DAY 63 - FEREYDUN KENAR

63) MONDAY, 29 AUGUST 1977 : 0KMS. - FEREYDUN KENAR, ON THE BEACH

The weather  was still not good as yesterday, it was raining and windy. Sirous,  the  son of a wealthy pipeline owner bought us some grilled fishes from the market, very delicious.   

Fishermen with tractors at Caspian sea - Photo : wikipedia.org / Bing images search

In the late afternoon, a jeep of Sirous sunk into the sand beach just near the sea.  They had to call 2 trucks to help hauling up the jeep from the beach.








 

DAY 62 - FEREYDUN KENAR

62) SUNDAY, 28 AUGUST 1977 : 0KMS. - FEREYDUN KENAR ON THE BEACH

A wealthy family, oilfield and pipe-line owner  from AHVAS/Z (just south of IRAN)  came to set camping near our site. 

Ahvaz river - Photo : globosapiens.net / Bing images search

We had a very good time talking together and felt very accustomed to one another, like having been longtime companions, particularly with “Sirous”, a son and his friends, who frequented discussing  with us. It was raining lightly today.

 

DAY 61 - FEREYDUN KENAR

61) SATURDAY, 27 AUGUST 1977 : 0KMS. - FEREYDUN KENAR ON THE BEACH (CASPIAN SEA)

I got up almost at noon because we were talking  and listening to music with our fellow travelers - husband and wife , the French couple until late around 2.30 a.m..  They have a very cute son of 7-8 years old, lovely eloquent  Patrice.  The wife was a teacher  giving lessons for their  son. They intended to settle down and work in Cambodia. They have got a big camping vehicle, having two stories.

Caspian sea - Photo : trekearth.com /  Google images search

Today there were waves all day.  It was a bit cold to go swimming.

 

 

DAY 60 - FEREYDUN KENAR

60) FRIDAY, 26 AUGUST 1977 : 223KMS. - FEREYDUN KENAR

We left TEHRAN along the Asian Highway northward via AB-ALI to AMOL,  then turned up towards CASPIAN sea again until MEHMUDDABAD and drove along the coast of CASPIAN sea.   

Sunset at Caspian sea, Fereydun Kenar - Photo : traveljournals.net / Google images search

We reached the beach with less people very near to FEREYDUN KENAR, there were campers of  traveling fellows of the same routes, the French and the British (we had met before and made an appointment to meet again in the rough time periods), already parked waiting  for our arrival near the beach .

 

DAY 59 - TEHRAN

59) THURSDAY, 25 AUGUST 1977 : 420KMS. - TEHRAN

We drove via QUOM on the same route and new route. It was not too hot today like on the other day.  We wanted to visit QUOM but it was not allowed for foreign tourists to visit the mosque, so  we continued to TEHRAN until dusk.

Quom mosque, where foreign tourists were not allowed to enter !

Quom carpet - Photo : shahzaad.wordpress / Google images search

Quom Golden Mosque - Photo : ajammc.files.wordpress / Google images search
  

DAY 58 - ISFAHAN

58) WEDNESDAY, 24 AUGUST 1977 : 0KMS. - ISFAHAN (ESFAHAN)

We went to post our slide films to be developed at the lab in Germany. They will be sent back to LEX (Marinsa)’s address to keep them for us. We also sent some postcards and letters to friends and family members.. 

Iranian handicrafts shop - Photo : fouman.com / wikipedia.org (Bing images search)

Afterwards, we visited shops for craft souvenirs..

Persian inlaid boxes - Photo : Bing images sdearch

Beautiful inlaid boxes - Photo : mypersiancorner.com / Google images search

Isfahan carpet  bazaar - Photo : wikipedia.org / Goog images search

Interesting YouTube video of ISFAHAN