... was told by my guide that they are slowly being painted over to different scenes. We then went to visit Golestan Palace, the bazaar and ended up in a teahouse at a place for artists. We sat on the veranda under the fans, enjoying our various ...
... is made of rubies!! I really enjoyed it. There is only one room but we spent over two hours there! If I was in Tehran again, I'd go there. I love staring at sparkly jewellery. Luckily lunch had been good and I wasn't hungry so we found a fast food ...
Once again, we jumped on a bus and headed towards Tehran. The first thing the bus boy did was to give us all biscuits and orange juice. This comes in a bag which doubles as a spew bag. That was breakfast. We then drove up a mountain and then down the ...
... manner. After an unsucessful trip to a famous palace we settled for a visit to the local mall and a tour of the bazaar. We almost became asphyxiated on the terrible fumes but miraculously we made it to an elevator before our lungs were fully saturated ...
... apparently the pursuit of a European look. The majority of women were stunning, but their noses less so. Meandering through the bazaar we encounterd numerous fake clothing. The highlight for me though was when I found a furniture shop called Ikea. Dinner ...
... we visited a palace built two hundred years ago. The place was incredible and its silence was a stark contrast to the bustling bazaar. Particularly noticable was the intricacy of the tile work, I could have spent ten minutes examining one tile but there ...
... in a Chador. But here all the women had their bodies covered. I sensed that we were in a very conservative Tehran neighborhood. I also saw several traditional bakeries where the men were making the traditional Iranian bread.
Shayse's apartment ...
... to surf this plethora of opportunities has got to be a good one. The world is big and I've experienced very little of it. Bazaar wondering and being shocked by the price of shoes was next on the itinerary. A pair of Adidas shoes here cost ...
... this is the last stop of the palace. As we were walking back to our vehicle, our guide asked if we wanna take a quick look at the TehranBazaar, the biggest bazaar in Tehran. We did not object to it and indeed we took a quick walkthrough of the bazaar. ...
... . Chatting with him and his old pals, I learned that while many Jews had left Iran after the revolution, there remained a sizeable Jewish community in Tehran, with two large active synagogues. Aside from the occasional rise of anti-Semitic ...