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The church is pre-1600s and has only recently been restored. This part of the world has been racked by war since the early 90s, with Armenia and Azerbaijan pitted against one another and Iran having to maintain relations with both.https://accidentaloriental.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/img_3182a.jpgCaravanseraiA caravanserai, sits by the Aras River near Jolfa in Iran's far north-west. The Aras forms the narrow border between Iran and Azerbaijan's Nakhchivan province here, and between Iran and Armenia to the east.https://accidentaloriental.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/img_2984a.jpgSheitan KuhA man prepares fruit snacks for sale on the hill above Lahijan, called Sheitan Kuh.https://accidentaloriental.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/img_2859a.jpgKhavar Khanum ViewDiners at a popular foodie's destination in Gilan - Khavar Khanum. Word about the restaurant's kebab spread on the internet and they now do 2000 meals a day and are hurriedly constructing an extension. https://accidentaloriental.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/img_2963a.jpgAfshin and SonAfshin the tea man and his son pose outside his offices in Lahijan. His office is like a meeting place, with friends always passing through for a cup of tea.https://accidentaloriental.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/img_2962a.jpgTea FactoryMy friend Zia introduced me to his friend Afshin who has a tea factory in Lahijan. Even with the sanctions, he sell tea to Lipton in Netherlands because the quality is so desirable.https://accidentaloriental.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/img_2948a.jpgTeaTea wasn't grown in Iran until the late 1800s. Now it is a permanent presence in daily life and Lahijan in Gilan is where the finest Iranian tea comes from.https://accidentaloriental.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/img_3175a.jpgManjil DamThe dam at Manjil, on the drive back from Lahijan to Tehran. This is the watershed, the point where the lush, greenery of Gilan changes into the dry, brown landscape where Tehran sits.https://accidentaloriental.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/img_3180a.jpgShamanShaman, my friend's 9 month old rottweiler, who came to my room with this face each morning. They didn't choose her but they've fallen in love with this little girl. In Iran you can have your dog seized for simply walking them in public. They take the dogs to Evin Prison (seriously) and leave them to die. So, with a typically Iranian solution, they have worked out that they can train her to be a rescue dog in an earthquake, and then they can take her for long walk and the government can't take her away.https://accidentaloriental.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/img_3016a.jpgMasoulehThe village of Masouleh, a couple of hours drive into the deep green mountains from Lahijan, is built into a steep hill. So steep, in fact, that they built the houses so that the roof of one house is the front yard and street for the one above. It's popular with Iranian tourists.2016-04-18T14:53:38+00:00monthlyhttps://accidentaloriental.com/2016/02/21/melakan-meals/https://accidentaloriental.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/melaka-36a-of-137.jpgMelaka (36a of 137)https://accidentaloriental.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/melaka-36-of-137.jpgMelaka (36 of 137)https://accidentaloriental.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/melaka-137-of-137.jpgMelaka (137 of 137)https://accidentaloriental.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/melaka-14-of-137.jpgMelaka (14 of 137)https://accidentaloriental.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/melaka-49-of-137.jpgMelaka (49 of 137)https://accidentaloriental.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/melaka-56-of-137.jpgMelaka (56 of 137)https://accidentaloriental.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/melaka-64-of-137.jpgMelaka (64 of 137)2016-02-21T06:03:42+00:00monthlyhttps://accidentaloriental.com/2015/08/08/morningcalm-article-on-xiamen/https://accidentaloriental.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/korean-air-cover.jpgKorean Air Coverhttps://accidentaloriental.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/korean-air-title.jpgKorean Air Title2015-08-19T10:17:46+00:00monthlyhttps://accidentaloriental.com/2015/01/28/old-anping-taiwan/https://accidentaloriental.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/20150115-img_1445.jpg20150115-IMG_1445https://accidentaloriental.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/20150115-img_1421_69.jpg20150115-IMG_1421_69https://accidentaloriental.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/20150115-img_1420_26.jpg20150115-IMG_1420_26The re-built watchtower at Fort Zeelandia, and the oldest remaining wall in the forthttps://accidentaloriental.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/20150115-img_1436_54.jpg20150115-IMG_1436_54https://accidentaloriental.