10/3/2018. From Kashan, I rented a taxi heading for Abyaneh. On the way, nothing but desert, the dry, bland desert. Desert was good; I needed a break from the hustle and bustle, the noise and the crowd. And it was refreshingly sobering. After about an hour, I arrived at thousand-year-old Abyaneh.
The houses were characteristically red, as was the earth around. So they took what Mother Earth gives. Surrounding these houses were bald, snowcapped mountains. I explored all over this village, climbing the hills and the alleyways. I didn’t see many souls around. Surrounded by the desert, it looks very deserted, and in the end, I got lost. I finally came across a local, who could not speak English, had mercy on this lost soul, and delivered me to my waiting taxi on his bike. This was the second time I was taken for a ride in Iran.
10/3/2018 从卡尚我租了辆的士，一小时多后到阿卜亚内赫 （Abyaneh）。这是个千年古镇, 很有特色，一眼看去，都是红房子，周围山土同出一色，房子就地取材造的。周围雪山顶和秃山高高在上，把这些房子都挤到小峡谷里。我在这晕头乱转，爬山，走小巷；家家户门紧闭，道上鲜有人迹，结果把自己弄丢了。走了几条小巷后找到一位村民，一开口问路，语言不通，又盛情难却被他拎到电动车载到等候的的士。这是我在伊朗第二回无法抗拒被坐上电动车。
Desert landscape on the way to Abyaneh 往阿卜亚内赫的沙漠风貌 
Lunch of saffron rice and stew 午饭 – 米饭，煨豆和肉 
Red houses of Abyaneh 村里的红房子 
Red houses of Abyaneh 村里的红房子 
Red houses of Abyaneh 村里的红房子 
Red houses squeezed into the tight valley at Abyaneh 挤到峡谷内的红房子 
Red houses squeezed into the tight valley, snow cap at the distance 峡谷内的红房子, 远处的雪顶 
Red houses of Abyaneh 村里的红房子 
Abyaneh village 村里街道 
Abyaneh village 村里街道 
Villager rode me to my waiting taxi after I was lost 迷路后村民摩多车载送到的士停点
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