The small island of Kish (91.5km2) was quickly traveled around by car. In one of the typical Iranian picnic huts right on the seaside, we took a late lunch break. Behnam made fries and Marc cooked lentils with babaganoush. We already know, the Iranians always eat the national bread 'lavash' with everything. And of course, we are always offered the bread over and over again. But since we are gluten intolerant, we have to constantly decline. It is really difficult to make it clear that we will not try a single bite of the bread...
Just before sunset, suddenly a lot of people appeared. Everyone was taking selfies, photographing their posing partners and tried to capture the perfect shot while the sun sank into the sea. It was truly a beautiful sight and Marc and I were fascinated by the spectacle. As soon as the sun was gone, all the crowd had disappeared as well. Only us and our Iranian friends remained, drinking tea, chatting, often with the help of the translator, and went to sleep a little earlier than the night before, in Bandar Charak. #cycling#bikepacking#biketouring#biketravel#travelbybike#bikelife#cyclinglife#adventure#traveling#nature#sunset#photography#photo#capturethemoment#focus#photographylover#behindthelens
From Bandare Laft we took the ferry to Iran mainland. Our plan was to pedale along the coast northwards, to stay a bit longer in the warmth. The weatherforcast for the inland regions (Shiraz, Yazd etc. ) is still a bit chilly, espeacially at night...
"Winchester Cathedral
You're bringing me down
You stood and you watched as
My baby left town ..." - Geoff Stephens
Back about the time the New Vuadville Band was singing Winchester Cathedral, I liked to go out to the Imperial Beach pier in California. My mother would drop us off and we would stay out there all day, fishing. We would hook a string of colored flies to our fishing lines with a chrome-colored weight and large treble hook at the end. We would catch mostly queenfish, and some small Jack smelt. Other fish were sharks and barracuda. Sometimes, we'd hook two or three fish at a time just standing there moving our lines up and down.
“Last year I went fishing with Salvador Dali. He was using a dotted line. He caught every other fish.” - Steven Wright
I was going through my photos and found this quite beach spot. I must have taken this from the balcony of our suite because the lens fogged over. This was taken as the ship was pulling into Costa Maya, Mexico.
I saw this on our walk a few days ago. It is the shell of a recently emerged cicada. I don't know the exact species; it seems that there are several species of cicada. Perhaps there is an insect enthusiast among us who can shed further light on the species.