Friday, June 8, 2018

Tehran, Caspian Sea, Northern Iran and Mashad

The Land Roamer is watched-over by Afghan refugees
Heritage Hostel - Nice place to meet overlanders!



Public writer...
The IBM Selectric typewriter was introduced in 1961!






The National Museum of Iran is an institution formed of two complexes; the Museum of Ancient Iran and the Museum of the Islamic Era, which were opened in 1937 and 1972, respectively.

The institution hosts historical monuments dating back through preserved ancient and medieval Iranian antiquities, including pottery vessels, metal objects, textile remains, and some rare books and coins. 
















Golestan Palace
The Golestan Palace is the former royal Qajar complex in Tehran. One of the oldest historic monuments in the city of Tehran, and of world heritage status, the Golestan Palace belongs to a group of royal buildings that were once enclosed within the mud-thatched walls of Tehran's arg ("citadel"). It consists of gardens, royal buildings, and collections of Iranian crafts and European presents from the 18th and 19th centuries. 





















Former US Embassy
The Iran hostage crisis was a diplomatic standoff between Iran and the United States of America. Fifty-two American diplomats and citizens were held hostage for 444 days from November 4, 1979, to January 20, 1981, after a group of Iranian college students belonging to the Muslim Student Followers of the Imam's Line, who supported the Iranian Revolution, took over the U.S. Embassy in Tehran. It stands as the longest hostage crisis in recorded history.


The first rescue operation by helicopters was a disaster























Caspian Sea and Northern Iran

First stop by the Sea !





Ramsar











Nazam Abad beach











Baranko waterfall









Nice place to spend the night...


Gonbad Kavus Tower





Esphako (former) Zoroastrian temple










Mashad













Mashad -Imam Razad











On the way to the Turkmenistan border





 Last night before entering Turkmenistan


- End of this trip -

Next destination : Turkmenistan is here