Author |
Share Topic Topic Search Topic Options
|
Zagros
Emperor
Suspended
Joined: 11-Aug-2004
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 8792
|
Quote Reply
Topic: New: Amazing pictures from Iran Posted: 28-Dec-2006 at 11:47 |
|
|
Huncuk
Knight
Joined: 17-Dec-2006
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 65
|
Quote Reply
Posted: 28-Dec-2006 at 13:16 |
I loved this pic
|
|
Seko
Emperor
Spammer
Joined: 01-Sep-2004
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 8595
|
Quote Reply
Posted: 28-Dec-2006 at 13:27 |
Wonderful pictures.
|
|
malizai_
Sultan
Alcinous
Joined: 05-Feb-2006
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 2252
|
Quote Reply
Posted: 28-Dec-2006 at 23:51 |
Good effort, Zagros. Old is definately gold.
|
|
Leonidas
Tsar
Joined: 01-Oct-2005
Location: Australia
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 4613
|
Quote Reply
Posted: 29-Dec-2006 at 09:11 |
Great photos, actually well taken shots. is this tehran from the north (mountains)?
|
|
|
Zagros
Emperor
Suspended
Joined: 11-Aug-2004
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 8792
|
Quote Reply
Posted: 29-Dec-2006 at 09:26 |
Yes, that is from the Alborz, maybe Darband.
|
|
Zagros
Emperor
Suspended
Joined: 11-Aug-2004
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 8792
|
Quote Reply
Posted: 29-Dec-2006 at 09:26 |
or Lashgarak
|
|
Roberts
Chieftain
aka axeman
Joined: 22-Aug-2005
Location: Riga
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 1138
|
Quote Reply
Posted: 29-Dec-2006 at 15:25 |
very beautiful thanks for sharing
I wonder how much is the tourist industry developed in Iran, because I would love to visit it one day.
|
|
Zagros
Emperor
Suspended
Joined: 11-Aug-2004
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 8792
|
Quote Reply
Posted: 29-Dec-2006 at 16:10 |
yw: It is open to tourists, but it is nothing like what it could be.
|
|
Balaam
Housecarl
Suspended
Joined: 12-Oct-2005
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 1286
|
Quote Reply
Posted: 30-Dec-2006 at 06:45 |
I guess Iran is more modern than I was led to believe.
|
|
think
Baron
Joined: 25-Sep-2006
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 435
|
Quote Reply
Posted: 30-Dec-2006 at 07:03 |
How heavy are Irans snowfalls, do people use it for recreation (snowboarding, skiing) ?
|
|
Zagros
Emperor
Suspended
Joined: 11-Aug-2004
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 8792
|
Quote Reply
Posted: 30-Dec-2006 at 07:08 |
Yes, there are skiing resorts (Dizin). http://www.skifed.ir/ski.htm
In the West, where I am from, in the summer it is 40 C and in the winter as low as 25 C below, it snows heavily there.
|
|
Leonidas
Tsar
Joined: 01-Oct-2005
Location: Australia
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 4613
|
Quote Reply
Posted: 30-Dec-2006 at 09:14 |
apparently in Tehran the snow was very heavy in the last week (the temp getting as low as -9) .
In winter there is this breakfast dish that uses lamb shanks cooked with wheat (for a night) that is soaked up in water over the night before, kinda like porridge with meat. Sprinkle some brown sugar and cinnamon and your ready to go. YUM!!
|
|
|
Zagros
Emperor
Suspended
Joined: 11-Aug-2004
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 8792
|
Quote Reply
Posted: 30-Dec-2006 at 12:42 |
haleem.
|
|
omshanti
Baron
Joined: 02-Nov-2006
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 429
|
Quote Reply
Posted: 30-Dec-2006 at 20:47 |
Thank you Zagros for sharing those pictures. Those pictures make my heart ache.
