Late getting going as usual: it's 7 am - we were all told to be ready at 7 am sharp - but it's clear we're not going anywhere soon - so sat on the bus - looking towards the crags. It's a 450 km drive to our next destination: Shiraz. I need some coffee - we've not had breakfast yet. Hopefully Simon - who is driving - will find a good place to stop for breakfast / services. Overall a bit fed up with Hot Rock: I do not agree that paying customers should have to get involved with so much 'fire fighting' on the truck maintenance front: the truck is in an appaling state (especially mechanically) because it has not been maintained, there seems to be no out of service maintenance - also why oh why decide to do all this fixing the truck up at an awesome climbing location? Basically the truck is not at all roadworthy and needs a lot of sorting out. Hot Rock lacks organisation and foresight - I mean why not take a few days out at a more appropriate location e.g. a commercial vehicle garage or something? Also, I do not like having the responsibility of doing the bins: Hot Rock is doing a lot of environmental dumping - I checked with the local police as to where to put the trash: they said to just leave it behind by the roadside - but just because the locals are okay with leaving bags of trash about the place doesn't mean we should do it. Very uncomfortable about this; I think we should take the trash out with us to a major city etc. I think my real dissapointment is that the Hot Rock concept is a brilliant idea and could really work, but - like any enterprise - needs the right people in charge; for example it is advertised as a
climbing trip - yet there is not enough climbing. It needs a leader who is
passionate about climbing...
1:45 pm - eventually
we got going - several hours later we are at Naqsh-e Rustam, a smallish archaeological site about 12 km northwest of Persepolis. Very hot indeed. According to the signage, we have (amongst other things) four tombs belonging to Achaemenid kings are carved out of the rock face, dating from something like 500 BC. The relief pictured here shows the investiture relief of Ardashi
r I; apparently the carved inscription (I am not clear where exactly this inscription is though) bears the oldest known use of the word 'Iran'
etymology of 'Iran' .
we got going - several hours later we are at Naqsh-e Rustam, a smallish archaeological site about 12 km northwest of Persepolis. Very hot indeed. According to the signage, we have (amongst other things) four tombs belonging to Achaemenid kings are carved out of the rock face, dating from something like 500 BC. The relief pictured here shows the investiture relief of Ardashi
r I; apparently the carved inscription (I am not clear where exactly this inscription is though) bears the oldest known use of the word 'Iran' etymology of 'Iran' .
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