Travel Journal

Iranians start the new year next to the family, holy places and ...this year we are planning to start the new year next to you dear friends in the nature with planting trees Location : Mashhad - Torghabeh Event starts at 8:30 ended at noon and we will have Iranian national table(haft sin) for our new year and gusts will be served with special cookies and Persian treats .Trees will be planted by kids and we will provide a name for each tree chosen by them.

Yazd...where I could learn how to trust more

گزارش فارسی رو در انتهای متن انگلیسی مطالعه نمائید
I was almost done in Isfahan and now it was time to visit Yazd.
Since I was going to cross desert I knew that I cant cycle to both of them and I had to ignore one of them. I had so many nice friends in Isfahan and also if I would go toward Isfahan then I could go through Iran’s central desert also and I could visit more places in desert but I would also miss Yazd.
so I decided to visit Isfahan first and then go to Yazd by car and continue cycling from Yazd.
I didn’t have any contacts in Yazd and I was trying to find someone to accommodate me while I am in Yazd but I didn’t succeed.
I was a  bit worry and it was stupidity to be worried after all those experiences I had. Always everything happens exactly the way I need at the moment but still sometimes I feel worry…honestly I feel ashamed after I see how they happens. I am a human and I keep chance for myself to make mistake because I am learning, so I am not worry about the mistakes I make. Just I should learn to do not make them again.

گزارش فارسی رو در انتهای متن انگلیسی مطالعه نمائید
When I arrived to Yazd it was almost evening and I couldn’t visit department of environment in Yazd.
Mrs. Rezaei who is also one of the main member of “ weneedtrees” project and she works as an educationist in the project. Also she works in department of environment in Mashhad, so she was trying to organize a school to visit and in fact she did. Through department of environment in Yazd I had a school to visit but I arrived in the afternoon when school was already closed. Next day was Thursday and schools are closed in Iran, so I missed that chance.
There was another possibility!!! It was clean air week in Iran, so the department of environment held an event which was public cycling through the city and at the end of ceremony we were planning to plant a tree…

گزارش فارسی در انتهای متن انگلیسی قرار دارد. برای مطالعه به متن اصلی‌ مراجعه کنید.

I was trying to find a way for tree planting in Isfahan and through a friend of mine” Shadi “ we were looking for a school for my presentation.
she got a day off from her work to follow the issue but she didn’t succeed because of some special rules in the educational system in Iran which I think is somehow silly.
anyway the people in department of education wanted to meet me in person !! I went there again with Shadi and she got one more day off but we were not actually welcomed. Even though as soon as they found I am going to show kids a power point they rejected me …

گزارش فارسی را در انتهای متن انگلیسی مطالعه نمائید
I was there in Baiazeh over night. Actually I was looking for a place to stay overnight in people’s house, so it could be a chance to experience a local life style there, because of that I was hanging around for about 2 hours but I didn’t have much luck.
At last I ended up with Imamzadeh ( some holy places people go to pray). I got a room there for free. I was a bit tired but I couldn’t sleep because I had a live radio interview at 22:30, so I had to stay awake and the best way to pass the time was working on computer.
I finished the interview at 23:00 but my work was not done and I had to continue till midnight.
That’s true I had a room, a roof on top and a heater but I was feeling pity to miss that moonlight. I was happier to camp and sleep in chilly weather outside but having that beautiful light over my tent.  Few times over night I came out to see the moon but there were so much lights and I was unable to see the beauty of silence of desert which is something I don’t like to miss.
Next day I didn’t have much to ride…just less than 30km to Garmeh where I there is a wonderful traditional guesthouse in the heart of central desert in Iran.
I arrived to Garmeh around 11am and after 20min a friend of mine with his wife also joined. We were synchronized to join there and to have 2 days together, it means I was off from cycling for 2 days.