Matthieu Paley | Archives

Show Navigation
  • Archives
    • All Galleries
    • Search
    • Cart
    • Lightbox
    • Client Area
  • Contact

Search Results

Refine Search
Match all words
Match any word
Prints
Personal Use
Royalty-Free
Rights-Managed
(leave unchecked to
search all images)
{ 181 images found }

Loading ()...

  • Famous women Pakistani climber.
    Pakistan_Hunza_1007_43.jpg
  • Passu area, in upper Hunza, and the Cathedral peak in the distance. People and places of the Hunza Valley, in the heart of the Karakoram mountain Range, North Pakistan.
    Pakistan_Hunza_1007_40.jpg
  • An old Wakhi woman crosses a suspended bridge over the Hunza river in Gojal region, near Hunza, Northern Pakistan.
    Pak_GulGulkHus_0803_010_Low.jpg
  • Trekking through remote Karakoram, in the Shimshal, Braldu and Shaksgam valley, finding human remains in unexplored caves hinting to the existence of an ancient trading route between Baltistan and China. Summiting unclimbed 6000m peak. Northen Pakistan, on the border with China (Xinjiang). September 2006.
    Pak_Braldu_906_08.jpg
  • A marker on the trail, in Pakistan, near the border with China...Trekking through remote Karakoram, in the Shimshal, Braldu and Shaksgam valley, finding human remains in unexplored caves hinting to the existence of an ancient trading route between Baltistan and China. Summiting unclimbed 6000m peak. Northen Pakistan, on the border with China (Xinjiang).
    Pak_Braldu_906_07.jpg
  • In Chilma Rabbot, below the Boroghil pass entering Afghanistan's Wakhan Corridor, whinowing wheat. Matthieu and Mareile Paley trekking with a donkey named Clementine over 5 high passes across the Hindukush, between Pakistan and Afghanistan.
    N_Pak_Baltistan_Donkey_0904_010.jpg
  • The way to China...Trekking through remote Karakoram, in the Shimshal, Braldu and Shaksgam valley, finding human remains in unexplored caves hinting to the existence of an ancient trading route between Baltistan and China. Summiting unclimbed 6000m peak. Northen Pakistan, on the border with China (Xinjiang).
    Pak_Braldu_906_21.jpg
  • In Chilma Rabbot, below the Boroghil pass entering Afghanistan's Wakhan Corridor, whinowing wheat. Matthieu and Mareile Paley trekking with a donkey named Clementine over 5 high passes across the Hindukush, between Pakistan and Afghanistan.
    Pak_Donkey_0904_010.jpg
  • Mount Rakaposhi. People and places of the Hunza Valley, in the heart of the Karakoram mountain Range, North Pakistan.
    Pakistan_Hunza_1007_08.jpg
  • Sleeping out under the star, at the border between China and Pakistan. Pakistan..Trekking through remote Karakoram, in the Shimshal, Braldu and Shaksgam valley, finding human remains in unexplored caves hinting to the existence of an ancient trading route between Baltistan and China. Summiting unclimbed 6000m peak. Northen Pakistan, on the border with China (Xinjiang).
    Pak_Braldu_906_04.jpg
  • In Deosai plateau, a park ranger shows us the way Himalayan Brown Bears sleep. Baltistan province, Karakoram mountains. Pakistan.
    Pak_Baltistan_028.jpg
  • Mareile welcomed back at a village in Chapursan Valley, North Pakistan.
    Pak_MMTrek_15.jpg
  • Misgar Village and surrouding treks in Gojal Region, Northern Pakistan, close to the China/Afghan borders. On the trek to Wodwashk Pass, first crossing of westerners.
    Pak_Misgar_0803_029.jpg
  • An old Burushaski woman..Hunza, Pakistan. Hunza people, Women and men
    Pak_Hunza_025.jpg
  • An old Wakhi woman after crossing a suspended bridge over the Hunza river in Gojal region, near Hunza, Northern Pakistan.
