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Esfahan - Tehran !!!!

Woke up around 7:30am, went across the street bought some Barbari (one of the four types of bread in Iran) came back to my dorm and ate it with cheese and Nutella. Afterwards checked my email at t...

Cannot convert Traveler's Cheques in Tehran !!!!

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 an...

Sri Lankan Embassy for the Rescue !!!

Woke up at 6:30am and hurried to the Bank Melli Central branch only to find out that they don’t change TC's. Well now my only hope is the good old Sri Lankan embassy. Mehdi had the address i...

Iranian transport sector

Long distance buses Iran’s long distance buses are of two types. The older and the newer buses: The older buses are by Mercedes Benz and the newer once are from Volvo, Scania and MAN buses. The ...

Tehran, 8-21 August 2003 (part III)

16/8/2003 On a wall this morning, the same size and style as the idolatrous pictures of ayatollahs and the anti-American slogans, was the Windows logo. Further in general, Shahriar remarks that t...