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Middle East » Iran » North » Tehran February 3rd 2006

simorgh/raamtin Hotels are both great on the famous Valias avenue parks/street so green and so clean earthquakes can be a worry and Tehran is poised for a big one any day the mountain range of Damarvand with Tehran sitting on the foothills is a great escape out of city life. Good ski resorts and just great open space speed traps are a popular past time of Iranian police... read more
Speed at your peril
an awesome day out in the mountains
The winding road to the Caspian Sea

Middle East » Iran » North » Tehran January 29th 2006

Woke up around 7:30am, had Lavash, Nutella, Honey and Butter for breakfast. Mehdi and I went to the National History Museum. Mehdi showed his pass as he is doing Tourism planning for his degree and only told them that I was a student and they gave a 50% discount. Even though I am not much of a museum fan, there were a few impressive things. I liked the Iranian Salt Man, some of the old characters and statues. Some palatial ruins like artefacts which reminded me of Anuradhapura. Where you have the wooden columns in this instance like the stone columns Sri Lanka had. The National History Museum and the Islamic History Museum are side by side. The door entrances in the Islamic museum were quite nice. After the museum we went had a kebab and ... read more
Salt Man in Iran Description
Tehran Selucid Era 312-250BC
Tehran Parthian Era 250BC-224AD

Middle East » Iran » North » Tehran January 26th 2006

Atras ha quedado la fria nieve de Tabriz para dar paso a la lluvia de Teheran, mastodontica urbe, capital del pais, ciudad gris como el dia que ha amanecido hoy. Llegamos el lunes porla mañana, tras pasar la noche en tren, que a pesar de ser 6 en el compartimento no fue tan dramatico :) Lo que me ha sorprendido es la cantidad de chicas jovenes modernas que llevan el pañuelo desafiando a la ley de la gravedad, tan atras que no se como no se les cae....yo parezco Doña Rogelia, pero sin Maricarmen, jeje Mañana por fin nos vamos a Isfahan, estaremos por alli un par o tres de dias, ya que es la tercera vez que visitamos esta ciudad. MUchos besotes, espero que os gustaran las fotos .La proxima vez intentare poner alguna mas ... read more

Middle East » Iran » North » Tehran December 12th 2005

It’s the day before I leave. All the preparations are made. I’ve just got to spend this afternoon in the office with a visitor, and then tomorrow at 1400 I’ll board Emirates for my 8-hour flight to Dubai. I’m travelling in economy. No great problem, it’s Emirates, which (so far), seems a fantastic airline, but later in the trip I’m with the (possibly) dodgy Iran Air, who operate a fleet of Boeings, but apparently can’t get spare parts from the Americans. Later still, I’m with an Indian airline called Sahara Airlines. It seems a strange name for an Indian airline; but then navigation might not be their strongest suit. I have my currency after being ripped off by a well-known credit card company, and I have my Visas (for Iran and India) after being ripped ... read more

Middle East » Iran » North » Tehran September 14th 2005

Back in Tehran I waited some days for Nick. Everything is very noisy and poluted here. The guest house is a real cheap and dirty one. One day I saw a mouse or baby rat just dying in the middle of a room.... read more
Opposite the Embassy
Street Scene
New Companion

Middle East » Iran » North » Tehran November 18th 2000

We leave the Laleh in the middle of the night and Mr. Hoseyn drives us through the quiet streets to Mehrabad Int'l Airport where we must bid farewell and enter the departure hall (men to the left, women to the right). Wanting to exchange my remaining rials I realize too late that I have packed my currency exchange receipt into the checked in bag but am told that I should give it a try anyway. Walking up to the counter the clerk's head suddenly disappears from view as he bends down putting his head on the desk and muttering something. Before I realize what is going on it comes back into view again for a short while only to disappear again. I cannot make my mind up if he is praying or dozing off. As he ... read more

Middle East » Iran » North » Tehran November 17th 2000

Our last day and we begin by wasting half of it visiting the museum of Persian carpets and another pottery museum. I suppose it can be fascinating to count the millions of knots involved in weaving a carpet masterpiece, but the detailed devotion to each and every design gets rather samey. Each time I walk through a doorway I find myself hoping that it will not open up to yet another hall but to the exit. Heading for lunch both the Bergmans and I are getting a bit fed up of the samey kebab diet and instead insist on only having the tasty soup, bread and salad, skipping the main course. The staff look at each other and Farzaneh, probably muttering something about foreigners.... Afternoon is free time and I head down to the lobby to ... read more
A slow day in Tehran
Martyr tribute
The crew!

Middle East » Iran » North » Tehran November 6th 2000

The last day in Tehran for a while, we will be transferring by plane to Shiraz in the afternoon. The morning is spent visiting one of the Shah's excessively decorated palaces in the hills. Big airy halls with some rather decadent furniture and very large Persian carpets in the rooms. We are joined by crowds of school children out on tour, and the young children either look at you shyly or, if they are more courageous take the opportunity shouting "I love you!" from a safe distance. The next destination is the complete opposite and immensely to my liking. We drive into a neighbourhood with smaller houses and narrow streets to visit the house of Ruhollah Khomeini, the humble place where he used to live and see his guests, as well as the nearby building where ... read more
Another grey day on town
Windwalker?
With Iman at Mehrabad Int'l

Middle East » Iran » North » Tehran November 5th 2000

Today's weather is cloudy and a bit dull. We spend all day sightseeing various cultural and even more cultural sights of Tehran. We've been around a couple of museums with exhibitions of pottery, historical utensils, statues or parts of statues, all in various stages of decay. It's not my cup of tea really, although I found the exquisite and decorative Qurans to be quite beautiful. After having successfully learnt to say "good morning" I realize that any further development in Farsi will be requiring some dedication on my part. Farzaneh explains the mysteries of the language; it seems that in order to simplify things for the curious westerner, the written language completely omits vowels, instead fusing characters together into syllabels that link into each other and modify to tie together to form different words. Did I ... read more
Ancient VCR programming manual?
A day in the park
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Middle East » Iran » North » Tehran November 4th 2000

It is with great anticipation that I raise from the couch on which I have been sleeping restlessly for a few hours. Fortunately it is still such an early hour that my mind is rather numb, and I don't have to get all worked up about it all just yet. I pack up my belongings and leave the small flat I have been borrowing in Stockholm before moving on to Arlanda airport. When entering the departure hall and locating the proper counters the first thing I notice is that there is a long and winding queue in front of the Iran Air check in desks. The second thing I notice is the impressive amount of luggage carried by my fellow passengers; there is an obscene amount of trolleys stacked with heavy plastic suitcases, cardboard boxes, improvised ... read more
My room at the Laleh Hotel
Practice your farsi when you least expect it




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