    Pak_Hunza_090.jpg
  • On the Baltoro glacier, the trek leading to K2 basecamp, the world's second highest mountain, a trekker stop below a huge ice block. Karakoram mountain range, Baltistan, Pakistan.
    N_Pak_Baltistan_Bernd_022.jpg
  • The son of the Raja shows off a traditional gun used for festive ceremony such as weddings, at Khaplu town, in Baltistan province, Karakoram mountains. Pakistan.
    N_Pak_Baltistan_32.jpg
  • Walking on the sand dunes near Shigar town in Baltistan province, Karakoram mountains. Pakistan.
    N_Pak_Baltistan_19.jpg
  • Young boy of Balti origin in the village of Kachura, in Baltistan province, Karakoram mountains. Pakistan.
    N_Pak_Baltistan_22.jpg
  • Mount Rakaposhi. People and places of the Hunza Valley, in the heart of the Karakoram mountain Range, North Pakistan.
    Pakistan_Hunza_1007_08.jpg
  • A shrine...Trekking through remote Karakoram, in the Shimshal, Braldu and Shaksgam valley, finding human remains in unexplored caves hinting to the existence of an ancient trading route between Baltistan and China. Summiting unclimbed 6000m peak. Northen Pakistan, on the border with China (Xinjiang).
    Pak_Braldu_906_14.jpg
  • Trekking through remote Karakoram, in the Shimshal, Braldu and Shaksgam valley, finding human remains in unexplored caves hinting to the existence of an ancient trading route between Baltistan and China. Summiting unclimbed 6000m peak. Northen Pakistan, on the border with China (Xinjiang).
    Pak_Braldu_906_08.jpg
  • A backpacker crossing a suspended bridge over the Hunza river in Gojal region, near Hunza, Northern Pakistan.
    Pak_Hunza_093.jpg
  • A young shepherd takes a break at his high altitude pasture. Trekking in Basho Valley..Karakoram mountain range, Baltistan, Pakistan.
    Pak_Baltistan_229.jpg
  • Near Shimshal village...Trekking through remote Karakoram, in the Shimshal, Braldu and Shaksgam valley, finding human remains in unexplored caves hinting to the existence of an ancient trading route between Baltistan and China. Summiting unclimbed 6000m peak. Northen Pakistan, on the border with China (Xinjiang).
    Pak_Braldu_906_046.jpg
  • Near Shimshal pass...Trekking through remote Karakoram, in the Shimshal, Braldu and Shaksgam valley, finding human remains in unexplored caves hinting to the existence of an ancient trading route between Baltistan and China. Summiting unclimbed 6000m peak. Northen Pakistan, on the border with China (Xinjiang).
    Pak_Braldu_906_41.jpg
  • Balti students after school, in Baltistan, a province bordering Kashmir, located in the heart of the Karakoram. Baltis have tibetans origins and their language is an archaic form of tibetan. They are now Shia Muslim, and were buddhist 600 years ago. Pakistan
    Pak_Baltistan_064.jpg
  • Snowy morning. Matthieu and Mareile Paley trekking with a donkey named Clementine over 5 high passes across the Hindukush, between Pakistan and Afghanistan.
    Pak_Donkey_0904_058.jpg
  • Story teller. Gulmit village, Gojal region, Northern Pakistan.
    Pak_GulGulkHus_0803_031.jpg
  • Hasni, a poet, sings a song in his native Balti language, of Tibetan origins. Skardu, in Baltistan province, Karakoram mountains. Pakistan.
    N_Pak_Baltistan_35.jpg
  • An exploratory trek in the Basho valley, Baltistan province, Karakoram mountains, Pakistan.
    N_Pak_Baltistan_11.jpg
  • Camping in the sand dunes near Shigar town in Baltistan province, Karakoram mountains. Pakistan.
    N_Pak_Baltistan_20.jpg
  • A woman walks on the sand dunes near Shigar town in Baltistan province, Karakoram mountains. Pakistan.
    N_Pak_Baltistan_060.jpg
  • Women Pakistani climber. People and places of the Hunza Valley, in the heart of the Karakoram mountain Range, North Pakistan.
