68) SATURDAY, 3 SEPTEMBER 1977 : 0KMS. - MASHHAD
We went to apply for visa to enter AFGHANISTAN very early morning. We met a new young carpet broker , who took us to the consulate of AFGHANISTAN. The visa costed US $ 7.00. He then took us to the carpet shop but we did not buy any.
We went to apply for visa to enter AFGHANISTAN very early morning. We met a new young carpet broker , who took us to the consulate of AFGHANISTAN. The visa costed US $ 7.00. He then took us to the carpet shop but we did not buy any.
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| Carpets shop in Shandiz near Mashad - Photo : wikipedia.org /Bing images search |
Around noon time, we went to get our passports back and changed some travelers cheques . Afterwards we went to the bazaar and was brought to carpet shop again by another broker but we did not pay much attention as they were mostly expensive and I did not think to carry it along the way.
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| Mashad rug - Photo : spongobongo.com/ Bing images search |
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| Reza shrine, Mashad - Photo : wikipedia.ord / Bing images search |
After visiting the carpet shop, we visited the mosque but we could just
only have a look from a far distance
because tourists were not welcome
inside. There might be also religious
bigotry around that could take a simple assault against us.
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| Reza shrine, Mashad - Photo : online.wsj.com / Google images search |
Overall, the
mosque is very big and there were so
many pilgrims to this place… it was
like MECCA of the Iranian muslims
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