tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-940291957728919512023-11-16T20:01:46.505+01:00stockholm360.net.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-94029195772891951.post-49792608571970723682015-11-01T00:37:00.000+01:002015-12-24T16:26:52.378+01:00Alcudia, Mallorca, Spain<h1 class="firstHeading" id="firstHeading" lang="en">
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<b>Alcúdia</b> is the main tourist centre in the North of Majorca, Spain.
ItJust a few kilometres inland from the coast, Alcúdia is a place of quiet
charm and character, ringed by mighty medieval walls that enclose a
maze of narrow lanes, historic mansions, cafe-rimmed plazas and
warm-stone houses. On the fringes of town are the remains of what was
once the island’s prime Roman settlement.<br />
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In Alcúdia the old
town is well preserved with houses dating back to the 13th century. The images below are from Alcudia old town and the surrounding medieval wall.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Alcuida, Mallorca, Spain. </span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">(Nikon D600, Nikkor 28-80 f/3.3-5.6G</span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">, @28mm, ISO 200, </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Alcuida, Mallorca, Spain. </span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">(Nikon D600, Nikkor 28-80 f/3.3-5.6G</span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">, @28mm, ISO 200, </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Alcuida, Mallorca, Spain.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Alcuida, Mallorca, Spain. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">(Samsung SM-G920F, 4.3mm (</span>28mm-equivalent<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">), 1/860s - f/1.9)</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">One of the Gates of the city wall. </span>Alcuida, Mallorca, Spain. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">(Nikon D600, Nikkor 10.5 mm f/2.8G</span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">, ISO 200, 1/800 - f/8)</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Another gate of the city wall. Alcuida, Mallorca, Spain. </span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">(Nikon D600, Nikkor 28-80 f/3.3-5.6G</span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">, @28mm, ISO 200, 1/400 - f/10)</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">The same gate as the one before. Alcuida, Mallorca, Spain. </span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">(Nikon D600, Nikkor 28-80 f/3.3-5.6G</span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">, @28mm, ISO 200, 1/400s - f/10)</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">The gate from the inside. Alcuida, Mallorca, Spain. </span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">(Samsung SM-G920F, 4.3mm (</span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">28mm-equivalent</span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">), 1/1500s- f/1.9)</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">The city wall of the old Alcuida, Mallorca, Spain. </span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">(Nikon D600, Nikkor 28-80 f/3.3-5.6G</span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">, @28mm, ISO 200, 1/200s - f/11)</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Church of St. Jaume from 1697, </span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Alcuida, Mallorca, Spain. </span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">(Nikon D600, Nikkor 28-80 f/3.3-5.6G</span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">, @28mm, ISO 200, 1/250s - f/11)</span></span></h1>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Medieval house window, Alcuida, Mallorca, Spain. </span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">(Nikon D600, Nikkor 28-80 f/3.3-5.6G</span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">, @28mm, ISO 200, 1/200s - f/4)</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Another Medieval house window, Alcuida, Mallorca, Spain. </span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">(Nikon D600, Nikkor 28-80 f/3.3-5.6G</span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">, @28mm, ISO 200, 1/200s - f/4)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">(Nikon D600, Nikkor 28-80 f/3.3-5.6G</span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">, @28mm, ISO 200, </span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">NIKON D600, Tamron 28-75/2.8 @ 75 mm, 1/800s - F 9.00</span></td></tr>
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NIKON D600, Tamron 28-75/2.8 @ 75 mm, 1/800s - F 9.00</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">Shapouri Pavillion and Garden<br />
<i>Nikon D600, Nikkor 18-35mm f/3.5-4.5D @ 18mm, 1/320s - f/8</i><br />
<a href="http://stockholm360.net/fp.php?id=shiraz-shapuri-house-1" style="font-size: medium; text-align: start;" target="_blank"><i>360 VR panorama</i></a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">Shiraz-Haraijan Road<br />
