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| Pistachio nuts | A farmer's wife collecting fodder for their goat |
The Bargh-e Tarikhi Fin Gardens, Kashan |
One of the delightful water features |
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| One of the springs sourcing the water features |
Dyeing wool for carpet making | Carpet finishing | The old mountain village of Abyenah |
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| More | scenes | in the ochre-coloured | village of Abyaneh |
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| A fine old plane tree facing the front of the Mosque in Natanz |
The beautifully tiled minaret of the Mosque |
Amazing decoration in the Borujerdi merchant's house in Kashan |
A view of the central courtyard with its pool |
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| Another view of the courtyard |
The Khan-e Tabatabei carpet merchant's house Kashan |
Some interior decoration in this house |
The central square of Qom, the second holiest city in Iran |
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| Looking into the Shrine of Hazrat-e Masumeh. It is only open to believers |
Another world! A motorway service area restaurant |
A coffee stop on our way to the Alamut region of the Alborz mountains |
The old village of Gazor Khan lying below the 'Castle of the Assassins' |
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| The castle is perched highup on the top of the ridge |
The flight of steps giving access to the castle from Gazor Khan |
Time defeated us! The view from the half-way point |
Looking back over Mo'allem Kayaleh in the afternoon sunshine |
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| The fish market at Bandar Anzali |
A selection of sturgeon roes |
The nearby fruit and vegetable market |
"What are those, Ali/" |
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| Rowers exercising on the Bandar Anzali lagoon |
A maze of open, reed-lined channels |
A fisherman's shelter in the middle of the shallow lagoon |
A mountain torrent on our way up to old village of Masuleh |
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| A candy-floss seller at the approach to the village | Walkways on roofs of the steeply terraced houses |
"A glass of chay?" | Awnings give some protection from the almost perpetual mist |
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| A kebab seller fanning the flames |
Traffic, Tehran style. Beware! |
Note the additional hazard of the deep, wide storm gullies |
A final meal at a traditional Tehran restaurant - with music of course |
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