    Pakistan_Hunza_1007_43.jpg
  • Snow leopard pug marks...Trekking through remote Karakoram, in the Shimshal, Braldu and Shaksgam valley, finding human remains in unexplored caves hinting to the existence of an ancient trading route between Baltistan and China. Summiting unclimbed 6000m peak. Northen Pakistan, on the border with China (Xinjiang).
    Pak_Braldu_906_19.jpg
  • A young shepherd...Trekking through remote Karakoram, in the Shimshal, Braldu and Shaksgam valley, finding human remains in unexplored caves hinting to the existence of an ancient trading route between Baltistan and China. Summiting unclimbed 6000m peak. Northen Pakistan, on the border with China (Xinjiang). September 2006.
    Pak_Braldu_906_12.jpg
  • A flock of geese migrating through the Karakoram, flying above 5000m...Trekking through remote Karakoram, in the Shimshal, Braldu and Shaksgam valley, finding human remains in unexplored caves hinting to the existence of an ancient trading route between Baltistan and China. Summiting unclimbed 6000m peak. Northen Pakistan, on the border with China (Xinjiang).
    Pak_Braldu_906_057.jpg
  • A wall full of Pakistan history, including many images of Benazir Bhutto. In Baltistan province, Karakoram mountains. Pakistan.
    Pak_Baltistan_202.jpg
  • A young woman half way immersed in water at a lake near the Kachura village, in Baltistan province, Karakoram mountains. Pakistan.
    N_Pak_Baltistan_29.jpg
  • Young polo players on the edge of Skardu town, in Baltistan province, Karakoram mountains. Pakistan.
    N_Pak_Baltistan_42.jpg
  • The way to China...Trekking through remote Karakoram, in the Shimshal, Braldu and Shaksgam valley, finding human remains in unexplored caves hinting to the existence of an ancient trading route between Baltistan and China. Summiting unclimbed 6000m peak. Northen Pakistan, on the border with China (Xinjiang).
    Pak_Braldu_906_16.jpg
  • A sand dunes scenery close to Skardu, capital of Baltistan in Northern Pakistan, in the heart of the Karakoram mountains.
    Pak_Baltistan_079.jpg
  • A failed Afghanistan-Pakistan joined project: a bus equipped like a portable clinic / hospital, that was driven with special authorization (over the guarded border), across the flat expanse on the Tajikistan side into Afghanistan Little Pamir, to the Khan camp of Qyzyl Qorum. Getting nurses and doctor to stay year long in the Afghan Pamir proved impossible and the bus was left abandonned to rot.
    99_Afghanistan_Wakhan_Pamir_08_113.jpg
  • A failed Afghanistan-Pakistan joined project: a bus equipped like a portable clinic / hospital, that was driven with special authorization (over the guarded border), across the flat expanse on the Tajikistan side into Afghanistan Little Pamir, to the Khan camp of Qyzyl Qorum. Getting nurses and doctor to stay year long in the Afghan Pamir proved impossible and the bus was left abandonned to rot.
    99_Afghanistan_Wakhan_Pamir_08_114.jpg
  • Hospital. Surrounded by desert, the city of Yazd is famous for its architecure, its wind towers and its traditional zoroastrian community of fire worshippers.  <br />
<br />
Travelling over 4000km by train across Iran. An opportunity to enjoy Persian hospitality, discover Iran's ancient cities and its varied landscapes, from deserts to mountains.
    TA0025_180810_3177.jpg
  • Through the desert in the morning. Overnight train ride from Yazd city, in central Iran, to Zahedan city, in south east Iran, on the border with Afghanistan and on the edge of teh Lut Desert.<br />
<br />
Travelling over 4000km by train across Iran. An opportunity to enjoy Persian hospitality, discover Iran's ancient cities and its varied landscapes, from deserts to mountains.
    TA0025_180811_3511.jpg
  • Group of friends camping near the waterfall. The Bisheh Waterfall is a waterfall in the village of Istgah-e Bisheh, Papi District in Khorramabad County, Iran. The waterfall is located 65 km (40 mi) from Khorramabad and near Bisheh railway station. With the nearby oak forest, it is a popular tourist attraction because of its scenic location and nearby train station.<br />
<br />
Travelling over 4000km by train across Iran. An opportunity to enjoy Persian hospitality, discover Iran's ancient cities and its varied landscapes, from deserts to mountains.