<i>Nikon D600, Tamron 28-75mm f/2.8 @ 50mm, 1/500s - f/8</i><br />
<i><a href="http://stockholm360.net/fp.php?id=shiraz-haraijan-rd" target="_blank">360 VR Panorama</a></i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">Shiraz-Haraijan Road, winter<br />
<i>Nikon D600, Tamron 28-75mm f/2.8 @ 28mm, 1/500s - f/8</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">Shiraz-Haraijan Road, winter<br />
<i>Nikon D600, Tamron 28-75mm f/2.8 @ 28mm, 1/1000s - f/8</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">Shiraz-Haraijan Road, winter<br />
<i>Nikon D600, Tamron 28-75mm f/2.8 @ 28mm, 1/500s - f/8</i></td></tr>
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<i>Nikon D600, Tamron 28-75mm f/2.8 @ 55mm, 1/640s - f/8</i><br />
<i><a href="http://stockholm360.net/fp.php?id=shiraz-haraijan-rd-snow" target="_blank">360 VR panorama</a></i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">Old Aley in Shiraz<br />
<i>Nikon D600, Tokina 10-17mm f/3.5-4.5 @ 10mm, 1/2000s - f/8</i><br />
<i><a href="http://stockholm360.net/fp.php?id=shiraz-suriha-alley" target="_blank">360 VR panorama</a></i><br />
<i><a href="http://stockholm360.net/fp.php?id=shiraz-old-alley" target="_blank">360 VT panorama #2</a></i><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-94029195772891951.post-37181184877667348392014-08-24T10:15:00.003+02:002014-08-27T20:53:24.987+02:00Stockholm Night Portraits Tamron 28-75/2.8 (2)Here are some more portraits and night shots during the Tamron 28-75/2.8 test. Have a look and read also the last words.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nikon D600, Tamron 28-75/2.8 @ 75mm, f/2.8, 1/13s</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nikon D600, Tamron 28-75/2.8 @ 75mm, f/8, 1/2s</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nikon D600, Tamron 28-75/2.8 @ 28mm, f/11, 1/10s (-1.0EV)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nikon D600, Tamron 28-75/2.8 @ 75mm, f/2.8, 1/8s</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nikon D600, Tamron 28-75/2.8 @ 75mm, f/2.8, 1/25s</td></tr>
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The last words: Well this is just a non-scientific test of the Tamron lens and in no way ruling out the Nikon 24-70/2.8 or saying this is as good as that one. Off course if you pay more than four times the money you must expect something more. But what is it you get? Sharper far edge and corners, no doubt, faster auto focus, better build quality, more glass and more metal but also more weight and much larger lens. So the question is are you ready to pay that much more money for the "little" extra you get? Or are you happy with the result of the cheaper lens?Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-94029195772891951.post-85340724950134899992014-08-23T20:26:00.001+02:002014-08-24T10:31:14.324+02:00Stockholm at night with a Tamron 28-75mm/2.8 on a NikonIs it possible to get reasonable images with a reasonable priced lens? Or do you need a top of the line which requires a considerable wealth to buy?<br />
I have wondered about his question long and hard, drooled over super expensive lenses and images taken with them a long time. Almost everybody that is somebody publish photos taken by those lenses.<br />
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Well in some situations you will no doubt have benefit to have the top pro lenses, where you are working in low light and you want to freeze movements and cannot use flash or hate using a tripod . But I have realized that those situations are just 1% or less of all the ones I normally work at. To test it for myself I took my Tamron 28-75/2.8 lens and went out to take some photos at night to see if I am happy with the results. This lens only costs about $550 compared to a Nikon 24-70/2.8, which costs in the region of $2000. In the evening I chose a couple of places, sat my camera on tripod and snapped a couple of shots and just thought I share this experience with whoever comes across. All images in this post were taken with a Tamron 28-75/2.8 on a Nikon D600.<br />
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Well, the colors are amazing and scenery is out of this world. But let's just look at how it performs for portraits. No tripods but a small flash.<br />
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Well, I am happy with the results, I can now with peace of mind forget the purchase of the very expensive lenses.<br />
I softened the last photo a little bit, to knock down to the sharpness and make it a little dreamy.<br />
