Managed to finally upload the photos of Hanabandan and the Wedding Party. I discovered that Ebi's laptop has a bunch of viruses on it and unfortunately it wiped all the photos I took in Isfahan and Aloni, so I have included some pictures of the sights we visited there, to give you an idea. Fortunately I found some other pictures on Ebi's camera of Aloni. Ebi and I are leaving on Friday to travel to Tehran, so hopefully I will be able to post any photos I take...

Not much has been happening in the last couple of days since we got back from our travels in Shiraz and Esfahan. Last night, Ebi and I met up with Khosro again and went for dinner with him in an area called Braim. Abadan, although it doesn't have any tourist areas, has quite a long history and connection to Britain, through the oil refinery business. This area has lots of housing which was built by the British in around the 1920's to house the workers of BP and ...

Since the wedding, things have been quiet and we have just spent lazy days at home. Everyone has been asking to see the wedding party photos. On the night, I gave my camera to Ebis uncle and because the men and women were seperated at the party, I only have photos of the men. A professional photograher was at the wedding party and the Hanabandan party, but we need to wait until the photos are edited before we can see them. Hopefully, we will get them soon and I ...

We arrived back home at Ebi's house after spending the night at the hotel. Ebi's mum comes from Lordghan, an area in the province called Chahar Mahal ve Bakhtiari in South Western Iran. The people in this area have traditionally lived a simple tribal existance for about seven thousand years. They are considered to be the "original Iranians". In order to keep the bloodlines strong, Bakhtiaris tend to marry within their own tribe. Ebi's mum has many many relati...

Well i now have a husband! We had the wedding celebration last night at a resturaunt in the city centre. We got married officially last Wednesday in the office of the mullah (priest) at the mosque when I took the declaration of faith to change to Islam. Ebi's mum and a close family friend acted as witnesses to the marriage and his English teacher translated. I had said to Ebi that, as well as the marriage at the mosque, I had wanted to have the traditional Persi...