The island of Qeshm just 120 kilometers long and 10 wide. However accommodates to approximately 69 towns and a city, the Qeshm capital. Along with the city of Bandar Abbas and other small towns in the Gulf to speak your own language, the Bandari, the Persian dialect.
Qeshm is part of the coastal province of Hormozgan, whose capital is Bandar Abbas, a charming little city, where would I stress the morning fish market and a promenade along the shore, where easily make friends and have an interesting conversation.
Just step on the island I understood why so few tourists come here.. heat, stifling from the 7 morning and scorching to the 9 AM. This aletarga we travel and we drastically reduces the effective hours to visit the island.
Qeshm is as colorful as Laft places, The village of Paiposht or tabl, where the population lives exclusively in shipbuilding.
There are many shipyards that crowd one after another a few miles from the village, Although some were closed down by the shortage of demand and the lack of money, investors in Tehran are investing capital in other sectors.
At the moment only it is possible to get to Qeshm in boat or boat, but they are building a road between the island and Bandar Abbas. In a few years the island will be accessible.
The place is semi-desert and its most suspicious people with foreigners than the rest of the country. They tell me that the relationship with the rest of the country is not good, and that he would like to one day be independent.
Perhaps they dream of becoming as prosperous neighbouring island of Kish, holiday destination for tourists of all nationalities, the Mayan Riviera of the East.
Discarding the capital of the island, the police control is scarce, children starting from the 8 years already lead adults motorcycles, No matter the displacement, without any measure of security of course. All are known in the villages, and lend themselves to help each other.
Most live fishing, depart twice a day, in the morning and in the evening, When there is more movement of fish.
They have networks placed on sticks in the sand that used to capture all that out there approaches, from crabs to octopuses, This is possible thanks to the huge difference between tides. At low tide you can walk several hundred metres sea in without having to know how to swim.
Some women used masks to cover the Sun in Qeshm and some villages around like Jiroft, they have them in various types and colours, they are very colorful, just like clothing. Here they have abandoned the sad black color of the central cities of Iran.
Here the population is dark-skinned and they tell me that the mask is cheaper to cover than the chador of quality Sun, It is also the cultural theme, It is customary to wear masks.
The market of Minab is an interesting place to see in person the various garments of premises.
Women sell above all fruits and vegetables that most brought in from other parts of the country due to the scarcity of water. Upon arrival it was 3 years that no rain nor a drop. Also have diverted the flow of water from the river main to the capital Bandar Abbas, the bridges that crossed to get to Minab already form part of the decoration and it history.
The village fishing of Laft is known for its cazavientos, a very special architecture, designed to cool the House naturally.
In this village is where most commonly see men's classic dress, than not young, already prisoners of Western fashion trends.
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