A November two-week road trip in Iran’s countryside, from the capital Tehran to our home in Mashhad in northeast Iran, through the Caspian Sea region. It included chasing Mt. Damavand, staying in rural ecolodges and village homes, eating plenty of traditional food and meeting many memorable hosts. Another reminder that you have to escape Tehran to find the real Iran in smaller towns and rural areas.
A November two-week road trip in Iran’s countryside, from the capital Tehran to our home in Mashhad in northeast Iran, through the Caspian Sea region. It included chasing Mt. Damavand, staying in rural ecolodges and village homes, eating plenty of traditional food and meeting many memorable hosts. Another reminder that you have to escape Tehran to find the real Iran in smaller towns and rural areas.
Badab Soort hot springs is a unique must-sea tourist site in the rocky and arid part of the southwest Mazandaran province of Iran. We visited on our road trip through the Caspian Coast region.
For the Iranian shepherd, wolves, bears and angry donkeys are never as bad as the bad economy. And now global warming threatens what’s left. Here’s an interview with someone we met on our Iran travels who experiences all this on daily basis.
