Monday, 23. May 2011
Iran: Masuleh - Kandovan
oboehm, 10:04h
Continued from Iran: Teheran - Masuleh
Today we will continue our journey to Hamadan and I have time to write some lines about our Iran trip. Last Wednesday we started from Masualeh to go to Kandovan along the coast of the Caspian Sea. Again we saw a lot of green and paddy fields. We even saw water buffaloes in Iran.
The Caspian Sea is at a level 20m below sea level. From this level we climbed up to height of 1600m where the color changed from green to brown. Also the weather was more sunny now. We did a side trip to a hot spring where we had a bath - first the women and later the men. Also here the Iranian people (most of them where nomadic people) where very friendly and happy, that we visited them. They even wanted to donate us the admission price.
In the evening we reached Kandovan, a small village build into the rocks. Also our hotel (www.irtdc.ir) was build into it - we feel like Fred Feuerstein, when we enter our room.
Next day we visited Tabriz, a city with about 2 million people. It was Friday and a lot of traffic and buses around the mosque so we decided to visit some old buildings (the East Azaberjan Cultural Heritage) first. At the exit we were received by an friendly man who wanted to invite us into his house. He was an IT specialist at the university. Also a school boy came to discuss about our impression from the Iran. At the end we changed our facebook and email contacts.
In the evening we visited Kandovan with one of the hotel boys as guide. He showed us his village and also his house (or should I write cave because the whole village is build into the rocks?). It has one "big" room with about 10-12 sqm where 6 or 7 people lives.
We will continue now to visit Kermanshan. Stay tuned...
Next section: Kandovan - Merivan
Today we will continue our journey to Hamadan and I have time to write some lines about our Iran trip. Last Wednesday we started from Masualeh to go to Kandovan along the coast of the Caspian Sea. Again we saw a lot of green and paddy fields. We even saw water buffaloes in Iran.
The Caspian Sea is at a level 20m below sea level. From this level we climbed up to height of 1600m where the color changed from green to brown. Also the weather was more sunny now. We did a side trip to a hot spring where we had a bath - first the women and later the men. Also here the Iranian people (most of them where nomadic people) where very friendly and happy, that we visited them. They even wanted to donate us the admission price.In the evening we reached Kandovan, a small village build into the rocks. Also our hotel (www.irtdc.ir) was build into it - we feel like Fred Feuerstein, when we enter our room.
Next day we visited Tabriz, a city with about 2 million people. It was Friday and a lot of traffic and buses around the mosque so we decided to visit some old buildings (the East Azaberjan Cultural Heritage) first. At the exit we were received by an friendly man who wanted to invite us into his house. He was an IT specialist at the university. Also a school boy came to discuss about our impression from the Iran. At the end we changed our facebook and email contacts.In the evening we visited Kandovan with one of the hotel boys as guide. He showed us his village and also his house (or should I write cave because the whole village is build into the rocks?). It has one "big" room with about 10-12 sqm where 6 or 7 people lives.We will continue now to visit Kermanshan. Stay tuned...
Next section: Kandovan - Merivan
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