Thursday, 26. May 2011
Iran: Kermanshah - Hamadan
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Continued from: Merivan - Kermanshah
After breakfast we visited the reliefs from Kermanshah (Taq-e Bostan). Our local guide as again very interested about our opinion about the Iran. Iran is a country where over 4000 years ago the first brain surgery had taken place. And we should judge Iran not by the political leadership but by the people (and don't confuse them with the Arabs!).
Next object of interest was an over 100 year old house where the governor lived in former times. Impressive was not only the Hall of Mirrors but also the sophisticated architecture. The architects in former times knew how to keep the climate cool and nice without any technical equipment. Unfortunately it seems that this knowlegde is lost if you see the modern hotels where we were.
After that we wanted to visit the Relief and Inscription of Darius, a World Heritage of the Iran. But unfortunately this highlight is closed for the moment because a German professor examins the level of the pollution of this heritage.
But also the other attractions like Farkad Toras or caravanserai were it worth to visit this place.
In the evening we wanted to go into the Ali-Sadr Cave but we were to late. But the restaurant were still open an I tried an Iranian cuisine, "Dizzie" (I don't know how it is written but this is the pronunciation).
Again we reached our next hotel (Baba Taher Hotel, babetaher-hotel@yahoo.com) in Hamedan in the dark. What I noticed in the hotel room were the telephones - an application from the "Deutsche Bundespost" with a dial which I knew very good from the beginning of my career at Alcatel SEL.
Next section: Hamadan - Isfahan
After breakfast we visited the reliefs from Kermanshah (Taq-e Bostan). Our local guide as again very interested about our opinion about the Iran. Iran is a country where over 4000 years ago the first brain surgery had taken place. And we should judge Iran not by the political leadership but by the people (and don't confuse them with the Arabs!).
Next object of interest was an over 100 year old house where the governor lived in former times. Impressive was not only the Hall of Mirrors but also the sophisticated architecture. The architects in former times knew how to keep the climate cool and nice without any technical equipment. Unfortunately it seems that this knowlegde is lost if you see the modern hotels where we were.After that we wanted to visit the Relief and Inscription of Darius, a World Heritage of the Iran. But unfortunately this highlight is closed for the moment because a German professor examins the level of the pollution of this heritage.
But also the other attractions like Farkad Toras or caravanserai were it worth to visit this place.In the evening we wanted to go into the Ali-Sadr Cave but we were to late. But the restaurant were still open an I tried an Iranian cuisine, "Dizzie" (I don't know how it is written but this is the pronunciation).
Again we reached our next hotel (Baba Taher Hotel, babetaher-hotel@yahoo.com) in Hamedan in the dark. What I noticed in the hotel room were the telephones - an application from the "Deutsche Bundespost" with a dial which I knew very good from the beginning of my career at Alcatel SEL.Next section: Hamadan - Isfahan
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