Northwest Iran & Azerbaijan
July-August 2016
Jeroen:
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Martine: Morning ritual
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Kandovan: Village carved out in volcanic rock
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Kandovan man
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Kandovan
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This is Nilofer
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Lake Urmia: Drying up, leaving a barren salt plain behind
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Lake Urmia
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Lake Urmia: The remaining water has turned a deep pink due to halophilic ("salt-loving") bacteria
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Random Iranians saying 'hi'
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Lake Urmia at sunset
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Lake Urmia at sunset
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Qareh Kalisa (church of St Thaddaeus) near Maku
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Qareh Kalisa
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Qareh Kalisa: The sun breaks through the clouds
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Difficult to find: Dzor-dzor chapel and Barun lake
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Dzor-dzor chapel
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On the road: Bridge with flags
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Jolfa: Monastery of St Stephanos
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Martine in the monastery of St Stephanos
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Araz River valley: Historic hammam
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Tabriz: Home of one of the oldest and largest historic bazaars
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Tabriz bazaar
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Tabriz bazaar
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Tea vendor in the bazaar
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Tabriz bazaar
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Bazaar: Pigs' feet
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Tabriz bazaar
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Salesman in the bazaar
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Tabriz: Jameh Mosque
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Jameh mosque
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Kabud mosque
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Salesman in Tabriz
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On the road: Village mosque in market compound
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On the road: Amir making green tea with ginger and explaining to the locals how to do that
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Martine in her dashing new Iran outfit
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Men in Sanandaj
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Men in Sanandaj, wearing Kurdish trousers
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Kurdistan's lovely landscapes
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Kurdistan's lovely landscapes
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Kurdistan's lovely landscapes
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On the road
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Martine watching the sun set over the town of Paveh
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Mr. Sadegh in front of his house in Hajij village
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Mr Sadegh
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Reservoir near Hajij
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The cliff-side village of Howraman
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Howraman
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A fair sample of Howraman's finest
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Shop in Howraman
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Tree
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On the road: Zagros mountains
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Palangan: Cliff-side step-village
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Palangan
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Iran's Stonehenge: The 3000 years old Zoroastrian sanctum of Takht-e Soleyman
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Takht-e Soleyman complex, built around a crater lake
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Takht-e Soleyman
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Zanjan's bazaar
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Zanjan's bazaar
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Zanjan's bazaar
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Oljeitu's enormous mausoleum in Soltaniye, the capital of the Mongols in Persia
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Lots of interesting modern architecture in Iran, this dental clinic being on the cheesy end of the spectrum
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The cliff-side village of Masuleh
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Masuleh: Three-dimensional maze of alleys with snug tea houses and merry tourists
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Masuleh
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The quite uninspiring Caspian Sea coast
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Ardebil: Sheikh Safi mausoleum
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Ardebil: Details of the Sheikh Safi mausoleum
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Astara: Iran / Azerbaijan border crossing
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Bus to Baku
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Baku: Old City and the Flame Towers
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City walls and the Flame Towers
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City walls and subway station
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One of the Flame Towers and Sahidlar Xiyabani mosque
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The Heydar Aliyef Cultural Center, designed by Zaha Hadid