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I'll post more photos from the evening/night photo session later on...Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-94029195772891951.post-53296053977045903812014-03-30T21:01:00.001+02:002014-08-04T15:28:53.898+02:00Trekking & Road Trip in Norway - Day 11 (Back to Stockholm)The last day was spent almost exclusively on driving from Oslo to Stockholm with a stop in Karlstad for a quick lunch. Eleven days of travel through unforgettable Norway sceneries and some of its fantastic mountains and Fjords. A travel I had wanted to go for several years and it was at least as I had expected. I am already thinking of another trip, when, I can't say. Here is the complete route of this road trip.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The complete road trip route, Start/end: Stockholm</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Karlstad, Stora Torget<br />
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At last a few selfies I took during the trip, to see more images from the same places and many many more, please have a look at the previous posts in this blog and/or at the 360 degrees panoramas gallery at <a href="http://stockholm360.net/list.php?id=norway">stockholm360.net's Norway gallery</a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small; font-weight: normal;">View of Alesund from Aksla Fjellstua viewpoint<br />Nikon D600, Nikkor 16mm, 1/80s, f/8</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Nikon D600, <span style="font-size: x-small;">Nikkor </span>18-35 @26mm, 1/250s, f/11</span></td></tr>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-94029195772891951.post-69476582622554085822014-03-30T21:00:00.004+02:002014-04-08T17:10:36.008+02:00Trekking & Road Trip in Norway - Day 10 (Road to Oslo)Time goes fast when you have fun. It takes me two days to get back home so I have to drive back towards Stockholm. This will be another route than the one I took when driving from Stockholm and I wanted to stop by in Oslo to say hello to a friend I had there. The first thing was off course another ferry over the another fjord.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-94029195772891951.post-43508504317968599482014-03-30T21:00:00.001+02:002014-08-04T15:43:13.514+02:00Trekking & Road Trip in Norway - Day 9 (Stavanger & Preikestolen)Drive towards another west coast town, Stavanger. To get there from Bergen requires that you take ferries twice, which means waiting, embarking, etc that takes a lot of time for the 205 km distance between the the two towns. In total it took 4,5 hours to get there.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Ferry 1 on the road between Bergen & Stavanger</i><br />
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Today has started well as it does not seem to be rainy. Just before noon I arrived in Stavanger and there was a huge Italian ship that also arrived the same time in the harbour with a lot of tourists. I thought these tourist will also aim to go to the same place as I had planned and it's better I get there before so that I can avoid the crowd while climbing. So I took a few shots and drove towards Preikestolen (The Pulpit Rock).<br />
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Another 30 minutes of driving and yet another ferry an some more driving to the parking lot at the foot of the mountain. At the parking lot where the road ends you could see the sign warning how long it would take to hike up to the Pulpit Rock and how long to go back. You could read on the sign.<br />
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<i>"Preikestolen (The Pulpit Rock) was most likely formed with the melting frost 10,000 years ago, just after the Lysefjord glacier melted. This flat mountain plateau protrudes approximately 30 m from the mountain side and gives you an amazing view over the fjord and the mountains.</i><br />
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<i>Remember proper footwear, warm clothes, food and something to drink. 2 hours walk each way. Have a nice walk."</i><br />
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Well it took 1 hour an 45 minutes to walk/climb at times tough track to the Pulpit Rock. Well there I felt that it was worth it.<br />
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<i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Nikon D600, Nikkor 18-35@35mm, f/11, 1/250s</i></td></tr>
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On the way down I took another trail, which actually offered somewhat different and interesting views.<br />
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Back to the car and continue on the road. It was getting dark and I was very tired after more than 8 hours driving and 5-6 hours of hiking. That was enough for one day.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-94029195772891951.post-53992277878325078952014-03-30T19:28:00.000+02:002014-03-30T20:58:09.830+02:00Trekking & Road Trip in Norway - Day 7 & 8 (Bergen)<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Well in Bergen I stayed at home to recover from the wet trekking and muscle pains a full day. The weather was not that fantastic either. On the eight day the sun showed herself alt last and I felt much better so we went to the explore Bergen a little. So we walked in the town center and also we also went to take the Fløibanen Funicular. By taking the short ride with the Fløibanen Funicular from the city center to the top of the Fløien Mountain (320 meters above sea level), you have a golden opportunity to view the city, the mountains, the fjords and the sea.