World War II !
I visited Rasht and Chaf in the north of Iran few days ago. I believe the last time I had seen that part of the country was 35 years ago. I know it has been a long time, so I had this beautiful image of the north, clean, cozy, quite, green …. and guess what I found: dirty, crowded,noisy, a bit green but full of cars and ugly shops and buildings, except the building of municipality in the Center of Rasht, left over of the Russians during WWII.
And one more thing, just look at this, a car without a plate number or any signs whatsoever. There are plenty of them being driven… what would you call this, crazy or what?
The North, was not what I had imagined. I am so disappointed. I didn’t see anything else in Rasht but cars and while driving to Chaf, going through the main road that runs through all the cities and towns, I only saw ugly, dirty, garages, repair shops, all kinds of stores with all kinds of shapes and sizes, with absolute disregard to harmony or beauty for that matter. I won’t say anything about the beach. So there it goes, the North.