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/20150115-img_1469.jpg20150115-IMG_1469https://accidentaloriental.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/20150115-img_1426.jpg20150115-IMG_1426https://accidentaloriental.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/20150115-img_1420.jpg20150115-IMG_1420https://accidentaloriental.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/20150115-img_1421.jpg20150115-IMG_1421https://accidentaloriental.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/20150115-img_1473.jpg20150115-IMG_1473https://accidentaloriental.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/20150115-img_1433.jpg20150115-IMG_14332015-01-29T09:06:23+00:00monthlyhttps://accidentaloriental.com/2014/02/25/jinmen/https://accidentaloriental.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/20140216-img_6396.jpg20140216-IMG_6396A temple gate in the Jinmen capital Jincheng.https://accidentaloriental.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/20140216-img_6391.jpg20140216-IMG_6391https://accidentaloriental.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/20140216-img_6386.jpg20140216-IMG_6386Examples of the ornate roofs of the traditional native Fujianese houses, well-preserved clusters of which exist all over the island of Jinmen.https://accidentaloriental.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/20140216-img_6362.jpg20140216-IMG_6362https://accidentaloriental.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/20140216-img_6337.jpg20140216-IMG_6337Peranakan wall tiling and teak furniture in Shuitou, Jinmen.https://accidentaloriental.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/20140216-img_6325.jpg20140216-IMG_6325The eighteen-house Peranakan complex in Shuitou, with its distinctive defensive tower.https://accidentaloriental.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/20140216-img_6301.jpg20140216-IMG_6301The 32km-range Howitzer cannon at the Mount Lion fortress on Jinmen.https://accidentaloriental.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/20140216-img_6298.jpg20140216-IMG_6298Curious wedding photos adorn the walls of the tunnels at Mount Lion Cannon Fort.https://accidentaloriental.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/20140216-img_6290.jpg20140216-IMG_6290Helmets on standby at the entry to the tunnels of Mount Lion Cannon Fort on Jinmen.https://accidentaloriental.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/jinmen-map.jpgJinmen MapJinmen is the almost-X-shaped island just right of centre in the map above, and its brother Lesser Jinmen (or Lieyu) the smaller island to its west. These outposts of Taiwan sit surrounded 180-degrees by the People's Republic of China and separated by a vast stretch of open sea from Taiwan itself. From this angle it looks a miracle that they're still part of Taiwan at all.2014-10-24T09:35:33+00:00monthlyhttps://accidentaloriental.com/2014/10/23/pingyao/https://accidentaloriental.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/20141014-img_0138.jpg20141014-IMG_0138https://accidentaloriental.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/20141014-img_01011.jpg20141014-IMG_0101https://accidentaloriental.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/20141014-img_01161.jpg20141014-IMG_0116An example of nnew construction that remains true to the old in Pingyaohttps://accidentaloriental.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/20141014-img_00451.jpg20141014-IMG_0045The extent of the branch network for the Rishengchang Draft Bank in Pingyaohttps://accidentaloriental.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/20141015-img_0228.jpg20141015-IMG_0228One of Pingyao's shopping streetshttps://accidentaloriental.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/20141014-img_0135.jpg20141014-IMG_0135https://accidentaloriental.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/20141013-img_9977.jpg20141013-IMG_9977A small lane in Pingyao at nighthttps://accidentaloriental.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/20141013-img_0001.jpg20141013-IMG_00012014-10-24T08:14:01+00:00monthlyhttps://accidentaloriental.com/2013/08/30/travel-advisories-2/https://accidentaloriental.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/img_4175-1.jpgSalo SighnaghiMy guide and translator Salome in the village of Sighnaghi, at the end of a long day touring Kakhetihttps://accidentaloriental.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/img_4103-1.jpgDriver's NephewsThe nephews of our driver from Omalo back to Kakheti. They sat quietly in the back the whole 3 hour drivehttps://accidentaloriental.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/img_2838a.jpgKamelia, Azalia VanushehKamelia, Azalia & Vanusheh - Grandmother, Mother and Daughter. My beautiful extended family in Lahijanhttps://accidentaloriental.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/img_3025a.jpgTalysh Lady MasoulehThis lady sold me some handicrafts on Masouleh. She's from the Talysh ethnic group of people who live in the green hilly areas on the south-west coast of the Caspian Sea.https://accidentaloriental.