Iran is where my father was from, the place where he and my little brother rest for ever, the country in which I was born and grew up and which I had to leave behind at the age of 13. When my father and
brother died , my mother took me to Japan where she was from . All the
memories I have of my family were made in Iran. My father was a big Persian man of 190cm height from Hamedan with fiery dark red hair and dark green eyes. He was like a big bear to me, and used to put me on
his shoulders and climb Darakeh ( one of the mountains in north of Tehran) every weekend. Every winter we went skiing in Dizin, Abali, Shemshak. Every summer we went to the Caspian sea and swam in the
biggest lake in the world. He also took us to his hometown Hamedan many times where we slept every night on the roof of the house facing the stars. In the winter the schools were closed down because of
heavy snow-fall and that was when all of us children in the neighbourhood had the whole day free to
play in the snow.
Two years ago , I finally obtained exemption from the military service and was able to go back to Iran for the first time 12 years after leaving it. When I went back, things were not the same any more to me. I had
become a complete foreigner and could feel no more connection. All I had left of Iran was nothing but sweet memories of childhood, the past , and I had already moved on in my life.
Oh Iran of my sweet memories, though I do not belong
to you any more I miss you so much and my heart still aches for you.
Pedar e azizam , baradar e kuchakam , man hamisheh be yadetan hastam va shoma dar del e man hanuz zendeh hastid.
Edited by omshanti - 30-Dec-2006 at 21:15
|
|
Zagros
Emperor
Suspended
Joined: 11-Aug-2004
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 8792
|
Quote Reply
Posted: 31-Dec-2006 at 04:14 |
Oh, that is very sad, my friend. I am sorry to hear that. :(
|
|
pekau
Caliph
Atlantean Prophet
Joined: 08-Oct-2006
Location: Korea, South
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 3335
|
Quote Reply
Posted: 13-Feb-2007 at 23:52 |
Can't view much of the pictures that are posted.
|
Join us.
|
|
pekau
Caliph
Atlantean Prophet
Joined: 08-Oct-2006
Location: Korea, South
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 3335
|
Quote Reply
Posted: 13-Feb-2007 at 23:54 |
Originally posted by omshanti
Thank you Zagros for sharing those pictures. Those pictures make my heart ache. Iran is where my father was from, the place where he and my little brother rest for ever, the country in which I was born and grew up and which I had to leave behind at the age of 13. When my father and brother died , my mother took me to Japan where she was from . All the memories I have of my family were made in Iran. My father was a big Persian man of 190cm height from Hamedan with fiery dark red hair and dark green eyes. He was like a big bear to me, and used to put me on his shoulders and climb Darakeh ( one of the mountains in north of Tehran) every weekend. Every winter we went skiing in Dizin, Abali, Shemshak. Every summer we went to the Caspian sea and swam in the biggest lake in the world. He also took us to his hometown Hamedan many times where we slept every night on the roof of the house facing the stars. In the winter the schools were closed down because of heavy snow-fall and that was when all of us children in the neighbourhood had the whole day free to play in the snow. Two years ago , I finally obtained exemption from the military service and was able to go back to Iran for the first time 12 years after leaving it. When I went back, things were not the same any more to me. I had become a complete foreigner and could feel no more connection. All I had left of Iran was nothing but sweet memories of childhood, the past , and I had already moved on in my life.
Oh Iran of my sweet memories, though I do not belong to you any more I miss you so much and my heart still aches for you. Pedar e azizam , baradar e kuchakam , man hamisheh be yadetan hastam va shoma dar del e man hanuz zendeh hastid.
|
Life is so sad sometimes...
|
Join us.
|
|
Zagros
Emperor
Suspended
Joined: 11-Aug-2004
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 8792
|
Quote Reply
Posted: 14-Feb-2007 at 12:12 |
Yes, it appears the bandwidth on those cheap host sites has exceeded, unfortunately I no longer have the pictures on disk, I sent them to Cyrus, I wonder if he can help..?
|
|
Hellios
Arch Duke
Joined: 25-Sep-2006
Location: Canada
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 1933
|
Quote Reply
Posted: 15-Feb-2007 at 16:58 |
|
|