Tabriz is the fourth largest city in Iran with nearly 2 million residents and was once the nations capital. One thing that is noticeable as I drive through is the air pollution which, despite recent legislative changes is still a considerable problem. It’s still only two or three degrees c, but this is normal for this area in February and I have not felt it worth taking my coat off today. I fill up at a Petrol station and pay about 40 pence a litre, which is some of the cheapest fuel so far. The camper seems to like its full stomach and pumps a little more heat out than before.
It doesn't look quite as green as this right now!
Every picture I take on this stretch seems to include a blue van! Everyone seems to have one. I can only think that some van manufacturer had a job lot of blue one week and every vehicle that went out had to be blue to use it all up
 Look a blue truck! |
 Look a blue truck! |
Troglodyte dwellings
A little excursion south on the 21 road takes me towards the historic site of Kandovan. I can’t spend too long here, but this is an amazing village cut into the rock face and shares the same sort of heritage that can be seen at similar sites in Turkey. Some of the buildings I pass on the way up to the village are less stable, and definitely won’t last 70 years, let alone 700.
 Like big beehives. |
 A mixture of excavation and stone walls. |