First Post

First post is most important,
What shall I write, where shall I start ?

Ah here I've found one. In Iran, there are many beautiful things to see. However Iranian toilets aren't one. In Iran, if you need to go to toilet, you have a few choices:

1) hold it until you get to a friend/family/relative's house and seek help there
2) find a good restaurant that actually has a toilet, as opposed to a wash basin (most places have that)
3) go to a hotel, pretend you are one of the guests, and go to the loo
4) go to a park and search for the toilet there
5) look for a public toilet *
6) ask a pedesterian where you could find a toilet **

* This one is actually the most difficult one. Hardly any public toilets exist. If you happen to find one, it would probably be out of order, too full or so dirty you can not let yourself walk in there.

** To which they will reply: The Mosque is there ....

Now it is particularly interesting for me, because I asked many many people for toilets and they all show directions for Mosques. Why this is so, I have no idea. Maybe the mayor of Tehran should have thought some of the 16 million city dwellers in Tehran would sometimes need to use the loo.... apparently we don't. Now let's say you have found a toilet, the chances are:

1) it's out of order
2) it's locked and can only be used by VIP members (!), ie: Shopkeepers in a shopping complex
3) it's soooo damn dirty, you suddenly remember your trip to the zoo when the elephant had diarrhoea !

Every toilet i have been to has been so dirty, we should get a reward for that. A medal, Cup, Dirty Toilet Cup. In fact, the ONLY place I have ever been to which was clean, is ATIYEH Hospital, in Shahrak e Gharb. But I think that's a mistake. They must have done something wrong. Quick, someone go there and upgrade their hygene to the Iranian norm :P

So there.

Next post, will be about something better..... like the state of driving.