    TA0025_180805_1533.jpg
  • The train station in Andimeshk city, Khuzestan province. <br />
<br />
Travelling over 4000km by train across Iran. An opportunity to enjoy Persian hospitality, discover Iran's ancient cities and its varied landscapes, from deserts to mountains.
    TA0025_180804_0526.jpg
  • Invited in a desert village called Ali Hussain Well, near Shuru, on the edge of the Lut Desert. Lut desert has registered the world's highest ground temperatures. <br />
<br />
Travelling over 4000km by train across Iran. An opportunity to enjoy Persian hospitality, discover Iran's ancient cities and its varied landscapes, from deserts to mountains.
    TA0025_180812_3975.jpg
  • Overnight train ride from Yazd city, in central Iran, to Zahedan city, in south east Iran, on the border with Afghanistan and on the edge of teh Lut Desert.<br />
<br />
Travelling over 4000km by train across Iran. An opportunity to enjoy Persian hospitality, discover Iran's ancient cities and its varied landscapes, from deserts to mountains.
    TA0025_180811_3638.jpg
  • Overnight train ride from Yazd city, in central Iran, to Zahedan city, in south east Iran, on the border with Afghanistan and on the edge of teh Lut Desert.<br />
<br />
Travelling over 4000km by train across Iran. An opportunity to enjoy Persian hospitality, discover Iran's ancient cities and its varied landscapes, from deserts to mountains.
    TA0025_180810_3443.jpg
  • Night walk in the traditional old city. Surrounded by desert, the city of Yazd is famous for its architecure, its wind towers and its traditional zoroastrian community of fire worshippers.  <br />
<br />
Travelling over 4000km by train across Iran. An opportunity to enjoy Persian hospitality, discover Iran's ancient cities and its varied landscapes, from deserts to mountains.
    TA0025_180808_2897.jpg
  • Invited by strangers into their home for lunch in Dorud city, Lorestan province.<br />
<br />
<br />
Travelling over 4000km by train across Iran. An opportunity to enjoy Persian hospitality, discover Iran's ancient cities and its varied landscapes, from deserts to mountains.
    TA0025_180805_1092.jpg
  • Train ride from Andimeshk, Khorestan Province to Dorud city, Lorestan province, across the Zagros mountains a long mountain range that has a total length of 1,600 km (990 mi). The Zagros mountain range begins in northwestern Iran and roughly follows Iran's western border, while covering much of southeastern Turkey and northeastern Iraq.<br />
<br />
Travelling over 4000km by train across Iran. An opportunity to enjoy Persian hospitality, discover Iran's ancient cities and its varied landscapes, from deserts to mountains.
    TA0025_180804_0828.jpg
  • Invited at the home of a Baluch man. In Zahedan city, capital of Sistan Baluchistan province in south east Iran, near the border with Afghanistan. <br />
<br />
Travelling over 4000km by train across Iran. An opportunity to enjoy Persian hospitality, discover Iran's ancient cities and its varied landscapes, from deserts to mountains.
    TA0025_180811_3708.jpg
  • Through the desert in the morning. Overnight train ride from Yazd city, in central Iran, to Zahedan city, in south east Iran, on the border with Afghanistan and on the edge of teh Lut Desert.<br />
<br />
Travelling over 4000km by train across Iran. An opportunity to enjoy Persian hospitality, discover Iran's ancient cities and its varied landscapes, from deserts to mountains.
    TA0025_180811_3539.jpg
  • Tehran train station, in the capital of Iran.<br />
<br />
Travelling over 4000km by train across Iran. An opportunity to enjoy Persian hospitality, discover Iran's ancient cities and its varied landscapes, from deserts to mountains.