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We took a walk back through delightful scenery to go back down to the hustle and bustle of the Bergen Fish Market. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-94029195772891951.post-60327058396330254372014-03-29T19:08:00.002+01:002014-03-30T12:46:35.282+02:00Trekking & Road Trip in Norway - Day 6 (Road to Bergen)<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I woke up in Spiterstulen Mountain station, I had pain in all my body, the mountain walk in the cold rain yesterday didn't seem to had been a good idea and waiting here to wander about today wasn't appealing that morning. So, ate breakfast, started driving towards Bergen. Made a stop at a glacier where people were skiing, took some pictures. It was so cold and I felt extra cold as I was tired and with a T-shirt while people were had full winter outfit skiing. It is so strange, in 30 minutes you drive from the sea level with over 20 Celsius to this place at -10 Celsius. Off course you freeze. Just drive away...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">30 minutes later I was in the valley with a lot better temperature. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A very attractive trail that I would dream to walk on but with all the pain everywhere in my body in both muscles and joints, I let it go just drove past. Hope I come back some other time.</span><br />
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I continued driving downwards, and drove through several tunnels and had to wait seveal times for the ferries to take me over the different fjords. It took a log of time waiting for ferries, embarking and driving off.<br />
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At last I reached Bergen. I had a friend there, to whom I went.<br />
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-94029195772891951.post-3016854172154688842014-03-29T14:30:00.000+01:002014-03-29T19:52:41.071+01:00Trekking & Road Trip in Norway - Day 5 (Gejranger Fjord & Spiterstulen Mountain)<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I didn't notice anything strange and actually had a nice sleep. The view was not too bad from the room and it was even better from the balcony where I had my breakfast on.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The hotel converted from a retirement home in daylight<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Left the hotel and drove to another ferry to Geiranger. On our way we met another ferry also on its way to Geiranger, which is one of the most popular fjords in Norway because of its impressive dimensions and beauty.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Still morning and I drove up the mountains to Dalsnibba, a 1476 m (4843 ft) a mountain in Stranda Municipality in Møre og Romsdal
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> After Dalsnibba to the town of Lom with a post Viking church with some viking characteristics.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ate a late lunch in Lom and felt that the best half of the day is spent and I have not been on trekking today. So decided to head to Spiterstulen, a tourist station in the valley Visdalen in Lom in Oppland, which was nearby. Spiterstulen lies 1,100 metres above sea level, between the two highest mountains in Norway, Galdhøpiggen and Glittertind. It is the largest tourist cabin in Jotunheimen, with around 230 beds, and the furthest you can get with car, a start point for trekkers. Drove there, parked the car and hit a track towards the nature experience.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 19.200000762939453px;">Walked about two hours. It was cold, it wan very windy and guess what, it started raining again. I thought this cannot be true. As I was not equipped or prepared for very cold weather, I was freezing, and felt the feeling in my hands decreases as soon as I fiddle with camera. So, I decided to take some pictures and go back to the station. When I arrived I was cold and wet. Decided to stay over night there, sat inside looked at the rainy mountain outside through the window...</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Had my breakfast on the cabin's porch and hit the road. For the first time took the ferry over to cross the Storfjorden, Beautiful.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Continued on road up in the mountain to see the another magnificent view over Sunnyfjorden.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Soon after this view was time to take another ferry crossing the Sunny fjord (Sunnyfjorden) and Geirangerfjorden. There was much more clouds in the sky and it was not as blue as in the morning and it seemed the it was getting worse. I decided to not stop and continue to find a good track for trekking. Drove northwards to Norddal and then to Herdalssetra. Parked the car and hit the track. First a small gravel road to Herdalssetra, a </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mountain Summer Farm and from there just a small track to the mountains. Now it was completely cloudy. