Every Trip comes to an end: From the "Burned City" to the "New Fort"

View over Zahedan, as we leave the city for a last excursion.

This time we visit Shahr-e Sukhteh(burned city), Khajeh mountain then Ghal‘e No (New Fort) and finally Dahane Gholman.

Our trip leads us past the tri-state border between Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan. 

Shahr-e Sukhteh is an archeological site with first settlements reaching about 3.000 years back. Why this city is called burned city seems to be unclear.

The next former settlement is Khajeh mountain which reaches about 2.200 years back. Everything was flooded recently and the archeological site actually closed. We are lucky that one of the main experts of the site is available and offers us a private tour.

For lunch we make a stop at Ghal‘e No (New Fort). This old settlement is traditionally built from clay and is still maintained and inhabited.

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This is the end of our trip to Sistan and Baluchestan. The next day we flew back from Zahedan to Tehran and had some polite, yet extensive checks at the airport security. Every lens had to be inspected.

​Anyways. Thanks for your interest and patience. One more posting will follow with some new explorations of the Grand Bazaar in Tehran and its surroundings.