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Kerman, Iran
Thursday, Sep 29, 2005

The New Arg

David Murray
2007-02-23 22:01:15

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Before we go anywhere, I have to explain a little more about the buses in Iran. Now we take Volvos normally, but to make it more comfortable for yourself, you need to sit on the right hand side as there is more room, so, whilst in Yazd, when booking the ticket, we asked for seats 1-2, 5-6 or 9-10. We were given 5 and 6, so we were both happy bunnies !!!

We jumped into our cab, and the Extemist was a nice fellow, who charged us less than we are used to paying. This was going good, but we have seen this before. We pulled up at the terminal, another Extremist pointed out our bus for us and Lucy went to claim our seats whilst I put the bags under the bus. Just as we split up, we both saw an Extremist woman in our seats, and Lucy was in no mood to take shit, so she was going to be kicked off. Once I had done my part, the bus boy pointed at my seat numbers and we agreed that 5-6 were ours. While I was putting the bags under, Lucy encountered the Extremist. She wouldn't move. In fact, she had no ticket. The Extremist driver said for Lucy to sit in 1-2, less legroom. Lucy looked at him and said fuck that, she can sit there. Lucy became a rock. Lucy did not move. The busboy got on the bus and dragged the Exremist out of our seat and into another. Do not mess with Lucy at 07:00 in the morning.

Kerman
The trip went smoothly and we were comfortable, and after a while, we arrived in Kerman. We picked our cab driver, agreed a price, and off we went. Once we arrived, I had only a 2 Khomeini note. The price was one Khomeini. He said he had no change. I went to get some. He put his hand in his pocket, and he had two fives. He only gave me one. I refused to give him his money. He gave me the other, went running into the hotel, started ranting in his Extremist language, so I grabbed him by the throat and chucked him out. We were given the quietest room so far in all of Iran !!!

We walked Kerman, it did not take very long. ...