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| Tehran sprawls across Iran's northern plains; it feels like Los Angeles on steroids. Crossing the street requires steel nerves, a rock solid insurance policy, and luck. Cars throng the streets. In Tehran there exist two modes of traffic: rush hour and out-of-control stampede. At least the people are friendly. We have many pleasant conversations with various Iranians: a young religious student shows us around Tehran bazaar, an Iranian businessman helps us find our way on the metro (and even pays for our tickets). | ||||
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Tehran's
National Museum is a highlight: from a bas-relief of Darius (king of the world
in his day) to the preserved, 1600 year old head of Salt Man, a miner who's head,
leather boot, tools, and body parts were preserved in the salt where he died. | ||||
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| Wherever you go in Tehran you'll see poignant
reminders of the Iran-Iraq war: building sized images of the men who fought and
died. | ||||
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| Cutting glass for those glitzy Iranian mosques. | ||||
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| If you want traffic of the human kind, seek
out Tehran's metro. This stop commemorates the Supreme leader of the Islamic Revolution,
Imam Khomeini. | ||||