(Daniel) Today we had an early breakfast and then headed out onto the road to Shiraz, It was an easy drive on fast roads, and we arrived before sunset at Shiraz, a busy modern town with many attractions. 

Our first stop was a nomad restaurant that is open in the winter months while the nomads make their home here.  The Lonely Planet simply stated that the restaurant was located 8kms outside the town to the south east, so we headed exactly 8kms along a south east course but found no restaurant.  In the end we stopped outside another restaurant and asked for directions.  To our surprise the restaurant owner jumped in his car and asked us to follow him.  Just as well as the route to the restaurant was very complicated, along back alleys, and eventually through a park and some very narrow alleys eventually ending at the Yurt restaurant.

The restaurant was amazing, a huge tent with Persian carpets decorating every inch, we ordered our food, and sat down on a huge recliner a waiter brought over a bucket full of ht coals which kept us warm, and when the food came the portions were really huge.  We were watched throughout the meal by beautiful cats who obviously thrived in the nomads company.  After dinner we smoked a waterpipe and discussed our options for accommodation.  After discounting the idea of a hotel we decided to ask the nomads if we could camp at the restaurant.  They were nomads after all and could surely understand people camping!  Of course they were happy to let us stay, and we set up outside much to the amusement of the nomads! 

After the long drive to get to Shiraz I slept like a log!

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