Ahmadinejad entourage stormed Costco, Payless for cheap shoes, medicine and shampoo?!
A report in New York Daily News, quoting an unnamed insider working for Iran's delegation to New York, claims "Bargain-hunting members of the huge visiting delegation eagerly visited a Costco, a Payless shoe store, a Walgreens and a Duane Reade" in recent days while hunting for cheap shoes and discount staples "Shampoo, Soap, Vitamins, Tylenol."
The report also claims that Ahmadinejad was mostly at work but three personal chefs were serving his team and the 140-strong Iranian delegation booked two full floors in the luxury Warwick hotel, where suites can go for $1,600 a night, according to a hotel employee.
The report claims the delegation, while at shopping spree, showed no interest in an assortment of landmarks within walking distance of the hotel: Central Park, Rockefeller Center and Carnegie Hall! But the Iranian visitors did make sightseeing trips to one unlikely destination: The Statue of Liberty.
“They’re having a good time here,” said the insider. “Especially the families. For them, it’s like a vacation.”
