A one-way ticket to Palookaville

"Persepolis 2"

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Iran Picture by Conor Meleady
Travel story: A one-way ticket to Palookaville

Or make that Baluchistan. And it had all been going so well.


I had made an abrupt exit from Tehran on the night bus to Shiraz - a 14 hour slog on an old, 60's Mercedes bus. I had come to Shiraz primarily to visit the ancient Persian capital of Persepolis, and believe me, it was worth the slog. Normally I'm underwhelmed by these kind of sights - for instance, I thought the Coloseum was crap. But Persepolis was different. Perched on a low hill overlooking the... More