    TA0025_180806_1859.jpg
  • Under a starry night, the tent of a nomadic Baluch family. They are sheep and goat herders.<br />
Travelling over 4000km by train across Iran. An opportunity to enjoy Persian hospitality, discover Iran's ancient cities and its varied landscapes, from deserts to mountains.
    TA0025_180812_4252.jpg
  • Goat. In Zahedan city, capital of Sistan Baluchistan province in south east Iran, near the border with Afghanistan. <br />
<br />
Travelling over 4000km by train across Iran. An opportunity to enjoy Persian hospitality, discover Iran's ancient cities and its varied landscapes, from deserts to mountains.
    TA0025_180811_3753.jpg
  • Invited in a desert village called Ali Hussain Well, near Shuru, on the edge of the Lut Desert. Lut desert has registered the world's highest ground temperatures. <br />
<br />
Travelling over 4000km by train across Iran. An opportunity to enjoy Persian hospitality, discover Iran's ancient cities and its varied landscapes, from deserts to mountains.
    TA0025_180813_4294.jpg
  • A mine of Magnesite, owned by a Baluch man, on the edge of the Lut desert. <br />
<br />
Travelling over 4000km by train across Iran. An opportunity to enjoy Persian hospitality, discover Iran's ancient cities and its varied landscapes, from deserts to mountains.
    TA0025_180812_4104.jpg
  • A mine of Magnesite, owned by a Baluch man, on the edge of the Lut desert. <br />
<br />
Travelling over 4000km by train across Iran. An opportunity to enjoy Persian hospitality, discover Iran's ancient cities and its varied landscapes, from deserts to mountains.
    TA0025_180812_4137.jpg
  • Overnight train ride from Dorud city to Tehran, capital of Iran, in the North of the country.<br />
<br />
Travelling over 4000km by train across Iran. An opportunity to enjoy Persian hospitality, discover Iran's ancient cities and its varied landscapes, from deserts to mountains.
    TA0025_180806_1809.jpg
  • Through the desert in the morning. Overnight train ride from Yazd city, in central Iran, to Zahedan city, in south east Iran, on the border with Afghanistan and on the edge of teh Lut Desert.<br />
<br />
Travelling over 4000km by train across Iran. An opportunity to enjoy Persian hospitality, discover Iran's ancient cities and its varied landscapes, from deserts to mountains.
    TA0025_180811_3520.jpg
  • Walk around the traditional old city. Surrounded by desert, the city of Yazd is famous for its architecure, its wind towers and its traditional zoroastrian community of fire worshippers.  <br />
<br />
Travelling over 4000km by train across Iran. An opportunity to enjoy Persian hospitality, discover Iran's ancient cities and its varied landscapes, from deserts to mountains.
    TA0025_180810_3137.jpg
  • Night shots of the Tower of Silence, on teh edge of Yazd. It is a circular, raised structure built by Zoroastrians for excarnation – that is, for dead bodies to be exposed to carrion birds, usually vultures.<br />
Surrounded by desert, the city of Yazd is famous for its architecure, its wind towers and its traditional zoroastrian community of fire worshippers.  <br />
<br />
Travelling over 4000km by train across Iran. An opportunity to enjoy Persian hospitality, discover Iran's ancient cities and its varied landscapes, from deserts to mountains.
    TA0025_180809_3103.jpg
  • Night shots of the Tower of Silence, on teh edge of Yazd. It is a circular, raised structure built by Zoroastrians for excarnation – that is, for dead bodies to be exposed to carrion birds, usually vultures.<br />
Surrounded by desert, the city of Yazd is famous for its architecure, its wind towers and its traditional zoroastrian community of fire worshippers.  <br />
<br />
Travelling over 4000km by train across Iran. An opportunity to enjoy Persian hospitality, discover Iran's ancient cities and its varied landscapes, from deserts to mountains.
    TA0025_180809_3097.jpg
  • Visiting the city of Shiraz. Celebrated as the heartland of Persian culture for over 2000 years, Shiraz has become synonymous with education, nightingales, poetry and wine. It was one of the most important cities in the medieval Islamic world and was the Iranian capital during the Zand dynasty, when many of its most beautiful buildings were built or restored.<br />
<br />
Travelling over 4000km by train across Iran. An opportunity to enjoy Persian hospitality, discover Iran's ancient cities and its varied landscapes, from deserts to mountains.
