Ali showed up again.

Spending the evening with Ansgar and Efat in Taybat suddenly Ali showed up. He wanted me to bring to his home city Birjand, 3h driving away. The idea was to leave from Taybat at 10pm to arrive there at 1am. Having fruits before sleeping. After the next night leaving early morning so I could, after arriving back, at around 8am walk towards the border. I did not know what to do, understand this invitation as a love gesture and I had a need for one more day not walking because a little issue under my feet. After moving everything in my heart and mind I agreed.

After driving 1h I found out that the ride takes 5h. Brrrr. Warm welcoming at his family and a good long sleep. …. After that everything was fine. The late afternoon we enjoyed with some friends in the mountains. Sooo beautiful. In this valley Ali helped once a ill person to pay her emomous medical bills. In exchange he got a small property there. After a while a big hotel was build in that valley so the price for his property in exchange jumped 10 or 20 times up.

Ali and her wife are really lovely. They want to spent there life free. They want to travel and enjoy life. So this property will help them a lot to make there dream come through.

The early morning drive back to Taybat through the mountains was again so beautiful. This time only 4h. At the very and at the last moment Ali had something to say to me. Thomas you do/did one very big mistake in your life. I curious to hear what it is? He was sure that the biggest mistake I do in my life is not to be married. He insisted and penetrated until the last moment my system, that I was so sad, not been able to reply (to reply and answer in a place where there is space for answers) and so sad, that our good bye manifested like that. I also had to say something nice to him, but the space for that was taken. Anyway I had to go. 22km to the border to go. Some tears in his eyes. And in the following hour a sadness in me, that he had to act like that.