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Bisotun, Iran
Saturday, Sep 10, 2005

Not Seeing

David Murray
2007-02-21 19:58:41

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Thankfully for us, there was a bus leaving early in the morning, so we caught a cab to the bus station, and by 08:00, we were on our way to Kermanshah. The reason for coming here was that this year on BBC2, there was a show called 80 Treasures Around The World. Here, was a rock carving, that was over 2000 years old, which you climbed up some old wooden scaffolding, so you could get a better look. Other than that, there was also meant to be some more rock carvings that sound interesting.

As we came towards Bisotun, the bus took a definite lean to the left. All the Iranians were trying to get a good look at the ruins. All I could see were cliffs as we were a fair way away from where they would be. The bus drove another 30 K's, and then it arrived at the bus terminal. As usual, a guy set his eyes on us through the windows. To them, looking for Westerners, is like looking at the whores in the windows in Amsterdam, except we have to pay them. We negotiated a price, and he took us into town to find our Hilton Hotel for the night. Luxury, we had our own shower and toilet. After using these beautiful facilities, we went and had a look around the town. There was not much to see, and as it was the middle of the day, we had it all to ourselves. We had a quick look at the Jameh Mosque and then moved on to the Takieh Mo'aven Ol-Molk. Another kind of shrine. Lovely tiles all over it with the highlight being a copy of Ali's footprint. Looked a little small to be Muhammad Ali's, so we had no fucking ideas whose foot it was. Still, as we were the only ones there, it was quite nice. However, when we went out, it was a different story. Being the only Infidels in town, word must have gotten out, as everyone was now on the street. Extremists everywhere !!!!! They were so excited, saying hello and asking where we came from, but after 20 minutes, we ran to our hotel and hid.

Up early, as we wanted to beat the sun, well after we changed ...