IRAN: Amazing Hospitality | Cycling the World 20
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- Bicycle Vlog 20: ‘Amazing Hospitality’ - We leave Shiraz and set out for the port City of Bandar Abbas, where we plan on catching the ferry to Dubai. A lot of interested people invite us to come and stay at their house, even when we have barely cycled a couple of miles. It is still early so we politely thank them and get the wheels rolling again. Every now and then we need a proper WiFi connection to upload these videos and plan on doing that in the town of Darian in the Fars Province. There is no hotel and with the sun going down we get numerous invitations from nearly everybody standing around us. The man that asked us first is a real gentleman and we accept his offer. A festive evening, a lovely morning and to our surprise he and his cousin ask us to come and see Persepolis, the Ceremonial Capital of the great Persian Empire: What a treat! His cousin is keen on having us come and stay as well and we can’t decline his invitation. Maudi learns to weave a traditional Persian carpet and we eat a wonderful Iranian meal together. His extended family comes out to meet us, we listen to his brother play a beautiful song on a special type of flute and spend a wonderful time together. They ask us to stay a week, a month and even longer… but the rest of Iran is calling so we say our goodbyes and set out on the road again.
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Iranian hospitality is extraordinary, what's your most memorable moment of hospitality during your travels?...
Wheels to Wander , being followed around a supermarket in Turkey, by the owner. He then handed me a plate of cherries and invited my family to eat them as we shopped. 😎
Iran is not what we hear on western media. I have heard this from many travellers.
I didnt go yet but I deal with them they as what you post
I had the same experience, I confirm everything
It was in Iran in the Gilan province by the Caspian, while looking for a place for camping, got spotted by a family of Rice Farmers and had an outstanding night. I cried as a baby the morning I left. And kept on crying for days thinking on them.
The Iranians are the most hospitable people on earth. I love Iranian culture and their incredible food also. Love from Istanbul.
From our experience they surely are 😊 All the Best
Iranians are the most hospitable and kindest people in the world. Iran is a beautiful country. Don't listen to the media go visit
What a truly beautiful country! Its so sad that the Western media portray Iran in such a poor way, but when one sees videos like this and read accounts of peoples travels there, it is always so apparent how wonderful and friendly Iranian people are! Iran is at the top of my list of places to visit.
As-salamu alaykum
I'm really happy it comes across how wonderful Iran is! Shukraan!
The people of Iran are nice but the government is really devil.
We don‘t want such a government.
Down with Mollas ! Free Iran
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Your regime owned by rabbis of Asfahan.
My friend, i can understand that western politicians prefer to show IRAN as they like to show it . what i dont understand is , when it comes to western medias i dont know what do they benefit from of showing IRAN as poor, uncivilised country with people who are savages. IRAN didnt come to the world when this crazy Mullahs took the power from Iran previous king.
Wow! Persepolis and then an awesome home cooked feast with wonderful humans. ❤
Beautiful scenes guys! Your cinematography is wonderful and really helps to capture those special moments in Iran.
Thanks so much Alee! Very cool that we can bring you a little piece of Iran on the other side of the globe. Safe travels! E&M
@@WheelstoWander The internet is delivering! What a time to be alive. 👌🏼
It sure is :.) Amazing to get inspired by all those wonderful people creating cool (cycling) stuff. A true global community, just loving it!
Persians are very hospitable
As an Iranian it's my honor that you enjoy yourself 😁💛
Go visit Iran you will be blown away. Great country and people. I will be back it has been 5 years.
Another great video, I now understand why Persian carpets are so valuable, that looks to be very time-consuming!
Hey Oscar & Nadja! Thanks guys :.) Yeah, and this is only a small one. We have seen huge handmade ones being sold in some specialised stores. Must have taken months to make! Best of luck for your tour!! E&M
Great video! Have always wanted to cycle in Iran. You've definitely fed that desire!
Hi Richard! Thanks, that is great to hear. There is some more footage of Iran coming in the next weeks...
Thank u so much for showing real iran, god bless you
Your Welcome 🙏🏼
Thank you very much for saying and showing that with all this beauty and quality of filming of Iran, all the people of the world are created by God of every color and race. We believe that we Iranians and Muslims are true and all are respected.
Iranians are one of the most warm and welcoming people 💛
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That WAS AWESOME Thanks for sharing 📸👍👍👍👍👍📸🙏
Hi Drew! It most definitely was :.) Thanks for your thumbs up!!