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/img_3043b.jpgRasht BazariThis man selling textiles in the Rasht bazaar shouted to us "Hey! Come take a picture of me!"https://accidentaloriental.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/img_2974b.jpgVanusheh KindyVanusheh outside her kindergarten after schoolhttps://accidentaloriental.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/img_2906a.jpgLahijan MosqueUpon learning that I was Australian, this man threw open the doors to the normally-closed rooms of his mosque in Lahijan. Inside were a number of tombs and a memorial for a local hero of the area, Imam Hasan.2014-05-18T02:47:17+00:00monthlyhttps://accidentaloriental.com/2013/08/20/the-value-of-things/https://accidentaloriental.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/img_3117a.jpgShilat Caviar50g of caviar, roughly a week's wages for a professional here.https://accidentaloriental.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/img_3115a.jpgIranian Rials101,000 tomans - enough for 5 long distance bus trips. Or about 30g of caviar.2014-05-08T12:23:45+00:00monthlyhttps://accidentaloriental.com/2014/03/20/hakka-villages-of-south-fujian/https://accidentaloriental.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/20140307-img_6813.jpg20140307-IMG_6813This is an inn in the villiage of Taxia near Nanjing city in Fujian.https://accidentaloriental.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/20140307-img_6784.jpg20140307-IMG_6784Taxia fits the bill for the typical Chinese village - a bubbling river flows under ornate bridges past red lanterned houses under terraced hills.https://accidentaloriental.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/20140307-img_6767.jpg20140307-IMG_6767Many of the tulou have been turned over to government-approved tourist attractions so their ground floors, previously used for cooking, are now souvenir shops.https://accidentaloriental.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/20140307-img_6751.jpg20140307-IMG_6751Tianluokeng from below with our guide Helen (Fei Fei) and our driver Mr. Zhang (the Chinese Ben Elton).https://accidentaloriental.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/20140307-img_6736.jpg20140307-IMG_6736The postcard tulou cluster of Tianluokeng from above. It's the most picturesque collection of houses and makes it onto plenty of tourism material aimed at the Chinese market.https://accidentaloriental.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/20140307-img_6683.jpg20140307-IMG_6683The heavily-touristed Huaiyuanlou building, with souvenir sellers lining the approach.https://accidentaloriental.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/20140307-img_6588.jpg20140307-IMG_6588A trader in the <em>Heguilou</em> building near Nanjing. The traders inside the more-touristy <em>tulou</em> might not always be descendants of the house clan, but they are all Hakka natives and their businesses very much family affairs.https://accidentaloriental.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/20140308-img_7111.jpg20140308-IMG_7111The cobbles outside the privately-run <em>Yanxianglou</em> building. The family has eschewed the government tourism system and so enjoys less visitors but maintains a more peaceful setting. All around the walls are pictures of a successful uncle in the family who became a successful businessman in Indonesia and who returns each year to the family home.https://accidentaloriental.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/20140308-img_7110.jpg20140308-IMG_7110Ornate eave decorations in the <em>Yanxianglou</em> building near Yongding.https://accidentaloriental.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/20140308-img_7064.jpg20140308-IMG_7064The inside of the Huanjilou building, near the town of Yongding. The Outer ring of the building is for living, cooking, while the inner sections usually house areas for worship and bathing.2014-04-07T14:43:42+00:00monthlyhttps://accidentaloriental.com/2013/12/26/quanzhou-xiamen-contd/https://accidentaloriental.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/20131225-img_5602a.jpg20131225-IMG_5602ahttps://accidentaloriental.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/20131225-img_5592.jpg20131225-IMG_5592https://accidentaloriental.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/20131208-img_52761.jpg20131208-IMG_5276https://accidentaloriental.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/20131224-img_5552.jpg20131224-IMG_5552https://accidentaloriental.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/20131224-img_5544.jpg20131224-IMG_5544https://accidentaloriental.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/20131223-img_5527.jpg20131223-IMG_5527https://accidentaloriental.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/20131223-img_5520.jpg20131223-IMG_5520https://accidentaloriental.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/20131223-img_5516.jpg20131223-IMG_5516https://accidentaloriental.