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After three hours walking it started drizzling. I thought, maybe it is better to go back as the weather has been getting worse and worse during the day and there was a risk for the drizzle to go over to rain. Just a last image and head back to the car. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The downhill walk was much faster and I got to the car before I was completely wet. It was almost dark so I tried to find a place to stay over night and found a very small homely hotel. Checked in and had the dinner there. During the dinner I learned that the hotel had been an old retirement home that had been converted to hotel, it had only ten rooms and I was one the only two guests for that night, spooky but interesting. After the dinner I went directly to sleep...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When I got back to the car, I found what I was afraid of all the time since I had arrived to this town, a f*n parking ticket. I was away just for 30 minutes or so. Anger and rage got up to my head. It made me rethink and ignore all the Art Nouveau stuff. I was not here for walking in towns, so I hit the road and got out of the town, found a place outside the town, on the island of Godoya, safe from tickets and started my first hiking. After half an hour saw a steep track upwards the hill and took it. One hour later, the air and the amazing scenery had made me completely forget about the ticket and got calm again. The ticket felt so far away. Here you can see the scenery up from the path I had been climbing on the island of Godoya.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Godoya<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After three hours I went back to the car which took less than one hour and then drove southwards stopping wherever it looked nice for a coffee or sandwich. In the following you can see the places I stopped at.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">On the road to Trollstigen<br />
<a href="http://stockholm360.net/fp.php?id=norway-rauma-norddal2" target="_blank">See the 360 panorama here</a> and <a href="http://stockholm360.net/fp.php?id=norway-rauma-norddal" target="_blank">here</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Storfjorden<br />
<a href="http://stockholm360.net/fp.php?id=norway-storfjorden-2" target="_blank">See the 360 panorama of Storfjorden here</a></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">At last I was at the Trollstigen's viewpoint and it was worth the way up to here. It offered the most spectacular view up to now in the trip. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Trollstigen's viewpoint<br />
<a href="http://stockholm360.net/fp.php?id=norway-trollstigen-1" target="_blank">See 360 panorama here</a></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">See a little downwards in the panorama to see how the road meanders up to this viewpoint.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After seeing Trollstigen I hit the road again and found a picturesque cabin village. This village was fabulous, as from a tale, like a scene from "The Lord of the Ring". It was really amazing. Its surroundings was so beautiful too. I decided to hike along the fabulous path from that village towards the mountain for an hour or so.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://stockholm360.net/fp.php?id=norway-cabins" target="_blank">See the 360 panorama of the fabulous village here.</a></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Path from the village to the mountain</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Driving slowly towards west passing a few more lakes, stopping by a few of the more appealing ones to snap some pictures, to break the monotone slow driving. And also a stop by a remote cemetery with a closed chapel in the middle of the mountains with an impressive water fall further away. All of the pictures takes just by the road to avoid wasting time on hiking and getting to the destination as fast as possible. I had made 4-5 stops each costing about 30 minutes of time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">At last at about 5:30 pm arriving in Alesund, a sea port on the west coast of Norway, noted for its unique concentration of Art Nouveau architecture. Built partly on islands and a long peninsula which from above looks like a big tongue protruding from the mainland's mouth. I looked around a little and found a suitable hotel, hurried to check into the hotel to be able to get to a high view to see and shoot the town from above. To be in a hurry, being first time in town, trying to get hotel finding and check in out of the way before it's too dark meant a lot of stress, not mentioning the being worried for getting parking tickets.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Anyway, I was at the viewpoint at about 7.30 pm and made some shots before it got dark and I headed back to the hotel.