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Saying Goodbye Breaks My Heart!
... the White Palace and the Farshchian Museum containing art works by Mahmoud Farshchian, the famous Iranian artist and miniaturist. (Unfortunately the Museum of Fine Arts was closed and would have to wait for a return trip.)
So we entered the grounds and walked the beautiful pathways uphill through canopies of trees, gorgeous gardens and fountains and birds chirping all around us. It was another one of those "oh my goodness" moments where ...
Tehran - Hey Can Someone Let Me In???
... man holding a sign with my name on it. Well hello and yay! Still batting 100% in the airport pickup category.
The man with the sign turned out to be “Bahman”, my guide. (Double yay!) We grabbed my luggage, found the car and my driver, Hamid, and were on the freeway to Tehran in a matter of minutes. Bahman had no idea about the delay either, and I guess it didn't matter at this point.
Bahman turned out to be a sheer delight and the ...
Reflections on Iran
... love for extramarital sex! I have never seen such extremes in any country that I have visited before. And this type of scenario didn't just happen in one place, but in several places all across Iran.
Another tale of two extremes that I noticed is the generation gap of many Iranian youth and their parents. Young women, in particular, told me of how their parents want them to quickly get married and have children, mainly to avoid gossip from ...
Tehran Arrival!
... very safe, and very Western- a surprise to me as Iran is considered fairly anti-“Western” in much of the news media. The people seemed very well dressed, there was no begging, and the traffic was hectic. Compared to a major city in say Pakistan or India, Tehran is quite more developed. I took the subway around the city and a one way ticket cost 3000 rials ($0.15). The subway system in Tehran is very modern, clean, and fairly ...
Tehran: 16 million people and everyone said hello!
... pushing the use of the Euro (I’m not sure if that’s a safe bet at the moment either). Our friend Arash on the train and our hotel manager quickly pointed out that the black marker rate of exchange is about 60% better than the official international money market rate. This very helpful bit of advice would raise our standard of living for the next few weeks from comfortable to 'living like a king' status.
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