Our friends suggested that we spend one night in the Varzane Desert. we thought that was a great idea and prepared for the night outside the city. We took our sleeping bags, some food, etc. and met with everyone at the bus station. It turned out that our group was bigger than we thought. And more international. From what i remember there were Persian, Turkish, French, Slovak and Polish people :)
Our Persian friend was shouting in English: "Don't tell anyone that we are going to the desert, it's forbidden!" Everyone on the bus station could hear that. With all backpacks and everything it was pretty obvious where we are heading. Our friends made a deal with bus driver who took us to the desert and was supposed to come for us next day at noon. The ride took around three hours and it was a tedious journey in small bus, high temperature and dusty air.
When we arrived there it was already dark. We had to set the fire, so some of us went looking for wood, then we had a very nice dinner.
We also brought some wood with us in the bus. Some people are quite often going into the desert for parties, bringing some musical instruments and having fun with no one around.
It was getting colder and sand was everywhere, so we wrapped ourselves in scarves to breathe more easily. We also had to put our trousers into socks, in case any scorpions were around and tried to bit us.
We couldn't see much but night is perfect for watching the stars. There were millions of them right above us. I know they're always there but seeing them is quite impressive. We (me&Martin) slept only in our sleeping bags, despite the tales of scorpions. They were not the worst kind, from what we heard from our Persian friends.
Fortunately no scorpions paid visit to us during the night. But the cold did. It was such a terrible cold like in Frankfurt in February after concert of Stars = which means really really cold.
We woke up in the morning and it was getting warm very fast. And we walked around admiring dunes and observing people who learned paragliding running down the dune.
Our Persian friend was shouting in English: "Don't tell anyone that we are going to the desert, it's forbidden!" Everyone on the bus station could hear that. With all backpacks and everything it was pretty obvious where we are heading. Our friends made a deal with bus driver who took us to the desert and was supposed to come for us next day at noon. The ride took around three hours and it was a tedious journey in small bus, high temperature and dusty air.
When we arrived there it was already dark. We had to set the fire, so some of us went looking for wood, then we had a very nice dinner.
We also brought some wood with us in the bus. Some people are quite often going into the desert for parties, bringing some musical instruments and having fun with no one around.
It was getting colder and sand was everywhere, so we wrapped ourselves in scarves to breathe more easily. We also had to put our trousers into socks, in case any scorpions were around and tried to bit us.
We couldn't see much but night is perfect for watching the stars. There were millions of them right above us. I know they're always there but seeing them is quite impressive. We (me&Martin) slept only in our sleeping bags, despite the tales of scorpions. They were not the worst kind, from what we heard from our Persian friends.
Fortunately no scorpions paid visit to us during the night. But the cold did. It was such a terrible cold like in Frankfurt in February after concert of Stars = which means really really cold.
We woke up in the morning and it was getting warm very fast. And we walked around admiring dunes and observing people who learned paragliding running down the dune.
Jumping a bit and exploring desert before it was extremely hot. Then our bus came and we left for Esfahan.
Text in italics added by Matoo
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