    TA0025_180815_4763.jpg
  • Views of Ahvaz, a city in the southwest of Iran and the capital of Khuzestan province. Ahvaz has some of the worst air pollution in the world. <br />
<br />
Travelling over 4000km by train across Iran. An opportunity to enjoy Persian hospitality, discover Iran's ancient cities and its varied landscapes, from deserts to mountains.
    TA0025_180803_0046.jpg
  • Night walk in the traditional old city. Surrounded by desert, the city of Yazd is famous for its architecure, its wind towers and its traditional zoroastrian community of fire worshippers.  <br />
<br />
Travelling over 4000km by train across Iran. An opportunity to enjoy Persian hospitality, discover Iran's ancient cities and its varied landscapes, from deserts to mountains.
    TA0025_180808_2893.jpg
  • In the train from Tehran, capital of Iran, to the holy city of Mashhad (8 hours).<br />
<br />
Travelling over 4000km by train across Iran. An opportunity to enjoy Persian hospitality, discover Iran's ancient cities and its varied landscapes, from deserts to mountains.
    TA0025_180806_2048.jpg
  • Train staff, mecanics. Overnight train from the holy city of Mashhad to the desert city of Yazd, known for its  zoroastrian community and wind towers.<br />
<br />
Travelling over 4000km by train across Iran. An opportunity to enjoy Persian hospitality, discover Iran's ancient cities and its varied landscapes, from deserts to mountains.
    TA0025_180808_2613.jpg
  • Breakfast. Overnight train from the holy city of Mashhad to the desert city of Yazd, known for its  zoroastrian community and wind towers.<br />
<br />
Travelling over 4000km by train across Iran. An opportunity to enjoy Persian hospitality, discover Iran's ancient cities and its varied landscapes, from deserts to mountains.
    TA0025_180808_2625.jpg
  • Overnight train from the holy city of Mashhad to the desert city of Yazd, known for its  zoroastrian community and wind towers.<br />
<br />
Travelling over 4000km by train across Iran. An opportunity to enjoy Persian hospitality, discover Iran's ancient cities and its varied landscapes, from deserts to mountains.
    TA0025_180807_2526.jpg
  • In front of the Tehran to Mashhad train, at the Tehran train station, in the capital of Iran.<br />
<br />
Travelling over 4000km by train across Iran. An opportunity to enjoy Persian hospitality, discover Iran's ancient cities and its varied landscapes, from deserts to mountains.
    TA0025_180806_1898.jpg
  • Tea on the carpet. Invited by strangers into their home for lunch in Dorud city, Lorestan province.<br />
<br />
Travelling over 4000km by train across Iran. An opportunity to enjoy Persian hospitality, discover Iran's ancient cities and its varied landscapes, from deserts to mountains.
    TA0025_180805_1733.jpg
  • On the local train from Dorud town to Bisheh waterfall. <br />
<br />
Travelling over 4000km by train across Iran. An opportunity to enjoy Persian hospitality, discover Iran's ancient cities and its varied landscapes, from deserts to mountains.
    TA0025_180805_1346.jpg
  • On the local train from Dorud town to Bisheh waterfall. <br />
<br />
Travelling over 4000km by train across Iran. An opportunity to enjoy Persian hospitality, discover Iran's ancient cities and its varied landscapes, from deserts to mountains.
    TA0025_180805_1260.jpg
  • Visiting the city of Shiraz. Celebrated as the heartland of Persian culture for over 2000 years, Shiraz has become synonymous with education, nightingales, poetry and wine. It was one of the most important cities in the medieval Islamic world and was the Iranian capital during the Zand dynasty, when many of its most beautiful buildings were built or restored.<br />
<br />
Travelling over 4000km by train across Iran. An opportunity to enjoy Persian hospitality, discover Iran's ancient cities and its varied landscapes, from deserts to mountains.
