kermanshah through a cracked lens and cold fingers
bones still buzzing from the 4am call to prayer echoing off these zagros mountains like god’s own alarm clock. my weather app says it’s bouncing around 10°C but the wind’s got teeth today-hope you packed layers.
spent yesterday chasing light along the qarahsoo river where the fog clings to mount kuh-e sefid like cigarette smoke. someone at the hostel coffee pot swore the behistun inscription looks different at golden hour, but david the british backpacker said it’s just bird shit accumulation. judge for yourself on UNESCO’s page.
the caves here are no joke-quri qale’s got guides who’ll take you 2km in before going ‘nah, pros only past this point’ according to this sketchy TripAdvisor thread. heard three german hikers got lost in paraw cave last month trying to instagram the ‘everest of caves.’ if you’re craving civilization, eslamabad-e gharb and harsin are close enough for day trips full of questionable kebabs.
anyway gotta run-my camera battery’s dying and there’s a old man by taq-e bostan who keeps motioning that he’ll show me ‘real persian carvings’ if i follow him uphill. wish me luck.
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