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After several days in Tehran I can only say cities in super heavy category (> 15 million) are hard to go about... but for half a Euro you can ride the bus 35 times or the subway 5 times. In Tehran there is place for bivouacking on every sidewalk around the gardens. If the worst comes to the worst there is the space before the tomb of Imam Khomeini. The former embassy of the Great Satan - America - is painted with inscriptions such as "Down with USA", "We will make America face a severe defeat", “We stomp on America” in Farsi, and the Statue of Liberty with a skull for a face. My greetings to you.

5th Shahrivar 1387

As strange as it sounds my first impression of Iran is that of a huge campsite. Tents can be seen everywhere in the cities, beaches and parks, and because we didn’t have one we slept for a few days in a pavilion 5 m from the Caspian Sea. The beaches are separated for men and women, the male is surrounded by barbed wire and the female is fenced with a thick canvas cloth from the land and sea. If you are walking outside the appointed area in a swimsuit the "Guardians of the Islamic order" will come to tell you off. Good thing one of them spoke Turkish, so we could communicate.