    TA0025_180815_4737.jpg
  • Views of Ahvaz, a city in the southwest of Iran and the capital of Khuzestan province. Ahvaz has some of the worst air pollution in the world. <br />
<br />
Travelling over 4000km by train across Iran. An opportunity to enjoy Persian hospitality, discover Iran's ancient cities and its varied landscapes, from deserts to mountains.
    TA0025_180803_0034.jpg
  • In the train from Tehran, capital of Iran, to the holy city of Mashhad (8 hours).<br />
<br />
Travelling over 4000km by train across Iran. An opportunity to enjoy Persian hospitality, discover Iran's ancient cities and its varied landscapes, from deserts to mountains.
    TA0025_180806_2037.jpg
  • Overnight train ride from Dorud city to Tehran, capital of Iran, in the North of the country.<br />
<br />
Travelling over 4000km by train across Iran. An opportunity to enjoy Persian hospitality, discover Iran's ancient cities and its varied landscapes, from deserts to mountains.
    TA0025_180806_1827.jpg
  • Watermelong cooling in a pool in yazd. Surrounded by desert, the city of Yazd is famous for its architecure, its wind towers and its traditional zoroastrian community of fire worshippers.  <br />
<br />
Travelling over 4000km by train across Iran. An opportunity to enjoy Persian hospitality, discover Iran's ancient cities and its varied landscapes, from deserts to mountains.
    TA0025_180809_3119.jpg
  • During Prayer break, the train stops and people hurry up to a mosque in the station. <br />
Views from the restaurant carriage. Overnight train from the holy city of Mashhad to the desert city of Yazd, known for its  zoroastrian community and wind towers.<br />
<br />
Travelling over 4000km by train across Iran. An opportunity to enjoy Persian hospitality, discover Iran's ancient cities and its varied landscapes, from deserts to mountains.
    TA0025_180807_2484.jpg
  • Train station in Dorud city, Lorestan province.<br />
<br />
Travelling over 4000km by train across Iran. An opportunity to enjoy Persian hospitality, discover Iran's ancient cities and its varied landscapes, from deserts to mountains.
    TA0025_180805_1706.jpg
  • Train ride from Andimeshk, Khorestan Province to Dorud city, Lorestan province, across the Zagros mountains a long mountain range that has a total length of 1,600 km (990 mi). The Zagros mountain range begins in northwestern Iran and roughly follows Iran's western border, while covering much of southeastern Turkey and northeastern Iraq.<br />
<br />
Travelling over 4000km by train across Iran. An opportunity to enjoy Persian hospitality, discover Iran's ancient cities and its varied landscapes, from deserts to mountains.
    TA0025_180804_0958.jpg
  • Invited in a desert village called Ali Hussain Well, near Shuru, on the edge of the Lut Desert. Lut desert has registered the world's highest ground temperatures. <br />
<br />
Travelling over 4000km by train across Iran. An opportunity to enjoy Persian hospitality, discover Iran's ancient cities and its varied landscapes, from deserts to mountains.
    TA0025_180813_4326.jpg
  • Invited in a desert village called Ali Hussain Well, near Shuru, on the edge of the Lut Desert. Lut desert has registered the world's highest ground temperatures. <br />
<br />
Travelling over 4000km by train across Iran. An opportunity to enjoy Persian hospitality, discover Iran's ancient cities and its varied landscapes, from deserts to mountains.
    TA0025_180812_3989.jpg
  • Invited in a desert village called Ali Hussain Well, near Shuru, on the edge of the Lut Desert. Lut desert has registered the world's highest ground temperatures. <br />
<br />
Travelling over 4000km by train across Iran. An opportunity to enjoy Persian hospitality, discover Iran's ancient cities and its varied landscapes, from deserts to mountains.
    TA0025_180812_4028.jpg
  • Invited in a desert village called Ali Hussain Well, near Shuru, on the edge of the Lut Desert. Lut desert has registered the world's highest ground temperatures. <br />
<br />
Travelling over 4000km by train across Iran. An opportunity to enjoy Persian hospitality, discover Iran's ancient cities and its varied landscapes, from deserts to mountains.
