No stopping for fellow travelers to buy carpets in Mashad as on the previous trip. Iran was transited quickly by bus, yielding few photographs.
It was Bill and Eric (as I recall) that were fellow radio people from Canada. Here, Bill poses with a Turkish farmer who passed by where we had stopped near the border with Iran.
There was a bit of jostling for position as we neared the Irani border. We all got off the bus while the driver did an off-road maneuver.
Here’s a look at the crowd headed to Iran on the overland route.
Amidst the sights of Teheran I chose to photograph this communications tower. Iran has been more technologically advanced than its neighbors for quite some time.
In 1975 in Iran you could say, “Pepsi please.” You had to be careful about using other words at the time. Mossadegh or SAVAK were words not to be used in public in the heyday of the Shah.
Hi the photo with the sign of pepsi is very familiar to me …. do u remember the name of the place , I think we are living close to this era… and I used to walked around some times … and I remember there was big car park behind this wall . any way thanks for shearing your experience.. ,, and send me to my younger times memories
Memories of the neighborhood in 1973 fail me. That trip was along the India overland route (hippie trail) and the hotel in Teheran was the Amir Kabir. I would expect the Pepsi sign is within walking distance of the hotel but am not sure. If I run across anything in my travel notes on the location I will pass it along. I am glad you enjoyed seeing this scene from forty years ago. Mark