Meanwhile, I ask Masoud to translate the wall hanging. Masoud disappears behind a glass door, then returns with the news. I think maybe you do this story without your phone. They say you must pay 220 pounds, then wait for permission. Could be one week, two weeks, two months.
Nobody knows such things.
Without the phone I'll have to rely on sending stories and pictures from telephones along the route, and along the route I've chosen there would be days with no telephones. I've already caused enough worrying by wanting to ride my bike where tourists do not go. They are terribly afraid something awful will happen to me. Pedestrians shop for clothing in a crowded street market. Several days later I'm asked to return to the telephone building to pay a fee for a phone license.