Pomegranate Juice

Would you like to drink some cold pomegranate juice?

Young biker

Green Grape

Hotel Homa II

This is the entrance of Hotel Homa II. It is one of the most prestigious hotels in Mashhad which hosts so many tourists (includes diplomats, governers and etc) from other countries each year. It is located in South Janbaz Street, Sajjad Boulevard.

Side trip to the North I

Hi my friends,
Sorry for my absensce for a few days. I was in a trip to the North of Iran for vacation. It was really great! Let me show you some pics of my trip to the North.

Location: Highway 22W (Mashhad to Sari): passing Golestan forest in Golestan Province. It is one of the most beautiful rural roads in the northeastern of the country.

Location: LOVEH waterfall, city of Minoo-dasht, Golestan Province


Location: Ghaboos tower (the tallest tower in the world made of bricks), city of Gonbad, Golestan Province

I have several other photos, I will put some of them here in next days. Thank you!

Sepah Bank

I don't know why Iranian banks like to have the biggest buildings in cities?! This buidling belongs to Sepah Bank. A LRT station is located near the building.

Location: Kolahdooz Intersection, Ahmad Abad Boulevard, Mashhad

Emam Reza Shrine

Emam Reza Shrine (the golden building) is the most important place in Mashhad (also the oldest, since 1200 years ago). Each year between 15 to 20 million people travel to Mashhad to visit this holy shrine. It is really a mega-tourism site. The name of Mashhad comes back to Emam Reza, one of the Prophet Mohammad's grand sons. Mashhad means the place of death, which refers to the place which Emam Reza was killed. There is a very big underground intersection (with several parkings) under the shrine. I was going down with my car when I took this photo.