We had Sadj drop us in an area of Shiraz where the guidebook showed there were a bunch of hotels to choose from. Being our last destination before returning to Tehran we wanted a reasonably decent room so we’d determined to take our time in assessing our options. Marie got left with the bags while … More In the cradle of civilisation – Shiraz

Our driver was 10 mins late but given he lives in a different town we let him have that. We found this out when after our breakfast stop at a very nice café in Shahr-E Kurd 90 minutes after we’d been collected when Sadj (our driver) took us to his house 200m down the road … More Mountains, canyons and kebabs