When the planets are aligned right and fortune is calling –and exams are over and plane tickets are on sale– I walk out into the world. A portion of these posts are on ghiasi.org and the rest on travelpod.com.

Iran (June 2009)

• A prologue from the future
• On route to Tehran via Amsterdam (cross-posted to ghiasi.org)
• Welcome to Tehran
• Mellat Park, Tehran (cross-posted to ghiasi.org)
• Tehran’s Sa’dabad Palace Complex
• Pasargadae and the Empire
• Shiraz – City of Hearts
• Persepolis – City of Kings
• Naqsh-e Rustam – Valley of the Dead
• Esfahan is Half the World
• Markazi – The central province
• Bazaar-e Tehran
• Tehran’s Revolution Square
• Namak Abrud and the Caspian Sea
• Golestan National Park
• Mashhad, the holy city
• Ferdowsi’s Tus
• Bandar e Turkamen
• Behshahr
• Tehran and goodbyes
• All different, all relative
• My Carnation Revolution (ghiasi.org)

Taiwan (May 2011)

• A brief prologue
• Chi Mei Museum
• ‘Dāng rán, quán jiăn diào!’ or how I learnt Chinese in a day
• The Taiwanese National Health Insurance (NHI)
• An island in the sun– Bijin Island and Kaohsiung
• Home in Tainan
• University-associated hospitals in Taiwan (ghiasi.org)
• Private clinics and hospitals in Taiwan (ghiasi.org)
• Science, religion and traditional Chinese medicine in Taiwan (ghiasi.org)
• Indigenous Taiwan (May 16)
• Teaching English
• At the capital

China (Jun 2011)

• Midnight in the heart of Beijing (cross-posted to ghiasi.org)
• Southeast walking
• The Beijing Mosque
• To the Great Wall
• The Great Wall
• Southwest walking
• Temple of Heaven
• Forbidden City
• North walking
• The museum
• Olympic stadium
• The Zoo
• The park

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