trip to India=Iran..

Iran..so different then Turkey..I don't recall much from the bus ride
between Tabriz-Qazvin-Tehran..but I must say..buses well organised,
comfortable travelling..now Tehran..I stayed 4 days there..because I had
to make visa for India etc..in these days Amir Kabir hotel was the place
to be to meet hippies travelling..but i didn't stay there..found a little hotel
in some side street..where it was full of only foreigners as well..great people..
Tehran is surrounded by mountains..and lies at an altitude of 1200m..
big wide streets..mostly paralell pattern..in these days the Shah was still
ruling..shops were filled with French perfumes..foreigh stuff as well..oil money..
you know..I think today it's a total different picture
The big bazaar of Tehran is absoluteley fantastic to stroll through..
lots of curious Iranians wanted to know whether I was American,English??
I got invited for tea and abgoust...now..this abgoust..is served in a pot and
it's some stew like mixture of chickpeas etc..it was very cheap...and tasty as well..other type of food is pillav/nan/mutton..which is a rice dish with flat bread..Iran was very cheap..next days I spent my time going to the embassy of India..no problem for a visa..but it took 2 days..
Tehran is a hectic place..lots of traffic..it's a central point for all traffic to
any destination in Iran..my itinerary was Qum-Yazd-Kerman-Bam-Zahedan..
never went to Isfahan..and that's a pity..beautiful mosques there..
just ask Dharma(Kevin)he has been there very recently..
i picked up a few words of Farsi..real nice language with strange sounds..
gar kodjast??meant where the railwaystation..I did travell by bus all the way towards Zahedan...will tell you more later on...