Isfahan, a wierd strange atmosphere!

Today when walking in town we were called to by an Iranian Lady telling us that there was a three day general strike on and that we should not walk on the big boulevards as there would be demonstrations and police action.
We ended up creeping through back allyways through a dead city. About 95% of shops were actually closed!
IT WAS ERIE!
Everywhere we could observe women without their headscarfs showing their gorgeous thick hair.
Later on we were told that this was not about women's rights, but mainly about the general state of things such as rampant inflation, and corruption which seem to be a huge issue here. Apparently this is the first general strike in Isfahan since the cultural revolution.

The atmosphere was absolutely erie!, with police groups standing everywhere while others drove around, two to a motorcycle with the back one carrying a rifle.
So, we crept through the backstreets, had a great dinner in a nearly empty restaurant and made it an early night in our hotel.Читать далее