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Took two days but at last I was at the west cost and could start the real adventure from the day after. It was a bonus that I could make it to the viewpoint so it was gotten done otherwise I had to do it the first thing in the morning.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">To see a 360 panorama of this place see: <a href="http://stockholm360.net/fp.php?id=norway-lillehammervegen" target="_blank">http://stockholm360.net/fp.php?id=norway-lillehammervegen</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">To see a 360 panorama of this place go here: <a href="http://stockholm360.net/fp.php?id=norway-rdside42" target="_blank">http://stockholm360.net/fp.php?id=norway-rdside42</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">To see a 360 panorama of this place </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">go here:<a href="http://stockholm360.net/fp.php?id=norway-e136-road" target="_blank">http://stockholm360.net/fp.php?id=norway-e136-road</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">To see a 360 panorama of this place </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">go here: </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> <a href="http://stockholm360.net/fp.php?id=norway-alesund" target="_blank">http://stockholm360.net/fp.php?id=norway-alesund</a></span>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">So, a car trip started from Stockholm on the east cost of Sweden westwards. After a whole day of driving I was half way to my first destination and tired. The distance and the time it gets to drive is not proportional in Norway. The closer to the mountains you get, the </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">lower the </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">speed limit gets. The speed limit had decreased to 70 and 60 km/h the last couple of hours of driving. I </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">found a camping place to overnight, Biristrand's camping, where you could either rent a cabin, set up your own tent or just sleep in your sleeping bag.</span><br />
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This was the last day in Iran for this time and 3:30 after midnight I left Iran from Shiraz International Airport. The full travel route inside Iran was:<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-94029195772891951.post-27151282701720746672013-12-15T10:50:00.005+01:002013-12-15T14:30:05.134+01:00Travel Diary Iran 2013 - Day 12 (Tehran)I had only half day as I had to fly to Shiraz in the afternoon. I started the day in the Grand Bazar of Tehran, and visited Emam mosque. After that went past Shamsol-emareh Palace again, which is just a few hundred meters from the Bazar entrance. I continued walking a few kilometer, about 30 minutes or so to get to the Sar-dare Baghe Melli and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Both historical buildings from early Pahlavi era.<br />
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Emam mosque in the Tehran Grand Bazar (Masjed-e Shah until the Islamic Revolution)<br />
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Shamsol Emareh Palace from Nasser Khosrow street, part of the Golestan Palace compound from Qajar era.</div>
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Sar dar-e Bagh-e Melli (Meydan-e Mashq) from early Pahlavi era by the order of Reza Shah Pahlavi.</div>
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Time was now short and I decided to start moving towards the airport, but on my way I decided to stop by the Tehran City Theater, situated in the a Danesh-jou Park, a cultural center with a unique architecture.</div>
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The theater is in a very nice park with a cafe there you can drink beverages or get some ice cream in a green harmonious environment. After this visit and the ice cream I had to head to the airport. On my way to the airport I did a last stop at Azadi square, the most famous landmark of Tehran. </div>
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This was the last I saw in Tehran for this time.</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-94029195772891951.post-53171665392504866152013-12-05T20:47:00.002+01:002013-12-07T14:54:18.081+01:00Travel Diary Iran 2013 - Day 11 (Tehran)<a href="http://www.stockholm360.net/fp.php?id=golestan-wind-catcher-out" target="_blank">golestan-wind-catcher-out</a>Next stop Tehran, the capital city of the country. Took the flight from Shiraz to Tehran. A monstrous city with more than 14 million people in its metropolitan area. The city is boiling with high pulse from early morning to hours after midnight. My main target was the Unesco World Heritage Site Golestan Palace, the seat of Qajar kings. Golestan Palace (The Rose Garden Palace) belongs to a group of royal buildings that were
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(citadel). Golestan Palace Complex consists of 17 palaces, museums, and Halls. Almost all of this complex was built during 200 years of Qajar kings ruling. These palaces were used for many different occasions such as coronation and other important celebrations.<br />
