Teymur Madjderey: Roadtrippin

Going on a trip is always fun; well, most of the time anyway. And going on a trip where you can shoot a lot of photos and get to places you haven’t been before is even better. What about places you have been before though? A lot of people don’t want to go to familiar [...]

Jerry Hiller: MY Carbon Tripod 732CY and M-Ypack Review

My only question about Manfrotto’s soon to be released “MYbackpack” is whether to call this a great photo backpack made to protect a great tripod or a great tripod included in an equally great photo backpack. Regardless of how that question is answered, this is one of the best kits one can find for the [...]

Mària Dinoia: Porto Koufo – Venezia (Greece) 27-29 August

27 august – 470 km Porto Koufo – Plataria (Psakoudia) 28 august Plataria- Parga 100 km Last day in Greece. Here, where tourism is one of the biggest industries and since there are so many tourist also the grandmothers speak English, I understand that the magic of Iran will stay with myself for long. The [...]

Mària Dinoia: Porto Koufo (Greece) – 25 August

Here in Porto Koufo life flows in a very relaxed way, traffic is just the one of fishermen leaving the bay early in the morning and coming back in the afternoon. Finally I have got some time to restore my body and relax my mind and to let the thoughts freely flying. Reflections … Iran [...]

Mària Dinoia: Esfahan – Porto Koufo – 18-23 August

18 august 550 km Esfahan – Hamadam 19 august – 616 km Hamadam – Orumiyeh 20 august – 660 km Orumiyeh – Bingol 21 august – 650 km Bingol – Goreme 22 august – 710km Goreme – Istanbul 23 august – 666 km Istanbul – Porto Koufo After Esfahan we started our come back and [...]

Mària Dinoia: Aug 15-17 Esfahan (Iran)

We decided to leave Shiraz very early to head to Esfahan. At 6 o’clock we are on the road, the temperature is good for traveling, till midday. After that it’s very difficult to resist and avoid to fall asleep… Esfahan is a pearl of Islamic culture, the finest mosque s are here perfectly positioned on [...]

From Milan to Persepolis: Mària Dinoia

Departure: Friday July 31, 2009 (Milan) Arrival: Sunday August 30, 2009 (Milan) Cities and countries: Postumia (SLO), Nis (SRB), Plovdiv (BG), Bolu (TR), Susehri (TR), Dogubayazit (TR), Tabriz (IR), Tabriz (IR), Tabriz (IR), Qazin (IR), Kashan (IR), Yazd (IR), Yazd (IR), Shiraz (IR), Shiraz (IR), Isfahan (IR), Isfahan (IR), Isfahan (IR), Hamadan (IR), Orumiyeh (IR), [...]