mountains from hotel

0401 - Persepolis - approach to Persepolis, built by Darius the Great 2500 years ago on a high platform in a wind-swept, barren desert plain - destroyed by Alexander the Great's army in 330 B.C.

0403 - Persepolis - Grand Stair

0404 - Persepolis - Xerxes' Gateway

0405 - Persepolis - Xerxes' Gateway

0406 - Persepolis - Xerxes' Gateway

0407 - Persepolis - column capital

0407 - Persepolis - from Xerxes' Gateway

0409 - Persepolis - Achaemenid reliefs

0410 - Persepolis

0411 - Persepolis

0412 - Persepolis

0414 - Persepolis

0415- Persepolis

0416 - Persepolis

0418 - Persepolis

0419 - Persepolis - once called the city of minarets because all that was visible above ground were the tops of the columns

0420 - Persepolis

0422 - Persepolis

0423 - Persepolis

0424 - Persepolis - looking toward tomb of Artaxerxes III on hillside beyond

0427 - Persepolis - stair to tomb of Artaxerxes III

0430 - Persepolis

0502 - Naqsh-e Rajab - Sassan with Sassanian bas relief

0503 - Naqsh-e Rajab - Sassan with Sara

0505 - Naqsh-e Rajab - cars share roadway with nomads

0506 - Naqsh-e Rostam - Rock tombs of Darius I & II, Artaxerxes I & Xerxes I

0507 - Naqsh-e Rostam - rock tomb of Xerxes I

0510 - Naqsh-e Rostam - Kaba Zartosht

0511 - Naqsh-e Rostam - Fred, Constanza, Sara, John, Annis, Gerald

0601 - Firuz Abad - meat market

0602 - Firuz Abad - nearby Sassanian bridge

0603 - Caravanserai near Firuz Abad

0608 - Firuz Abad - Ardashir's Palace, 1800 years old

0703 - Qashqa'i lunch

0704 - Qashqa'i boy with Sassan

0707 - Qashqa'i young woman with Sara

0710 - Qashqa'i - Sara, Constanza & Paula ready for shotgun wedding

0712 - Qashqa'i women

0714 - Qashqa'i woman

0718 - Qashqa'i young woman weaving carpet

0720 - Qashqa'i - landscape

0722 - Qashqa'i - campsite

0723 - Qashqa'i - landscape

0724 - Qashqa'i woman

0726 - Qashqa'i baby in her tent

0728 - Qashqa'i baby & mother

0729 - Qashqa'i father, son and ram

0731 - Qashqa'i tea sipping

0733 - Qashqa'i camp at sunset

0734 - Qashqa'i flock returning at dusk

0801 - Pasargadae - Citadel - view from the top

0806 - Pasargadae - Cyrus' Private Palace, looking toward the citadel

0808 - Pasargadae