![]() ![]() Graffiti engraved into the marble of Persepolis, often dating back hundreds of years. Although many of the columns and monuments have stood for 2500 years, there remains a huge amount of restoration work to be done. Not many tourists were at Persepolis yesterday. I guess it’s that whole sanction thing kicking in again. Ancient cities in iran full#The point is, I’m sure the Disneyland carpark was chock-o-block full yesterday. In any case, I was very much into counter-culture punk music at the time (Dead Kennedy’s – best band ever) and Disneyland represented to me everything that was wrong in the world. But, I digress. Then there’s that whole Mickey Mouse black-face episode. Oh, and his friendship of Nazi propagandist film makers. Not to mention, the difficult relationships Walt had with the Jew’s. Visiting Disneyland would be bad enough, but my real motivation for spending a night on the streets of LA, circa Rodney King era, was to avoid the crowds. I’d visited LA before, and had no intention of visiting Disneyland, due to my irrational hatred of Mickey Mouse. Love you, nighty-night! I turned off the torch, and we used a few jackets to stay warm and get some sleep in the back of our Rent-A-Wreck hatchback. Good times indeed. Yes, it’s cold, but do you really want to go back to Compton? Just think, we’ll get to Disneyland before everyone else. Look at this neighbourhood it’s like Edward Scissorhands or Stepford Wives, it’s safe, just get some sleep. Phillipa, I know it’s cold, but stuff it, we’re sleeping here. OK.” Phillipa takes in the view of Persepolis, Iran Gate of All Nations – Persepolis – Iran “So, it’s 2500 years old, costs 14 cents to get in, and there’s nobody here. This is the only photo on the entire Internet of the carpark at Persepolis, Iran. I once slept overnight in a car in Orange County, to ensure that I was first in-line for Disneyland. The surrealistic site of an empty car park in the middle of central Iran took me back to my youthful days – visiting Los Angeles. When I arrived at Persepolis in the middle of the day, using a chartered taxi from the cultural city of Shiraz where I am currently based (circa 7000 years old), the car park was almost empty. Check your backpack at the door, don’t mention the sanctions. These days, Persepolis costs the ludicrous amount of 14 US cents to enter. ![]() Two thousand three hundred years after Persepolis was almost completely destroyed by Alexander the Great (what an ass-hole) UNESCO heritage listed the evocative ruins of the city. Ceremonial capital of the Archaemenid empire, thriving for a couple of hundred years or so, Persepolis was subsequently burned to the ground. The ancient city of Persepolis – Iran – was founded more than two and a half thousand years ago. ![]()
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