A flashback to my trip to Iran last year. Probably the best time of my life, though I never realized that it was. We don't appreciate the good things before we lose them. Anyway, the village:

Tucked away in the northwest corner of Iran is the quaint and mysterious thirteenth century village of Kandovan. Located in Iran's East Azerbaijan Province, Kandovan is 60 km south of the provincial capital Tabriz in Osku county.

What makes Kandovan village so unique is that many of its homes have been made in caves located in cone-shaped, naturally formed compressed volcanic ash formations that make the landscape look like a gigantic termite colony. This method of dwelling makes the residents modern-age cave dwellers or troglodytes. (Troglodyte means cave dweller: somebody living in a cave, especially somebody who belonged to a prehistoric cave-dwelling community. Troglodyte also means somebody living in seclusion.)

This Italian guy was a couchsurfer in Tabriz, just like me. In fact, we got hosted by the same man and it was him who brought us in Kandovan for a visit.

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