Shh! In the Tower of Silence

Location: ITTIC Tourist Inn, Yazd, Iran
Date: 1st May, 2008

An easy day today, through the desert from Garmeh to Yazd. We arrived in Yazd just as daylight was fading - a perfect time to visit the Zoroastrian Towers of Silence. Nice light, but anything but silent - a group of very friendly and very noisy Iranians made it more like the Tower of Babel! Still, after they left talking to Kristy with their 5 words of English, I was left alone in the Tower where once upon a time, the Zoroastrians left their dead to be picked over by vultures - and thus not polluting any of the primal elements (earth, fire, water, air).

My messing around taking low-light photos unfortunately got us all locked in to the compound. And the 80-something year old guardian is obviously as deaf as a post! Amir came to the rescue by climbing over the 2.5m wall, and unlocking the gate. Top bloke!