Very nice video, beautifully filmed....it’s wonderful how the people were so kind to you, they were amazing...wishing you good luck on your travels🙂
Thanks Tom! We have very special memories from that stretch in our tour! Lovely people, we still think about them a lot. Hope you are doing well, tailwinds! E&M
Iran... loveliest people in the world❤️❤️
I have been watching this whole playlist, and so far you guys are doing an amazing job of capturing the life of a bike tourer, and the amazing hospitality in Turkey and now Iran. We cycled from Northcape to Cairo in 2008-2009 and had the same experience in the Middle east. Super! Groetjes uit Canada.
How awesome is that? Wow. Good luck and stay safe, Al
Hi Al, nice to hear from you again! It was a wonderful experience, good for the heart! Thanks and All the best, E&M
thank you for showing reall iranian citys God bless yous❤❤❤
🙏🏼 Best wishes!
Hiii... I am your new subscriber... Good luck for this best adventure... Eagerly waiting for your new video... Be safe and God bless you....
Hi Zenab! Thanks for your enthusiastic comment 😀 Our next video is almost ready to post... All the Best
I miss my country... I'm from Shiraz, not far from Persepolis, but currently living in England. I know economic pressure and all these sort of sanctions can change people and their life style, but I don't think anything can change the way we love and treat our guests and tourists. I'm so glad you enjoyed your trip to Iran.
Hi Mohsen! Iran is such an incredible place with some of the most hospitable people we ever encountered. We also loved and enjoyed Shiraz, what a beautiful place! Thanks and All the Best
Your videos are uplifting, really enjoy following you guys on this journey of discovery in Iran.
A little late but thanks so much Ray :) Best wishes!
Congratulations! I really enjoy watching your vlogs ! Enjoy your ride!
Thanks a lot! Cool we can provide some enjoyment :.) All the Best!
Love to all people in earth, from your little iranian🇮🇷 brother , long live earth, ❤❤
We are with you on that!! It's the greatest place to be 😉
Ya Ali!
Many travellers to Iran have said that the Iranians are among the most warm and hospitable people. Really feel proud of you Iranian people, from India.
@@WheelstoWander 😉❤
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this is our home come and see how much love waiting for all of you.
Thanks Mahmud 🙏
@Wheels to Wander. Lovely! This hospitality reminds me so much of Greece. I have been many times to Greece, and always did I get food, presents, and so much love. I can remember that we were driving in the mountains ending up in a village at around noon. We where treated with extra's at the restaurant from the house, which happened to us so often all around Greece.
Then my girlfriend got a ring from the grandmother that we had been talking to, which she made herself. Then another man in a pickup truck came by and stayed just 15 minutes.
Not to use/waste anyone's elses time I tried to refuse this mans kindness. He was then saying that next time I should call him, and he'll show me around. I said yes I'll do that! Then he said goodbye and left. We were still not finished eating and continued until 1 hour later.
Then we said goodbye to the lovely people of the restaurant as well and went on our way. We drove about 1 hour further until we arrived at a village at the coast, and who did we find? that man from the pickup truck that we met in the mountains! He was with another man at a cafenion where men love to be at. He slammed his hand on the table and said: ""aaaahhhhh!" he was soo excited. He said: come! come! I'll show you something. We got into his pickup truck. He drove straight out of the village. Stopped in front of a gate of his own land, he opened it and he gave us two massive bags and said: pick everything you see! Fill it up! Grab everything!
Really. Those memories, I got so many of these incredible experiences. I almost defend and love this land and it's peoples to death, simply because my heart has been overfilled so many times.
What a wonderful story Roselior! Thank you for sharing. We had so many great and unforgettable experiences like your own. This fills the heart with a great sense of belonging. May you have lots more of those special moments in your life!! All the Best E&M
Wow very interesting episode.
I wish you back travel again.
Wow! Prachtig gefilmd. En wat een aanstekelijke vriendelijkheid / gastvrijheid. En wat bijzonder om Persepolis te bezoeken. Prachtige afbeeldingen van Meden (met ronde hoeden) en Perzen.
Cool! Dank je :.) Gaaf dat je dat weet over de ronde hoeden van de Meden. Een bijzondere plek, mocht je ooit eens de kans krijgen, zeker doen. Ze hebben ook een VR bril die je kan meenemen over het hele terrein zodat je in artist impression over de ruïnes kan zien!
