like a ghost with the money

Posted on October 15, 2017 by Christoph Rehage

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I decided to go back to the bazaar:

It was located right next to the Holy Shrine, so I hung out there for a while:

And I marveled at the fact that a lot of Mashhad’s traffic apparently passed through a maze of tunnels right under the Shrine:

Then I went back to the hotel.

I saw a sad Trump and a crying dude at a newspaper stand on the way:

And I saw a little girl that looked as if she had dressed up like a ghost:

Only she hadn’t.

Oh, and then some motherfuckers stole money from me:

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Yeah.

Cathy

People steal money under a cover of business, law, love, friendship, trustment…Money is good, and people want it.?

November 3, 2017 at 3:26 pm

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Kevin

That’s a shame. But as long as you’ve been on the road it’s pretty remarkable that you haven’t run into more corrupt officials. Still, I’m sorry about it. And yes, the closer you get to “saints” the more corruption there is.

November 4, 2017 at 6:03 pm

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Kelly Kitchen

christoph, you say they base so much of their laws on morals & morality but it’s really about power & control. Take the Chador you lament seeing so much, that is CLEARLY about power & control. Morality my ass. Sounds like thievery & intimidation is more the norm.

November 8, 2017 at 12:57 pm

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Richard S.

I’m sorry this happened to you. I have travelled to Iran twice and had an amazing experience and lots of hospitality. Of course people are flawed everywhere and you will find corrupt and moral less people everywhere.
I am curious, were the police who stopped you in plain clothes or uniforms? I was told by a tour guide my second time to always ask for ID if stopped by plain clothes persons claiming to be police and to ask that a uniformed police be called if I have suspicions. That or to go to the nearest police station with them. Apparently in recent years since the my first trip some people have been impersonating police on foreigners for bribes and theft.

January 22, 2018 at 11:53 pm

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- Christoph Rehage Post author
  
  Yeah, they were in plain clothes.
  
  January 23, 2018 at 11:33 am
  
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like a ghost with the money

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