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In the afternoon I visited the Archaeological Museum, a truly amazing museum if you are interested in the history<br />
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After two hours driving we were at the ancient city. The modern road cuts the ancient city in two parts, the main part of the city is on the southern side of the road and the smaller part including the monumental rock reliefs on the northern side of the road.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rock Relief of King Shapur I's triple victory over Roman 3 armies/emperors<br />1. Emperor Gordian III killed during battle as dead under the king horse's hoofs<br />
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3. Emperor Valerian who was captured during war and held captive until dead</td></tr>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-94029195772891951.post-88907327643508253412013-08-31T17:08:00.000+02:002013-08-31T17:13:22.758+02:00Travel Diary Iran 2013 - Day 9 (Esfahan)We started this day with a visit to the Naqsh-e Jahan Square again to see in the day and it was beautiful in daylight too.<br />
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Now went and visited the monumental buildings around it, the Alighapoo Palace, the Masjed-d Shah and and Masjed-e Shek Lotfollah. All them were beautiful but the most impressive one was the Shah Mosque (Masjed-e Shah). This is a mosque worth seeing, there are three panoramas from this mosque and some other from the other buildings in at <a href="http://www.stockholm360.net/list.php?id=esfahan" target="_blank">Esfahan gallery</a>.<br />
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After the buildings and the square we headed to an old hamam (Aligholi agha), which is a museum now and then to the Shaking Minarets mosque (Monar Jonban) before leaving Esfahan for this time.<br />
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Panoramas from all the visited sites with interesting information about each sites can be seen at the <a href="http://www.stockholm360.net/list.php?id=esfahan" target="_blank">http://www.stockholm360.net/list.php?id=esfahan</a> back to Shiraz.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-94029195772891951.post-19353013122447446722013-08-20T21:17:00.003+02:002013-08-31T16:51:50.855+02:00Travel Diary Iran 2013 - Day 8 (Esfahan)After the breakfast we went out to the town center and to our first destination the beautiful Chehel Sotoon Palace and its garden, which is one the 9 gardens that together form the Unicef World Heritage "Persian Garden", see the UNICEF's description here <a href="http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1372/" target="_blank">http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1372/</a>.<br />
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The Palace and its garden was built in the first half of seventeenth century during the Shah Abbas II of the Safavid dyansty.<br />
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There are three panoramas of this palace the garden, the iwan (verandah) and the audience hall of the palace in the Esfahan Gallery at <a href="http://stockholm360.net/list.php?id=esfahan" target="_blank">http://stockholm360.net/list.php?id=esfahan</a><br />
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After that we headed to the grand bazaar of Esfahan, a historical market in Isfahan, Iran, one of the oldest and largest bazaars in the Middle East, dating back to the 17th century. Here you can find all kind of handmade pieces of arts from a variety of material, carpets, copper ware, sliver ware, woodwork, paintings, painted vases, dishes etc and many many other things.<br />
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In the bazaar we also visited the Friday Mosque (Masjed-e Jom-eh) ,
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In the evening we visited the Naqshe Jahan Square, a magnificent and beautiful square, which is another Unicef World Heritage site of Esfahan. This square and all its surrounding including the monumental buildings were built during the Safavid era, when Esfahan became the capital of Persia for the second time around 1600 AC.<br />
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It was pleasant to just sit there and enjoy the nice weather and the calm of the square and its beauty under the moon.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-94029195772891951.post-14531836171823217652013-06-07T13:31:00.000+02:002013-08-20T20:59:59.200+02:00Travel Diary Iran 2013 - Day 7 (Yazd - Isfahan)After last days extensive and long day in Yazd we decided to leave Yazd for Esfahan today. So after breakfast we packed and left the hotel in Yazd for this time and visited some two more places before hitting the road. One of the places was the Zoroastrian Fire Temple of Yazd.<br />
