From Yazd to Esfahan

The bus takes this route approximately 4.5 hours and costs 40,000 riel per person. The old Volvo and Mercedes buses, which is in Iran. Many countries have sanctions against Iran. This means that they struggle to renew their buses and airplanes. There are not many domestic flights in the country, but yet there are relatively many air crashes - about 3-4 each year. The reason why is that their air force consisting of old Russian aircraft. Iran has major problems getting new planes or spare parts for their old planes. They want to buy Airbus or Boeing, but they can not because of sanctions. Esfahan also called Isfahan was former capital in 1500 and 1600 when the city was transformed into one of the finest in ancient Persia and one of the most beautiful cities in the Islamic world today. The city is especially known for its good bazaars, teahouses, Imam Square, Imam Mosque. A little side note - the higher rank as a mulimsk "priest" may have been Imam, then on the Ayatollah and the Mullah. Esfahan is also famous for something less good - seen by Western eyes. Just outside town is a much discussed nuclear power, which the West is afraid to use to develop atomic bombs. Iran says it nuclear power plant must not be used. So right now it is word against word. The Iranian culinary kitchen might feel a little limited. Morning, afternoon and evening you get served the same kind of flat bread. Hotels, cheap restaranter but also expensive restaurants serving all the same flat bread. For breakfast eat it with cheese or carrot jam on. For lunch and dinner "rolled" the bread on the meat before eating. Kebab eaten much in Iran. It is oblong pieces of minced meat grilled on a skewer. Furthermore served rice and two grilled tomatoes. Court looks the same whether it sereveres at an inexpensive restaurant or animals.