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Unprofessional Reputed Iranian Nature Tour Company
Unprofessional Reputed Iranian Nature Tour Company The EcoTour company (Eco Expert Ltd) in Tehran, Iran is an eco tourism nature company. They were established 1998 to promote Iran's eco tourism attractions and to improve bio-cultural attitudes among people, both locally and internationally, and to pave the way for interested tourists They claim to have received approval from the three top Iranian Tourism Training Centres, the Iranian Cultural Heritage and Tourism Organisation and hold classes and training courses about nature and its value. Mr Ali Adhami, the board of directors in their website says: "We guarantee well- equipped, selectively catered, safe and eco- friendly trips." On 10 August 2007, I took my mother and her friend on EcoTour’s one day trekking trip to Kondelus Village. Unfortunately the company hired a mini-bus driver who was not familiar with the road to Chaloos that has a series of dangerous winding sections and tunnels. As a result, the bus driver hit the wall of Tunnel No 6. As a result of the resulting huge impact, my mother fell over and was badly injured, she suffered shock of accident and injuries to her foot. My mother needed financial assistance for medical treatment, but Ecotours told us they would pay nothing towards the cost as all the expenses would be paid for by the driver’s Third Party Insurance. This contradicts what Ecotours have told passengers that whoever travels with them is insured for 1,000,000 tomans for hospital, doctors’ expenses. I feel that they contradict themselves because they try to escape from their responsibility toward my mother and myself and other passengers.
- Date: 10 August 2007
- Photographer: kombizz: gallery
- Location: Iran: gallery
- Tags: people nature friend village tour tourist company foot 1 tourism international contradiction persia mother vehicle kombizz tehran ecotour eco expert ltd 1998 lover iranian_tourism_training_centre iranian_cultural_heritage iranian_tourism_organisation ali_adhami adhami 10_august_2007 trekking_trip kondelus mini_bus chaloos winding_road bus_driver tunnel_no_6 financial_assistance medical_treatment cost expense third_party_insurance passenger insurance 000 tomans toman one_million impact shock injuries pain jam_hospital doctor
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Gogad Caravansary
This is a small section of huge place of Gogad Caravansary located in Mahallat in the province of Esfehun Nesfe Jahan. A 'caravan' in Persian means a group of travelers or merchants banded together and organized for mutual assistance and defense while traveling through unsettled or hostile country. Caravan trade is associated with the history of Iran and the Middle East. It is evident that all trade from one fertile area to another in this region had to be organized from the first, since long distances of desert trail separated settled parts and since local governments could not guarantee protection against tribes eager to loot and pillage. Such wares as jewels, spices, perfumes, dyes, metals, rare woods, ivory, oils, and textiles (chiefly silk) are associated with the trade. Camels were the main catties from Egypt and Iran to Mesopotamia and throughout the Arabian Peninsula. When you inquire the age of a caravansary in modern Iran, you are generally told that it dates from the time of Shah Abbas. This is a deceptive generalization and a term applied indiscriminately to all caravansaries built between the late 16th- 19th centuries AD. At present this beautiful historical place is rented to a private Iranian car company. The car company manage this place by converting it to a hotel.
- Date: 14 June 2007
- Photographer: kombizz: gallery
- Location: Iran: gallery
- Tags: persia kombizz gogad_caravansary gogad mahallat esfehun_nesfe_jahan shah_abbas
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Gogad Caravansary- Thru the window
This is a small section of huge place of Gogad Caravansary located in Mahallat in the province of Esfehun Nesfe Jahan. A 'caravan' in Persian means a group of travelers or merchants banded together and organized for mutual assistance and defense while traveling through unsettled or hostile country. Caravan trade is associated with the history of Iran and the Middle East. It is evident that all trade from one fertile area to another in this region had to be organized from the first, since long distances of desert trail separated settled parts and since local governments could not guarantee protection against tribes eager to loot and pillage. Such wares as jewels, spices, perfumes, dyes, metals, rare woods, ivory, oils, and textiles (chiefly silk) are associated with the trade. Camels were the main catties from Egypt and Iran to Mesopotamia and throughout the Arabian Peninsula. When you inquire the age of a caravansary in modern Iran, you are generally told that it dates from the time of Shah Abbas. This is a deceptive generalization and a term applied indiscriminately to all caravansaries built between the late 16th- 19th centuries AD. At present this beautiful historical place is rented to a private Iranian car company. The car company manage this place by converting it to a hotel.
- Date: 14 June 2007
- Photographer: kombizz: gallery
- Location: Iran: gallery
- Tags: persia kombizz gogad_caravansary gogad mahallat esfehun_nesfe_jahan shah_abbas
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Bam citadel
Located in southeastern Iran, 200 kilometers south of Kerman, the ancient city of Arg-e-Bam is made entirely of mud bricks, clay, straw and the trunks of palm trees. The city was originally founded during the Sassanian period (224-637 AD) and while some of the surviving structures date from before the 12th century, most of what remains was built during the Safavid period (1502-1722). During Safavid times, the city occupied six square kilometers, was surrounded by a rampart with 38 towers, and had between 9000 and 13,000 inhabitants. Bam prospered because of pilgrims visiting its Zoroastrian fire temple (dating to early Sassanian times) and as a commercial and trading center on the famous Silk Road. Upon the site of the Zoroastrian temple the Jame Mosque was built during the Saffarian period (866-903 AD) and adjacent to this mosque is the tomb of Mirza Naiim, a mystic and astronomer who lived three hundred years ago. Bam declined in importance following an invasion by Afghans in 1722 and another by invaders from the region of Shiraz in 1810. The city was used as a barracks for the army until 1932 and then completely abandoned. Intensive restoration work began in 1953 and continued till the earthquake. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ For more information, please click http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bam,_Iran
- Date: 2007
- Photographer: kombizz: gallery
- Location: Iran: gallery
- Tags: kerman persia kombizz "arg_-_e_-_bam" "mud_bricks" clay straw sassanian "sassanian_dynasty" "224_-_637_ad" "safavid_period" zoroastrian "jame_mosque" "mirza_naiim" astronomer afghans "restoration_work" earthquake
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Arg-e Bam
Arg-é Bam, before the 2003 earthquake.
- Date: 2006
- Photographer: skatoozian: gallery
- Location: Iran: gallery
- Tags: travel kerman bam persia arge_bam arg-e_bam
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