George Bush clearly has never travelled Iran if he thinks the country evil... The people in this country are immensely friendly, hospitable and curious too... There are evil people here too of course as you have everywhere, taxi drivers as usual at the top of that chain (the sharks of the cities, the bane of mankind...). But by and large the ordinary man on the street will go out of his way to help you if you look lost. They will walk you to your destination even if it is not theirs or nowhere near theirs, they will help you at hotels, pay taxi rides and so on and so on... All the while questioning you about the west and our views of their country... Many want to go to the west to study their and live... Canada seems to be top of the list, despite the fact that both governments are at the moment not at good terms...
I entered Iran at Astara and the same day took several savaris (shared taxis, the usual configuration being two passengers on the one front seat and three in the back...) to get to Kaleybar. I visited this village to climb to
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TehranNational Museum of Tehran
TehranSa'd Abad Museum Complex, former summer home of the last Shah, his bedroom...
TehranAll that is left of a giant statue of the Shah
TehranNiyavaran Palace Museum, Ahmad Shahi Pavilion
TehranThe last Shah had some dubious friends..
TehranCarpets outside the Carpet Museum
TehranHoly Shrine of Imam Khomeini on the outskirts of Tehran
TehranIvan-e Takht-e Marmar, Marble Throne Veranda
TehranA room with murals of the fictional Kings decribed in Ferdosi's Shahnamah
TehranPainting of Fath Ali Shah, a man with a big beard!
TehranThe walls are covered in tiles..
TehranShams-Al Emarat, the highest building on the palace grounds
TehranStreet sign in Tehran... Is it prophetic?
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