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/20131223-img_5508.jpg20131223-IMG_5508https://accidentaloriental.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/20131223-img_5484.jpg20131223-IMG_54842014-01-21T08:06:32+00:00monthlyhttps://accidentaloriental.com/2013/10/16/a-hotel-review/https://accidentaloriental.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/img_4754-1.jpgHong Kong SkylineThe Hong Kong skyline from the Avenue of the Stars on Kowloon peninsulahttps://accidentaloriental.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/img_4718-1.jpgHong Kong FerryHong Kong from the Star Ferry to Tsim Sha Tsuihttps://accidentaloriental.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/img_4547-1.jpgXiamen ApartmentsA block of apartments near the Pan Pacific in Xiamen, China2013-11-21T01:04:52+00:00monthlyhttps://accidentaloriental.com/2013/10/21/quanzhou-xiamen/https://accidentaloriental.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/img_4806-1.jpgFishing GirlA girl and her father fishing on Xiamen's Yundang Inner Lake.https://accidentaloriental.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/img_4660-1.jpgOpium PipesReminders of another significant part of the region's history, opium pipes for sale in Quanzhou's markets.https://accidentaloriental.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/img_4653-1.jpgGuandi TempleThe Guandi Temple in Quanhou, Fujian province in China. Quanzhou, about 45 minutes on the train from Xiamen, was once a bustling traders' town at the end of the maritime silk road. The temple stands next to what is left of a 1000 year old mosque, built by the Arab, Persian and Indian traders.https://accidentaloriental.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/img_4885-5.jpgHuweishan FlowersFlowers in Xiamen's Huweishan Park.https://accidentaloriental.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/img_4854-11.jpgEgretsEgrets lined up to swoop for fish in the rapids at the inlet to Xiamen's Yundang Inner Lake.https://accidentaloriental.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/img_4846-4.jpgEgretAn egret on the rapids at the inlet to Xiamen's Yundang Inner Lake.https://accidentaloriental.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/img_4838-3.jpgThree EgretsThree egrets on the rapids of the inlet to Xiamen's Yundang Inner Lake.https://accidentaloriental.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/img_4569-1.jpgNanputuo CarvingA rock carving at Xiamen's Nanputuo Temple.https://accidentaloriental.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/img_4667-1.jpgKids OrnamentsOrnaments for sale at the markets near Quanzhou's 1000-year old mosque.https://accidentaloriental.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/img_4666-1.jpgSmiling OrnamentsOrnaments for sale in the markets near Quanzhou's 1000-year old mosque.2013-10-21T17:17:20+00:00monthlyhttps://accidentaloriental.com/2013/09/01/economic-migrants/https://accidentaloriental.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/img_3299-1.jpgView from Bābak's CastleThe view from Bābak's Castlehttps://accidentaloriental.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/img_3294-1.jpgPath to Bābak's CastleOn the path to Bābak's Castlehttps://accidentaloriental.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/img_3308-1.jpgColour MountainsThe Colour Mountains, just outside Tabriz, in the setting sunhttps://accidentaloriental.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/img_3272-1.jpgOutside Kordasht Bath HouseThe entrance to the Kordasht Bath House, in the Aras Valleyhttps://accidentaloriental.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/img_3262-1.jpgKordasht Bath House MiladMilad and his father in the Kordasht Bath House2013-09-01T09:44:23+00:00monthlyhttps://accidentaloriental.com/2013/08/29/tusheti-photo-gallery/https://accidentaloriental.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/img_4082-1.jpgSheepdog PuppyOn the walk back from Shenako, a 30-year-old Lada Niva rumbled past and offered us a lift. In the back, in a box, was this Caucasian sheep dog puppy. They cut the ears when days old so they don't impede the dog's hearing.https://accidentaloriental.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/img_4071a.jpgBerriesBerries by the roadside on the walk to Shenakohttps://accidentaloriental.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/img_4050a.jpgShenako FrescoesThe frescoes in the little church on the hill in Shenako https://accidentaloriental.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/img_4034-1.jpgShenako Animal HousesThese houses on the side of a hill near Shenako are where the animals are kept for the winter. Three families in Shenako remain for the winter to look after the flocks.https://accidentaloriental.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/img_3994-1.jpgRainbow Over Omalohttps://accidentaloriental.