    TA0025_180813_4267.jpg
  • A mine of Magnesite, owned by a Baluch man, on the edge of the Lut desert. <br />
<br />
Travelling over 4000km by train across Iran. An opportunity to enjoy Persian hospitality, discover Iran's ancient cities and its varied landscapes, from deserts to mountains.
    TA0025_180812_4236.jpg
  • Overnight train ride from Dorud city to Tehran, capital of Iran, in the North of the country.<br />
<br />
Travelling over 4000km by train across Iran. An opportunity to enjoy Persian hospitality, discover Iran's ancient cities and its varied landscapes, from deserts to mountains.
    TA0025_180806_1821.jpg
  • Train station in Yazd city,  famous for its architecure, its wind towers and its traditional zoroastrian community of fire worshippers.  <br />
<br />
Travelling over 4000km by train across Iran. An opportunity to enjoy Persian hospitality, discover Iran's ancient cities and its varied landscapes, from deserts to mountains.
    TA0025_180810_3297.jpg
  • Visit of a Shirazi home. Visiting the city of Shiraz. Celebrated as the heartland of Persian culture for over 2000 years, Shiraz has become synonymous with education, nightingales, poetry and wine. It was one of the most important cities in the medieval Islamic world and was the Iranian capital during the Zand dynasty, when many of its most beautiful buildings were built or restored.<br />
<br />
Travelling over 4000km by train across Iran. An opportunity to enjoy Persian hospitality, discover Iran's ancient cities and its varied landscapes, from deserts to mountains.
    TA0025_180814_4602.jpg
  • Surrounded by desert, the city of Yazd is famous for its architecure, its wind towers and its traditional zoroastrian community of fire worshippers.  <br />
<br />
Travelling over 4000km by train across Iran. An opportunity to enjoy Persian hospitality, discover Iran's ancient cities and its varied landscapes, from deserts to mountains.
    TA0025_180810_3176.jpg
  • Walk around the old city, near Masjed-e Jameh. Surrounded by desert, the city of Yazd is famous for its architecure, its wind towers and its traditional zoroastrian community of fire worshippers.  <br />
<br />
Travelling over 4000km by train across Iran. An opportunity to enjoy Persian hospitality, discover Iran's ancient cities and its varied landscapes, from deserts to mountains.
    TA0025_180808_2759.jpg
  • Hotel. Surrounded by desert, the city of Yazd is famous for its architecure, its wind towers and its traditional zoroastrian community of fire worshippers.  <br />
<br />
Travelling over 4000km by train across Iran. An opportunity to enjoy Persian hospitality, discover Iran's ancient cities and its varied landscapes, from deserts to mountains.
    TA0025_180808_2916.jpg
  • Ice cream melting. Surrounded by desert, the city of Yazd is famous for its architecure, its wind towers and its traditional zoroastrian community of fire worshippers.  <br />
<br />
Travelling over 4000km by train across Iran. An opportunity to enjoy Persian hospitality, discover Iran's ancient cities and its varied landscapes, from deserts to mountains.
    TA0025_180809_3031.jpg
  • The lanes off Kashani St, near the Mirror & Lighting Museum, are home to a number of henna mills. With their huge grinding stones, rotated against a flat plate on a brick plinth, these mills have been grinding down henna for well over a hundred years. A few are still in operation and make for an interesting  visit. Surrounded by desert, the city of Yazd is famous for its architecure, its wind towers and its traditional zoroastrian community of fire worshippers.  <br />
<br />
Travelling over 4000km by train across Iran. An opportunity to enjoy Persian hospitality, discover Iran's ancient cities and its varied landscapes, from deserts to mountains.
    TA0025_180809_2961.jpg
  • Walk around the old city, near Masjed-e Jameh. Surrounded by desert, the city of Yazd is famous for its architecure, its wind towers and its traditional zoroastrian community of fire worshippers.  <br />
<br />
Travelling over 4000km by train across Iran. An opportunity to enjoy Persian hospitality, discover Iran's ancient cities and its varied landscapes, from deserts to mountains.
    TA0025_180808_2767.jpg
Next
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
x