Wednesday 5^th November

Early up 7.00 and off from camp site by 8.30. Good road (except for bad patches of bumps) showed that the steering damper and tension bar assister replacement did the trick – 70 mph without a murmur. Arrived, driving past the outskirts of Isfahan past large fields with high stone fences?? – and drove to airport to check on camping. All okay and free but the ground available very stony. So back to tourist info to see if any other sites available.

Yes in the courtyard of the Hotel Apadana at the southern end of Chaharbagh Avenue. Unfortunately Penn Tours were there (50 people) so no room – back to airport and pitched camp alongside the car park. Hope there’s no wind ‘cos I cannot get pegs in very far. Early dinner then into town and saw Masyid-e-Shah. First we walked up the Chaharbagh Avenue – full of very modern shops and the main street of Isfahan. On to the vast square Nagsh-e-Jahan. The floodlights were on and this made a most attractive picture.