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- Tehran
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- Iranian Rial (IRR)
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Tehran Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Tehran, Iran
Train Jouney to Tehrean
... ). Thehran also the city I've been to that has the least amount of billboards and advertisements. Despite these things Tehran is quite an uninteresting city for me. There really is no obvious vibrancy or energy here (apart from the ...
Finding the Meaning of Islam
... (1980-1988 with Iraq) and the brutal 1979 Islamic Revolution. The first of these events were evident on the streets of Tehran where new signs were everywhere as many street names had been changed to honour Iraqi war martyrs. And the chilling reminders ...
The Burn
... Natanz. The site is not hard to miss considering all the anti-aircraft machinery placed around it. We arrived to back in Tehran in the late afternoon and spent most of our time watching retelevised loops of the Iranian news as there were no English ...
Exploring Tehran "Paris of Asia"
... flight of "Hava Pemaee Iran" a weekly three hour direct flight from Karachi to Tehran to reach Meharabad Airport-Tehran,an International Airport of Iran.As soon as aeroplane landed at the airport I became very excited to see the historical airport and my ...
Tasty Iranian Food
... this one definitely caught my eye. My next introduction to Iranian food came about when I ate at another local restaurant near Tehran University known for its ash (osh). This restaurant below street level was not only unique because single males had to ...
Out Of Office
We are unable to update the site as TravelPod is banned in Iran. We are writing as we go and saving it though - so please come back at the end of October to see what's happening! Some of you will know that Claude is heading to Ghana as a volunteer on ...
We Are Not Terrorists
... . Much of this is attributed to my friend who has been my main conduit for meeting people. During my first day in Tehran, I had a wonderful encounter with a local restaurant owner who wanted me to take him to Canada. This honest, simple-living, hard ...
A very fast introduction (2/2)
... mon égard. Seul dans le métro, le plan ŕ la main, je crus comprendre que j'étais bel et bien arrivé en Iran. ...
Tehran
The journey by train from Qazvin to Tehran was very pleasant; trains are my favourite mode of transport overland. Tehran is very busy and extremely polluted. The air was actually OK, but the noise, the visual pollution where out of this world! Walking on ...
My last few days in Iran!! Sniff, sniff...
... ) my passport is in safe hands again and I can have it back tomorrow. 10.09.06: I had a fabulous time in my 5 days in Tehran (Nima: thanks for being such good company). And boy I went shopping!! I made a `mistake` and transferred too much money to my ...
A City With Political Views - Day 32
... and have shower then checked out. Total 3 hours. I think it was originally planned to stay overnight but our train from Esfahan to Tehran was too late at night. Packed luggage in the van. Began touring the city. First up, was to visit a royal palace. We ...
Tehran - The end of the beginning
My last days in Iran I have spent in Kermanshah and Tehran. My host from Kermanshah was a good guy and he took me to some historical sites, including some famous inscriptions high up on a mountain, not accessible to the public. He knew one of the people ...
Leaving on a jet plane
... I will give this a go. Then I'll have to take a bus or taxi the 30 km or so to the Imam Khomeini international airport. Tehran, then. Well it is enormous and hilly. Bicycles are few. As elsewhere in Iran, traffic lights are rare, and crossing the road is ...
Back to Tehran
Tehran & Tabriz
... of Mexico City and Manila. Spending hours transferring from embassy to embassy was exhausting but fortunately fruitful. Tehran encompasses interesting blend of people, especially women, ranging between chador conservatives to fashionable young beauties ...
Tehran - farewell to Iran
... just hoped that not every baggage-happy passenger was getting the same soft treatment as us. A few days before our flight back to Tehran an Iran Air plane had crashed in the mountains to the north of the country, en route to Azerbaijan. We had read in the ...
Tehran - the official capital of Iran
... stay with them for a few days. Heath had recently been posted to work as a diplomat at the New Zealand Embassy in Tehran (covering Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan). Due to limited email access the last few days and no phone (UK phones don't work in Iran) ...
Around Mashad - Mausoleums of Two Literary Giants
... . And then the flight was delayed for an hour. While we waited we used the time to ask Mohammad about life in Iran. Mohammad was from Tehran and a real family person. The evening before Hussein had quizzed him about how many wives he had. "I bet you ...
Destination Tehran - Reflections on our Travels
... of anti-aircraft guns and heavy military equipment. Was this some serious army base, we wondered? Mohammad laughed. It was Tehran's "Cinema City". Well, perhaps you can understand our apprehension.... We arrived in the mid afternoon to a cold and rainy ...
Iran story
Dear all, Apologies for this late explanation about my Iran trip. When I tried to submit a story from Tehran I got a message in Persian or Farsi and it turned out that this site was blocked. Here are still a few ...
Im pochenden Herzen des Iran
... hnelt am ehesten noch der in einem Sportstadion. Drumherum erstreckt sich über Kilometer der Friedhof der im Iran-Irak-Krieg Gefallenen. Hunderttausende. Jedes Grab mit Foto und kleinem Andenken in einer Glas Box. Welch andere Welt ...
Visas
... lightly. A British couple who had already driven to Indian in caravan convoy from Germany though Switzerland, Italy, Greece, Turkey, Iran, and Pakistan and who were now on their return journey had spent 24 hours and 2000 rupees each getting the ...
Spending time in Niavaran
... background on which to admire the snow-capped mountains literally a stone's throw away from Zahrajoon's apartment in the North of Tehran. I cannot explain but I always feel at home as soon as I smell that tempting scent of fresh bread, hear the cacophony ...
Living the Good Life above Tehran
High above the energetic hustle and bustle of Tehran a very different life unfolds in the towns and villages nestled in the mountains and valleys that quietly, ever presently, lie between the city and the Caspian Sea. Visiting a home surrounded by ...
Tehran
[ Blog updated by Steve from email ] Now in Tehran got here saturday afternoon very noisy and polluted. Im leaving tonight (Sunday) on overnight train to Esfahan further south. I've just tried to update the blog but could not get into travelpod.com - a ...
Transasia Express Istanbul - Tehran
... for undefined time, after Iran to India, and then he did not know. The German guy was student, and started a 5 month at Tehran University to learn Persian. The British guys have been on 6 and 8 week holidays, and after Iran both independently want head ...
Tehran and the smoggy day
... then in the media. No, I do not wanna stay here for long Yes, the people are very friendly No, I did not feel uncomfortable in Tehran, except the air pollution So, what did we do in Tehran: We have finished two days of Tehran. Two days where we have seen ...
Das andere Gesicht des Iran
... . (Dass es dem Westen bei den Sanktionen alleine um die Atompolitik und nicht um die Situation der Menschen im Iran geht, wird unterschätzt.) Einer schrittweisen Verbesserung der Situation wird nach den Vorkommnissen im letzten Jahr nur eine geringe ...
