Could have been us, but this is a picture I've picked from the net. Yesterday night we became through orientals, by spending a few hours in a downstairs teahouse and traying out the secrets of the water pipe.
Where we were, there were no women though. But it all happened in the nice city of Esfahan, 350 km South from Teheran. We landed here, Thomas D. and I, a couple of days ago. With the aim of studying life and culture in this ancient Persian town, now a 1.5 Million modern city full of historical sites.
One interesting aspect is the presence of a 10.000 headed christian (armenian) minority, which can be found in the Area of Jolfa where also 12 christian active churches stand. There is also a jewish minority and both groups apparently go on coexisting nicely with the iranians. This is a positive surprise for many of us, I think.
But the dominant touristic element of course is the great number of important and beautiful sites in the range of islamic history and architecture.
So far, we've met only open, friendly and lively people. There is a great willingness to get to know strangers and help them (us) in exploring the country.
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