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Iran Abadan _DSC19304

Iran Abadan _DSC19303

The Shatt Al Arab River defines the border between Iran and Iraq... I stood here for some time...

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Uploaded on Jul 22, 2008  |  Map

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We reached the fishing port of Abadan just as the sun had set over the Shatt Al Arab river. View...

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Uploaded on Jul 22, 2008  |  Map

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Iran Abadan _DSC19301

Iran Abadan _DSC19299

Abadan was largely destroyed in the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq War, as many towns along the Shatt Al Arab...

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Uploaded on Jul 22, 2008  |  Map

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Abadan is unmistakably an oil town, with its many foreign engineers adding to the rich mix of...

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Uploaded on Jul 22, 2008  |  Map

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Iran Abadan _DSC19290

Iran Khorramshahr _DSC19285

Entering Abadan, where the Karun river becomes the border between Iran and Iraq.

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Uploaded on Jul 22, 2008  |  Map

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The Karun river is the only navigable river in Iran, and it's affluence hosts a flourishing fishing...

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Uploaded on Jul 22, 2008  |  Map

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Iran Khorramshahr _DSC19283

Iran Khorramshahr _DSC19280

Most cities in Iran have a prominent statue on the central most roundabout. I Khorramshahr we found...

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Uploaded on Jul 22, 2008  |  Map

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Crossing the Karun river in Khorramshahr, a few hundred meters from where the Karun River joins the...

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Uploaded on Jul 22, 2008  |  Map

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Iran Khorramshahr _DSC19277

Iran to Iraq _DSC19274

The road from Ahvaz to Abadan follows the Karun river through Khorramshahr.

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Uploaded on Jul 22, 2008  |  Map

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Not far from Khorramshahr we passed a relic from the Iran-Iraq war that began in 1980 when Iraq...

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Uploaded on Jul 21, 2008  |  Map

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Iran to Iraq _DSC19276

Iran to Iraq _DSC19271

Not the best place to be...

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Uploaded on Jul 21, 2008  |  Map

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The history of Iran, and Iraq for that matter, is a long list of empires built and empires lost, a...

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Uploaded on Jul 21, 2008  |  Map

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Iran Susa DSC_3928

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Black is not the ideal colour when it's between 40 and 50 degrees in the shadow...

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Uploaded on Jul 21, 2008  |  Map

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Sadly the Susa Museum showed mainly plastercast replicas with fading paint. The originals have...

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Uploaded on Jul 18, 2008  |  Map

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Iran Susa _DSC19254

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Sadly the Susa Museum showed mainly plastercast replicas with faded paint, and in pretty bad light...

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Uploaded on Jul 18, 2008  |  Map

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The best preserved column base of Achaemenid Palaces in Susa was this section in the local museum....

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Iran Susa _DSC19259

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A lone tile in the Susa Museum shows faint colours can that only hint at the rich yellows and blues...

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Uploaded on Jul 18, 2008  |  Map

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Half of a double headed bull capital at the Susa Museum, all of which here seem to be in much worse...

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