Esteghlal Grand Hotel
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Saying Goodbye Breaks My Heart!
... seemed thrilled I finally found a carpet, and I was very happy to finally find what I wanted. In celebration, Bahman told me it was time to go down the street to a little teahouse for tea. Fine by me. So we said our goodbyes and walked out of the carpet shop and to the teahouse. The teahouse was down a set of stairs from street level, through a door and down another set of steps. It turned out to be a very cute little cafe where water pipes ...
So much wealth...
... shoes, jackets and accessories don’t bother with Italy, just head straight to Iran.
Ready for an afternoon tea we headed for the Ferdossi Grand Hotel. I have to say the tea was fine but the service was ****, especially for a supposedly international standard hotel. We literally had to drag the waiters away from their shisha to take our order!
The next morning our lovely receptionist made contact with the *****ian Embassy ...
Tehran
... easy peasy, and then getting the ball rolling for my Turkmenistan visa. Which can only be begun once I had my Uzbekistan visa.
There is a bit of urgency now as my Iran visa expires the day my Turkmenistan visa starts. Which is the same day that I pick up my Turkmenistan visa in Mash'had... a few days bike ride away from the Turkmenistan border. I hope you are not reading all of this!! Or if you are, hopefully you are getting a ...
Been Through The Desert On A Bike With No Name
... if either my thumb or jaw were any more injured. I'm not sure that I could have carried on.
It was very sobering and actually made me grumpy for a day or so. It is several days since that happened. My thumb still hurts and is actually only about 50 percent. Though I am anticipating that it will recover fully. Especially with a few days rest in Tehran.
Tehran!!
I am in Tehran! Holy ****! How weird is that? Not very often I ...
Tehran - Day 2
... Iranians
died in the Iran/Iraq war in the 80s (Saddam fought with the help of his good friend, George Bush Senior!) and most of them are buried here. These sites are different from the normal graveyard in that the grave slabs are still horizontal on the ground but above them are glass boxes,usually with a photo, some plastic flowers, personal effects etc above.Lots of elderly people there, sitting down, having picnics, reading thepapers, probably at their son's ...
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