‘silk Road’: Hospitable Iran (part 2)

Mesopotamia is the land between the rivers Tigre and the Euphrate. This is a land famous for fertility, fertility, favorable for agricultural cultivation such as vine, olives, barley ... Part 2 Armenian Mosque, with high mountains belonging to the part of Azerbaijan, may Silk road is not only purely commercial but also cultural, religious diversity is mixed

. After 3 hours of flight, I took a flight from Kuwait to Tehran, the capital of Iran by Kuwaiti airline. Airways. Iran airport is quite modern, I quickly entered the visa area, because I had read some information at home, I submitted all required documents, including passport, photo, travel schedule important to Iran and that is the hotel booking confirmation section.



Because Iran was embargoed from the West, I had to find the hotel through a number of travel advice sites such as TripAdvisor or a book for Lonely Planet dust travel.Wait for about 15 minutes, we were asked by customs staff pay 40 euro visa fee and stay is 15 days. This way will be more convenient and quicker instead of having to apply for a visa at the Iranian Embassy in Hanoi (if you are not in Hanoi like me) .Tehran picked me up with the scorching heat on a summer day last month 6. Currently, this is the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, all restaurants are closed until 9pm. Most Iranians stay at home cooking this holiday, a few go out when restaurants are open. Two weeks in Iran, I find myself in the situation of going all day without any food In addition to using some dry food brought from Vietnam and stocking a few bananas in your backpack to eat.



In the Middle East, especially Kuwait and Iran where I go, Muslims take Ramadan quite seriously. That means during this one month, all Muslims will not eat, drink, or smoke ... but only apply during the day, specifically from sunrise to sunset. In customary admission, I sometimes have to secretly drink water and eat some fruit so that the police and locals do not detect it, although under Islamic law, non-religious foreign tourists can eat Drink normally in Ramadan.Iran is a country with the 4th largest crude oil reserves in the world, so the government has enough financial resources to invest in building infrastructure to serve the society. According to some assessments, Iran is one of the fastest growing countries in the region and the capital, Tehran, has a fairly good public transport system.



Most of the days here, I go sightseeing by subway or public bus with very cheap prices. Wandering like that, I have the opportunity to get acquainted, learn about life in a country that seems very strange to visitors with a different appearance like me. The second day here, I just stepped out of the station. subway, suddenly there is an Iranian girl with big eyes, curvy eyelids characteristic of the Middle East with the traditional black outfit of Muslim women with a friendly smile. The girl chirped in plain English: “You want to find the train station, don't you?” Surprisingly why she knew I was looking for a train station to buy tickets from Tehran to Tabriz. I suddenly remembered that before I stepped out of the metro, I asked a guy at the exit to the train station. Maybe this girl overheard and deliberately waited for me at the door. Understanding everything, I nodded and answered "yes".



“I can wait for you a bit, you are waiting for your friend to pick you up, about 5 minutes. My friend will lead you to the nearby train station. ”I was startled by the cute offer of help from the girl, but I thought that the harsh Islamic laws would make the woman" keep quiet ". Men, especially strangers like me. We started chattering and asking each other for some personal information, about her trip to her country. About 5 minutes later, a tall guy more like an Indian than an Iranian arrived. She introduced this as her friend and then said something in Iranian so that I understood myself that they would lead me to the nearby train station. Iran that day was up to 42 degrees C at 15 o'clock.



The sky was so hard, there was no small wind. From the metro station to the train station with quite a distance, our conversation seemed to shorten when not good. We finally arrived at a modern train station in Tehran. They took me to the ticket booth and asked for information on how to buy tickets to Tabriz. However, they only sell tickets at the last hour of the station, but if they go the next day as planned, they have to go to the travel agencies to buy tickets. The prices at the tour agencies and at the station are the same. . They hurriedly led me to continue looking for a travel agency nearby.



I managed to buy a good bed ticket on the train because of their translation. Before parting, I suggest taking a souvenir photo with them. The girl nodded frantically without hesitation. I say goodbye and don't forget to ask how to get back to the hotel by bus. If you want, I will take you around Tehran by any means you like: bus, tram, motorbike.

. Dịch vụ: Thiết kế website, quảng cáo google, đăng ký website bộ công thương uy tín