http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Iran/North/Urmia/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Middle East , Iran , North , Urmia en-us Fri, 05 Dec 2008 02:53:42 UTC Fri, 05 Dec 2008 02:53:42 UTC Although I am japanese ie Asian meaning that I can't dance for bloody hell I still try and make the best out of it by compensating with my bellydancing skills. Whether it be NYC or Maku i've been swimming in bling This turned out quite promising with my bootyshaking and techno playing ipod as like a popular cheap whore money was thrown at me like hotcakes.I even did the 'dishwashing' and http://www.travelblog.org//Middle-East/Iran/North/Urmia/blog-172209.html I always knew my headscarf would never be approved by the government but never thought I'd be dragged into a room by kurdish girls who'd strip me of my clothes and dress me up in local formal garb On the way north we stopped by a little village called Sanjud who'd rarely seen foreigners. Let alone a mere toilet stop... Farsi is still the official language and I asked if we could take photogr http://www.travelblog.org//Middle-East/Iran/North/Urmia/blog-165187.html 30 bedbugs bites were worth lighting myself on fire with scotch and a zippo lighter. But alas as i wrote in my last blog the selfbitchslapping became a way of life as I toured western Azarbaijan to learn about Iran e.g. random info like why small dogs aren't popular in Iran mullahs'teachers' preached that life is better without toying with stupid little bitches hence it is a rare sight t http://www.travelblog.org//Middle-East/Iran/North/Urmia/blog-164922.html Kurdistan. You're ready to take more sexy daily snapshots. But locals drop everything they're doing just to see you get off your bus. Their jaws drop when you light a cigarette. All school classes come to a halt as kids pour out of their classrooms to see if you're really a fellow human being. Masses of youngens approach you for your autograph while others timidly just snap out there camera phone http://www.travelblog.org//Middle-East/Iran/North/Urmia/blog-163453.html