47) SATURDAY, 13 AUGUST 1977 : 224KMS. - CHALUS
Starting from BANDAR-E-PAHLAVI since early morning, we drove along the CASPIAN sea to RASHT ,where up to 95 % of IRAN tea
plantation grown here. We dropped in the city for shopping and filled up the fuel
tank. But then something unexpected happenned to us (in confusion) .......
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| Tea plantation - Photo : Alen Isotokovic / Geolocation.ws (Bing images search) |
…….As soon as TILO finished parking , we would get off to buy our supplies. Once I stepped down from the campervan, the large group of
Persian onlookers stood around staring at us.
They talked to each other and narrowed their circle around us. So we had
to leap up onto the campervan but the
crowd still refused to break up and kept on their eyes on us.
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| Caspian sea - Photo : Bing images search |
Finally TILO had
to start the engine to leave the place. Sitting in the campervan, we were
stunned and tried to think over the
incident. However, we could only guess
that it was because we, especially I,
did not dress modestly.The crowd
might be angry having seen us wearing shorts, with the length showing our thighs above the knees and with undershirt revealing too much naked skin (Persian men generally dressed entirely,
covering their bodies with long sleeves shirts and pants).
But we just came directly from the beach. This city was near the seaside , or they have never seen Asian with small narrow eyes like me before. It was also funny then when we thought about it. It could be somewhat
dangerous too. We drove along the
seafront road until we reached the
seaside town CHALUS.
