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Esfahan, Iran
Sunday, Sep 18, 2005

Special needs

David Murray
2007-02-21 20:01:14

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the world. It is very impressive. There are also two mosques, but we were leaving them till another day. All around the outside of it, the undercover section is part of hte bazaar. There is the expensive part, but we walked through it anyway. Eventually, we came to the main section and walked in and bumped into James. He had some local guy who was sprouting about cheap carpet shops, so we told him to take us there. He led us on a tour around through the bazaar until we came to the carpet area, but he kept going, then went down some stairs and into a warehouse. We asked to see some prayer rugs, as we have three already, and he gave some tea whilst he went through his showing. We did find one that we liked, the price was cheap, like 1/4 of the Turkish prices, so we told him we would take it and pick it up on Saturday. As tommorow was Friday, this is the first day of the Extremists weekend. We left the shop and ended up at the Si-o-Seh Bridge which is 500 years old. It was picturesque, so we had three pots of tea and dinner. We also watched the Extremist cross the water as they wanted to get their feet wet. Crazy I say.

Second Morning

Next morning, same routine with shit gloves and his cronies. Once breakfast was down, we went for a walk and found some nice Mosques and closed markets. Then we found a nougat factory. We were given some freebies and sent on our way. Our goal was the Jameh Mosque. This is the largest Mosque in all of Iran, but we could not find it. The local Extremists kept giving us the wrong directions. Eventually one came up and said we could jump on his 125cc motorbike with him and his daughter. We went flying through the lanes. I shat myself, and then we arrived. We walked in, and it was huge. As usual, we found an extremist who wanted to take us home for lunch, but we declined as we had only just arrived. It is over 500 years old and there is so much different Islamic styles. It was amazing. We were kicked out as it was Friday ...