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Many people ask me why I want to go to Iran, maybe my idea is relatively simple, that is, I watched a TV series called Heaven and Dragon Slayer, I don't know if you still remember, there is a maid in red beautiful clothes, she is a woman from Persia who came to the Central Plains, because she is very good-looking, so from that time on, I have been more obsessed with Persia, and Iran is in Persia, so I embarked on a journey to Iran without hesitation.
1: I went to Iran from Shanghai to Urumqi by train, and then lived in Urumqi for a day, ate Xinjiang's special pilaf and roasted bun pot mutton, that is, in the drinking water jar to add fresh mutton, add chickpea skin tooth salt, stew for 1 hour, the taste is very sweet and delicious, I don't know if you have eaten this, no other seasoning do not need to put, only put a little salt in it, the mutton soup soaked in Xinjiang sac is very delicious.
Lamb
Xinjiang sac
2: After a day of playing in Xinjiang, from Urumqi to Iran, the plane is China Southern Airlines, the whole journey is a little more than 5 hours, you can get there without a transfer in the middle, other airlines are more expensive, such as Qatar flights and UAE flights are more than 2 times more expensive than China Southern Airlines, so you can only choose the cheapest, at present, it should be the fastest way to go to Iran to Xinjiang, other routes are very troublesome, and you have to transfer in the middle.
Our China Southern Airlines service is still very good, I ate a meal on the plane, the taste is in line with the taste of Chinese, it is not difficult to eat, and I drank 2 cups of Coke and juice, because some meals on foreign flights may not be eaten but China Southern Airlines will not.
When I got off the plane, I felt that there were very few tourists here, almost no foreign tourists had seen it, and there were no people at the airport.
3: After arriving in Iran, I found that some common foreign hotel booking software such as: Booking, Agoda can't book, fortunately, the effort paid off to find a hostel on the Internet, and then sent an email to this store, and quickly replied to my email can book, but I don't recommend everyone to do this, because many hotels don't read the email, and there is a way to be on a certain trip, but the local hotel hostel above is very few, there are not many choices, I am looking for this store is lucky, and the price is 40 yuan a day, more suitable for poor travel.
When I entered this hostel, I found that the front desk was not a young lady, and the front desk of general hotel accommodation was in charge of adults, but this store was a child sitting at the front desk to check me in, and the child operated quite quickly.
The environment inside the hostel is still quite clean and hygienic, and there is no other dust on the ground, although the bed is a little small, but for the sake of only 40 yuan a day, I can still accept it, the bedside can also be charged, and there is a small window to breathe, the most afraid of staying in the hotel is that the space is small and there is no place to breathe.
Iranian breakfast is like this, please look at the photo I took, a large white plate, filled with apple slices, then a cup of coffee, plus a cheese mixed with apple puree, there are some spices on the table, I don't know if everyone is used to eating this kind of breakfast, I see that other tourists in the hostel do not eat breakfast, probably to save money.
Iran's lunch is more hearty, don't look like it looks very good, but the taste is still good, the rice has chicken and raisins in it, which is a bit similar to the pilaf in Xinjiang, but the taste is different.
4: The price of Iran is relatively low, the money used is relatively large, I have not carefully counted how many 0s there are, but I know that in Iranian supermarkets to buy a daily necessities, it costs hundreds of thousands, I am a stupid person, I don't know how to pay, every time I want to pay, I give my wallet to others, and then let people take the corresponding money, because the number marked on the price of goods in Iran is not a number like 1234 that is common in our lives, but their unique number, a number that I can't understand until now, so I am not used to it, and people who count money should be confused.
Iranian local money
Iran Metro
5: When I took the subway, the Iranians I met were more friendly and warm, and they would give me the initiative to give up my seat, but I didn't sit down because I was embarrassed to trouble people, or maybe I was from Qin, they would be interested in me and would tell me: I heard that Chinese people all know kung fu. Can you perform it?(I heard that Chinese know kung fu, can you perform it?), in fact, I also want to perform and show Chinese kung fu, but I can't do martial arts as a girl, haha, I'll learn it another day.
6: In Iran because I don't know how to take a car, I rented a car, the car dealership quoted in euros, but I don't have euros, I can only compromise with dollars, this car dealership at Tehran airport, a day car cost 30 US dollars + 100 US dollars deposit + 200 US dollars traffic violation deposit, it's over, the local refueling is very cheap, a full tank of fuel is only a few dozen dollars, so it is a little more cost-effective than taking a taxi.
Car rental agencies in Tehran
7: On the first day of driving in Tehran, I scratched the car of an Iranian brother on the road, and then my mind was blank at the time, and then I thought about whether the big brother would take me down.... However, with the sound of knocking on the window, pulling me back from fantasy to reality, the eldest brother said that he could speak English, and the first sentence was: Hello, is there anything wrong with you? Do you want to take it to the hospital?, Mom, I almost cried at the time, really, ordinary people will definitely get angry when they rub their cars like this, this Iranian big brother is really high-quality, the pattern is really big, he is a good person, a good person must be safe all his life, Iranian big brother is a cultural person who has read books.
Big brother Iran
Iranian big brother and daughter
I keep saying to my big brother in Iran: Sorry, I accidentally bumped into your car. I'm sorry (I'm sorry, I accidentally rubbed your car to it, I'm sorry), and then the Iranian big brother said: It's okay, just a small matter (it's okay, a little problem), and then I'm going to another attraction, the big brother said to buy me a subway ticket and a bus ticket, I still refused, the big brother is to take his wife and daughter out to play, I didn't expect to just come out and bumped into me, I think her daughter looks really good, very well-behaved, the big brother told me: I have Always been interested in Chinese history (I am actually quite interested in Chinese history) communication also expressed my love for China, because I was in a hurry to take a group photo and separated, this is a more memorable Iranian experience, Iranian people are good.
8: Eating and drinking tea at the Imam Square in Iran, I also met some young people who came to talk to me and told me about the history of Iran, many of them are local college students, they have just entered college, they look relatively young, because their faces are full of youthful atmosphere, I asked them why they did this, they said that they were asked by the teacher, to tell foreign tourists about Iranian history, one is to exercise their eloquence without stage fright, and the other is to let foreign tourists know the local history, I think this method is very good.
9: On the 8th day in Iran, I changed places to stay, moved from Tehran to the city of Isfahan, went out to buy some toiletries, and then returned to the hotel in Isfahan for a brief rest, then went to a local place similar to a museum, met an Iranian lady inside, and then we had a pleasant exchange, here I have to say that the young lady is a Chinese tour guide, specializing in receiving Chinese tourists to Iran.
We chatted very happily, and then went to dinner together, got into the car of the Iranian lady, on the car she actually played Teresa Teng's songs, played 2 songs in a row, one song if I remember correctly, is the moon represents my heart, the other is sweet honey, these two songs I have heard since I was a child, in a foreign country can still be heard or quite kind, Iranian sister told me that she has always liked Teresa Teng's songs, although she has never been to China, but has always loved Chinese culture.
Iranian lady was born in Iran since she was a child, has been teaching herself Chinese, just to better receive tourists from China, after a short time together, we talked a lot about our own experience, this feeling is like friends who have not met for many years, suddenly met.... This is also my fondest memory in Iran.