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/img_3985-1.jpgTower and RainbowWe visited a museum in one of the Keselo towers and a rain storm came through. After it had cleared we stepped out to the sight of afternoon rainbowshttps://accidentaloriental.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/img_3921-1.jpgDartlo LunchAn impromptu lunch offer from Alika, who gave us a lift from Omalo to Dartlo. The pizza-looking dish is Khachapuri, a typical Georgian cheese bread. After lunch we and his family piled into his Hilux for the ride to Omalo. They were moving back to Kakheti for the long Tushetian winter.https://accidentaloriental.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/img_3749-1.jpgTusheti MapThe map of Tusheti outside the visitors centre in Omalohttps://accidentaloriental.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/img_3915a.jpgFather & SonOur host for lunch in Dartlo, Alika, and his son Erekle. The boy would not leave his father's side and, confusingly for me, kept sayng "Mama, Mama!". "Mama" means "father" in Georgian.https://accidentaloriental.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/img_3748-1.jpgOmaloOmalo, with the towers of Keselo watching over2013-08-29T11:51:24+00:00monthlyhttps://accidentaloriental.com/2013/08/28/tusheti/https://accidentaloriental.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/img_3888a.jpgDartlo ChurchThe ruined church in the village of Dartlo. A lot of government and church money is going into restoring the treasures of Dartlo and this building will be restored in time, toohttps://accidentaloriental.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/img_3721a.jpgOreti LakeLake Oreti, to the south of Omalo, in late summerhttps://accidentaloriental.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/img_4048a.jpgShenako ChurchThe church in Shenako, a few hours walk from Omalo toward the border with Dagestanhttps://accidentaloriental.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/img_3367a.jpgTbilisi NightGeorgia's capital, Tbilisi, by nighthttps://accidentaloriental.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/img_3750a.jpgTusheti FlowersFlowers in Tushetihttps://accidentaloriental.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/img_3995a.jpgOmalo TowerThe view from the towers of Keselo, which watch over the village of Omalo in Tusheti2013-08-30T03:15:08+00:00monthlyhttps://accidentaloriental.com/2013/08/16/istanbul/https://accidentaloriental.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/spice-marketa1.jpgSpice MarketTurkish delight, fruits and spices at the Spice Market in the old cityhttps://accidentaloriental.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/img_2633a2.jpgContainer ShipA container ship on the Bosphorus with the new city in the backgroundhttps://accidentaloriental.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/img_2585a2.jpgBasilica SisternA couple at the 6th century Basilica Sistern in the old cityhttps://accidentaloriental.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/img_2709b.jpgAsian side from BuyukadaView of just part of Asian side of the city from the island of Büyükadahttps://accidentaloriental.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/img_2726b4.jpgIstanbul SunsetSunset over the old city from the Kadiköy ferry2013-08-20T11:07:59+00:00monthlyhttps://accidentaloriental.com/2013/08/05/baths/https://accidentaloriental.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/img_2557a.jpgIMG_2557aThe streets of Kadikoy, from where I am posting this (sounds of street gypsy band and dancing not included)https://accidentaloriental.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/img_2414a.jpgIMG_2414aCheese scrolls for breakfast made by an Armenian woman: a real rarity (not the cheese scrolls)https://accidentaloriental.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/img_2285a.jpgIMG_2285aThe interior of the Blue Mosque (Sultanahmet Mosque), complete with Australian cruise ship tourists' heads at the bottom of your picturehttps://accidentaloriental.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/img_2512a.jpgIMG_2512aThe old city as seen from the Kadikoy Ferry on the Bosphorus. L-R The Blue Mosque and Aya Sofyahttps://accidentaloriental.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/img_2229a.jpgIMG_2229aRamadan sweets for sale on the Hippodrome in Istanbul's old cityhttps://accidentaloriental.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/img_2410a.jpgIMG_2410aCrowds entering the Blue Mosque for taraweeh prayershttps://accidentaloriental.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/img_2395a.jpgIMG_2395aA kid stood still for me in front of the Aya Sofya (Hagia Sofia)https://accidentaloriental.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/img_2251a.jpgIMG_2251aThe washing facilities at the Blue Mosque in Istanbul's Old City2013-08-20T11:07:13+00:00monthlyhttps://accidentaloriental.com/2013/07/31/a-long-day-in-istanbul/2013-07-31T10:41:33+00:00monthlyhttps://accidentaloriental.com/2013/07/26/packing-list/2013-07-26T06:33:09+00:00monthlyhttps://accidentaloriental.comdaily1.02019-01-20T13:40:36+00:00