Tehran

Way to Tehran was like a lighter version of Karakoram highway.
It gave us an experience in adrenaline endurance and also helped us to make a decision that the real Karakoram highway is not for us !

















Teheran is really like a beating heart of Iran.
It is the kind of city, where you do not want to spend too much time of your journey. It is crazy, busy, noisy, polluted and just like Amir (from Tabriz) said, in the end of the day you feel headache and the city is still beating in your head.

However, there are also some interesting places to see.
Former american Embassy, for example, which ceased to exist in 1979 when hundreds of Iranian student protesters made their way over the wall to the building and took the embassy over. Now the site has been turned into anti-american Iranian military place.

As it is custom in Iran, beutiful parks are a MUST, however crazy the city is.

Public bus transportation in Tehran can be quite tricky and quite annoying for most of the mixed couples traveling in Iran. First you have to go into the bus waiting class corridor and then go either into men's line or women's line in order to enter into the different sides of the bus. Locals are very helpful though, directing you and even letting you pass, so that you will not have to wait in the long queue and can enter to the bus as a VIP .















men's line















women's line

Inside Tehran buses women and men are seperated with 1 or 2 bars, leaving the space for women some 8 seats and for men 18 seats.
Quite a few times we came across to an ironical picture, where women's part was packed with people, no place to go through and many women in the station had to wait for another bus, whereas in the men's part most of the seats were free.
What a waist of space and time !















inside the bus















Bread ritual in front of the bakery.















Our host Hanif