Kerman

Kerman (5.10.−7.10.2010) was not really good.
My plan had been to do a camel trek into the nearby desert where there are famous unique rock formations. However Mr. Vatani despite what the guide book said couldn’t offer any camels. And as the trip by car would have cost US$ 120 I waited for a day for some other tourist to show up. But nobody came or was interested in the trip so I dropped it.
The desert should be experienced on the back of a camel and not with a car. You just don’t get that feeling of emptiness.
I didn’t like Kerman itself very much the hostels didn’t even have showers and there was no breakfast of course. At least once I got one from Mr. Vatani.
There isn’t a single restaurant that’s open in the morning where you could find some breakfast. Those that are open offer soup made of sheep’s heads or kebab.
They had some in Tabriz where at least you’d get some cheese and honey. In other cities the hostels offered some. At least they were cheap in Kerman (110,000)
Mr. Vatani still wanted to offer me a tour guide for the city but I didn’t feel like sightseeing by now all the mosques start looking the same to me.
One of his friends helped me to get a stamp for my collection and he was nice although we were only able to get a stamp from one institute. And I taught him some german.

On thursday I took the nightbus (aaaahhh) to Shiraz. As expected the ride was horrible and we even had an accident. Luckily it was a minor one we just hit another bus’ door and destroyed it’s window without further damage.

In the Bus I met Ali whose brother picked us up and was so kind to take me to a Hotel although it turned out to be not as good as it seemed.