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Re: IRAN TRIP

Postby GertJan Verspui » Mon May 26, 2014 6:12 pm

Gabri, crazy, I love it!!
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Re: IRAN TRIP

Postby Aleksandar Simovic » Mon May 26, 2014 7:15 pm

Fantastic :shock:
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Re: IRAN TRIP

Postby Ronald Zimmerman » Mon May 26, 2014 10:24 pm

Great trip and photos. Iran must be pure (not a lot of tourists). :)
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Re: IRAN TRIP

Postby Gabriel Martínez » Tue May 27, 2014 11:19 am

Ronald Zimmerman wrote:Iran must be pure (not a lot of tourists).


We found some tourist in the Teheran airport (IKIA). But out of the airport there is no tourists, NEVER!!! (probably in touristic áreas of Teheran, Shiraz or Esfahan yes, but in most Iran, people don´t think that you are touristic, they think you are turkish or something like that). Usually all is in farsi (persian), nothing in english. Even in bathrooms, sometimes there are farsi words in the doors, and without english words or a symbol of man/woman you need to investigate a bit, and this could be dangerous in a strong traditional islamic country. This is not Morocco...
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Re: IRAN TRIP

Postby Ronald Zimmerman » Tue May 27, 2014 12:50 pm

Gabriel Martínez wrote:
Ronald Zimmerman wrote:Iran must be pure (not a lot of tourists).


We found some tourist in the Teheran airport (IKIA). But out of the airport there is no tourists, NEVER!!! (probably in touristic áreas of Teheran, Shiraz or Esfahan yes, but in most Iran, people don´t think that you are touristic, they think you are turkish or something like that). Usually all is in farsi (persian), nothing in english. Even in bathrooms, sometimes there are farsi words in the doors, and without english words or a symbol of man/woman you need to investigate a bit, and this could be dangerous in a strong traditional islamic country. This is not Morocco...

Wow! I also have the luck that I look like I could be from a lot of countries. ;) In Morocco some people thought that I was Arabic (I had a little bit of a beard). It makes things easier, because I dont get a lot of attention from locals. :)
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Re: IRAN TRIP

Postby Gabriel Martínez » Tue May 27, 2014 9:11 pm

Ronald Zimmerman wrote:In Morocco some people thought that I was Arabic (I had a little bit of a beard).


:lol:

Ronald Zimmerman wrote: It makes things easier, because I dont get a lot of attention from locals.


I thought just the oposite! When I am herping in the wall of a house in Morocco, usually the owner came running with a stick to hit me, and when he saw that I am tourist, he invites me to a tea!! Morocco is the best place for herping in the world
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Re: IRAN TRIP

Postby Ronald Zimmerman » Fri May 30, 2014 11:32 pm

Gabriel Martínez wrote:
Ronald Zimmerman wrote:In Morocco some people thought that I was Arabic (I had a little bit of a beard).


:lol:

Ronald Zimmerman wrote: It makes things easier, because I dont get a lot of attention from locals.


I thought just the oposite! When I am herping in the wall of a house in Morocco, usually the owner came running with a stick to hit me, and when he saw that I am tourist, he invites me to a tea!! Morocco is the best place for herping in the world

Haha and for buying rocks ;) All the children wanted my camera as a gift, or the Swarovski scope of a friend.. ;) Morocco is really a good place to return some day :D
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Re: IRAN TRIP

Postby Gabriel Martínez » Wed Oct 22, 2014 9:53 am

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Re: IRAN TRIP

Postby Jeroen Speybroeck » Wed Oct 22, 2014 1:44 pm

Gabriel Martínez wrote:Very interesting:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=je75usmNfA4


How great that someone wanted to dedicated a documentary to this! Thanks, Gabri.
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Re: IRAN TRIP

Postby Maarten Gilbert » Wed Oct 22, 2014 2:59 pm

That Pseudocerastes urarachnoides shows some very interesting predatory behavior! :shock:
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