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The road from Yazd to Esfahan passas just the edge of the desert revealing what is surrounding Yazd, bare sandy desert.<br />
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Afer 4 hours of driving the 320km of road we arrived in Esfahan at about 2pm (point B to C on the map). The change of climate and temperature between the previous city and this one was nothing than obvious.<br />
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The first thing to do was to find a restaurant and we found a good one which was very poplular and had a lot of beautiful classic paintings and on its walls with good food too. After the restaurant we found our hotel, which also was very beautiful.<br />
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After checking in we head out to the see a pair of beautiful bridges that over the Zayandeh river that flows through the city. We spent the rest of the day walking along the river and around the two bridges (Si-o-seh Pol Bridge and Khaju Bridge).<br />
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See all the panoramas from the restaurant, the hotel and the bridges in the Esfahan Gallery at <a href="http://stockholm360.net/list.php?id=esfahan" target="_blank">http://stockholm360.net/list.php?id=esfahan</a><br />
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-94029195772891951.post-5968408418929619222013-06-07T13:21:00.003+02:002013-07-13T12:23:36.703+02:00 Travel Diary Iran 2013 - Day 6 (Yazd)A full day in Yazd seeing unforgettable historical part of the Yazd city and a number old houses that had belonged to the upper class citizens and now converted to either hotels, museums, or faculties of the university.<br />
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Enchanting all adobe walls and houses with wooden doorways.<br />
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Although not summer yet, it was very hot during the day, 33-34°C (around 92°F) required a lot of water to hydrate.<br />
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We also visited the Dolatabad Garden, which is one of the nine gardens that are protected by the World Heritage as a representative example of the Persian Gardens. The other ones on display at stockholm360.net are the Bagh-e Eram Garden in Shiraz and the Chehel-Sotoun Garden in Esfahan.<br />
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Inside the Bagh-e Dolatabad Garden Pavilion with exquisite color glass works. Yazd is also known for its sweets and silk weaving, therefore we visited some shops and bought both silk and sweets.<br />
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The car drive took about 6 hours including a stop for lunch in Abarkooh. Most of the 450km road was non-oncoming traffic.<br />
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Here you can see an Ab-Anbar, a traditional reservoir or cistern of drinking water in Persian antiquity. The wind catchers lead the cool wind to the underground storage tank keeping the water ventilated and cool during warm days.<br />
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We got to the hotel and made a fast visit to the town to visit the Jame mosque av Yazd.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-94029195772891951.post-55825270011198928262013-06-07T11:23:00.002+02:002014-08-04T23:40:31.632+02:00Travel Diary Iran 2013 - Day 4 (Persepolis - Naqsh-e Rostam)Several trips during this day were made, all of them very interesting but the day became very long.<br />
First we went to Persepolis, the most impressive and magnificent palace compound from Achaemenid's empire 500 BC. A vast Palace ruin plateau that takes several hours to visit. Unfortunately the compound museum was closed at the visit time.<br />
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Two colossal stone bulls flanked the northern portico of the Throne Hall in Persepolis. Here you can see one of them in its original place. The head of
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The Gate of All Nations, protected by bulls (front)
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<span style="color: black;">This throne hall</span>
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After Pesepolis we went to Naqsh-e Rostam, a site about five km northwest of <a href="http://www.livius.org/pen-pg/persepolis/persepolis.html">Persepolis</a> with several monumental royal tombs carved into the cliff from Achaemenid's empire (among others the tomb of King Darius I the Great (522-486 BC)) and several rock reliefs from the Sassanid empire 200-600 AC.<br />
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Then we also visited Nqshe Rajab, a small site with more rock reliefs from the Sassanid era.<br />
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At the end we decided to go a non-historical site, Behesht-e Gomshodeh, a green valley some 200 km to the north from our position. After a very hot day, which resulted that we burned all parts of the body that were not covered by cloths, this place was very pleasant indeed.<br />
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