Day 5.

At the Grand Bazaar, Tehran on Sunday morning.


The Bazaar was massive, with ~10k's of alleys to get lost in!


Emamzadeh Zeid in the Old Bazaar, where the tomb of Lotf Ali Khan is, the last Shah of the Zand dynasty.


Money changers at the bazaar negotiating the days rate.


Shahr Park in Central Tehran.


We then visited the national museum. A school group also about to visit.


A statue of Darius the Great, the third king of the Persian Achaemenid Empire. The statues were scattered across his empire of what is now present day Libya, Iraq, Egypt, Iran, Pakistan, Turkey & Greece.


At the Glass & Ceramic Museum.


More students.


The museum was initially a private residence built in the 1800's, then the Egyptian embassy, and later converted into a museum in 1976.


We then headed for a ride on the Tehran metro.


Very modern, clean, and busy.


We got off at Teleghani station to visit the old US embassy. Numerous murals were painted on the brick walls of the embassy.


Embassy of the United States Of America.


It was taken over shortly after the Iran revolution. 53 hostages were held for 444 days during the Iran Hostage Crisis (As seen in the movie 'Argo'). The wreckage on top is from one of the helicopters that crashed during the failed Delta force rescue mission.


Liberty.


A mural of Imam Khomeini on the embassy walls, with the Iranian flag in the background,


After lunch we headed to the Central Bank to see the Iranian crown jewels. Lots of grape and walnut sized gems surrounded by oodles of gold from the various royal dynasties, very beautiful! Unfortunately no photo's allowed though.


Bookshop. I had a few hours to kill before my flight home in the evening so went for a walk through the city.


20,000 rials (~60 cents) for fresh carrot juice.


Traffic.


I had a few rials left so bought some more candy for my colleagues back in Dubai.


At IKA for the Emirates flight back home after a memorable five days in Iran.