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Mt Damavand
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Girls at the beach - yes, it's a little different to Australia!
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Cool Kebab Boys
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Tomorrow is Ghorban, celebrating when Abraham killed a sheep instead of his son ... so everyone kills their own sheep & has a big feast now! It's a bit like Thanksgiving
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The pier
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Baby face
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Taking the shopping home
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60m tower to honour one of the princes. It was built in 1006, making it over 1,000 years old!
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Stamping in the middle makes a big echo ... fun for all ages!
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Memorial to the Iranian soldiers who fought in the Iran-Iraq war
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Shortly after I took this photo, an elderly couple stopped & kissed one of these stones. Maybe they lost a son or relative in the war? Very sad ...
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Paragliding time!
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Made it down OK in just 6 min - video coming up soon!
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We stopped to take some photos & this group of 3 families spotted us & insisted that we join them for tea. They then proceeded to give us tea, cooked kebabs for us, & shared their yoghurt drink laced with homebrew vodka (OMG!!!). Much dancing & laughing e
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Back down the valley in Golestan National Park
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It's pretty harsh out in the desert
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Cloud Forest
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There's always power lines!
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Outside Golestan Palace: the king used to select a wife from his harem of 50-60 wives & they would spend the night under this dome ... you can guess the rest.
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The Shah in his house
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So. Many. Mirrors!
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The Sun Palace. When it was built (~400 years ago), it was the highest building in Tehran so the sun would hit it before any other building (hence the name).
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I've joined the Iranian army!
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Waiting for lunch
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... also makes a nice hat
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Shortly after taking this photo, we were surrounded by about 20 Iranian/Afghani guys who all wanted to talk to us & take their photo with us!
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Milad Tower: the 6th highest telecommunications tower in the world
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I was spewing I had to leave my tear gas cannisters in the car ...