Wheels to Wander gaaf - ben benieuwd hoe dat is gemaakt.
Nice n wonderful moment......
Wellcime my country😊💖👍
Mamnoon 🙏
I watch all of your videos. Thank you for taking the time to share your adventure.
Hi Ronnel! That is cool, thanks for your comment :.) All the Best! E&M
Fabulous food in Iran.
Tadik 👍 It's very delicious...
What great video!!! Persian hospitality is amazing!! Thanks for sharing this!!
Thank you so much! We are happy we can give you a glimpse of our experience.
What an awesome people! BTW, your cinematography is so awesome!
Thanks a lot Codefoto! 😊
Another wonderful video, great!
Hi Heiko! Thanks for your enthusiasm. That really encourages us :.)
its my day off and i stayed in front of my laptop watching from first episode,hahaha my eyes are tired but i dont want to go anywhere
Hi Cyrene! Thats sounds so crazy and cool to us, haha! So glad you like it 😄 Don't forget to get some sleep now and then 😉
So cool nice place nice people and not wet for cycling lol .
True David, dry weather is best for cycling! Although we love a moody rainy day once in a while 😉
@@WheelstoWander well we both live in places where thats possible for sure ha ha 😂
Wonderful Iran ❤
Indeed 😊🙏🏼
Amazing. Those chains need oiling 😉
Ha, you are right 😉 need to work on our grease game 🤞🏼
Again wonderful Images! I might not seem to be the most objective person in my reactions, but Eric knows me well enough in telling how I feel about things! I always try to be honest in that and try to speak with my heart only! In this video my expectations met the truth. I knew about the hospitality of the Turks but I have heard only of the extreme Iranian hospitality from friends! And they were not exaggerated. These people are of a kind we westerners could learn from in terms of kindness and sharing. And I believe they must be happier then we are! But of course that's my opinion... Anyway, I'm glad that some of my opinions were wrong and be able to adjust them by the experience seen in these video's!! Lovely.. Have a very nice ongoïng journey Maudi and Eric... Love you and love the world a bit more through sharing your video's!!! Also congrats with your mother's birthday Eric....
Kees
Thanks Paps! Maybe you will visit Iran someday... Very openminded and welcoming. And you are right that the west could learn a thing or two. Happy though is a thing one can find only in his/hers own mind, no matter the place on the planet. Life is a strange gift that plays out archetypical stories. Everywhere we see people having fun and everyone has some struggles one way or the other. As we experience it luck is on our western side, only most are too fatigued by easy to see it. Love you! E&M
I love iran
Happy to see you had good memories In Iran, hope there would be opportunities in near future for all cyclist to visit this GEM. I'm cyclist too and just came back from a cycling tour in Georgia.
Iran is very special indeed and we hope many will visit! Georgia, another amazing cycling destination 😊 Best wishes
You guys always on fire!!!💥
Thanks Shubham! We try to be ;.)
The one dislike must be Trump!
Haha 🤣
looooolllll
And second one is pompeo
great videos . nice to not have load music playing and have to constantly change the volume . you have it spot on .
Nice to know, thanks Tim!!
Lovely people and place
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Iran is one of those countries that should give a 6-mth visa and would not be enough. I also cycle it in 2019 from Armenia-Tabriz-Ardabil and Caspian coast, down to Qom, Esfahan, Yazd, Shiraz, Bandar Genaveh, Kermanshah and Iraq border covering 2700 km in 45 days, plus a lot of hitchhiking and 1 bus. Amazing country, you should go back again, there is so much to see. Go in September and extend your visa, you will get perfect weather nearly everywhere at this time of the year.
It is a very special place for sure and we would love to go back some day. That sounds like an epic tour you made 👌🏼 Thanks for the tip & Best wishes, E&M
Very nice video! Just discovered your videos! I have been missing out so much. Good luck with your current work as well nice people. One question: What is the song that is in the intro?
Thanks Nazmican! Great to hear 😊 The song is made by my brother (Eric) and doesn't have a name...
@@WheelstoWander That is an awesome piece of music in my opinion! Would love to listen to it somewhere if it is available and thanks for your reply. I am hooked to this channel! Will be watching and recommending all your new adventures! Greetings from Germany
Another nice video. But, oh, so short!
Hi Waddo! Thanks, we try to keep them sweet. Longer would be great but would also mean more filming and more editing so more time off the bikes... we kind of found a good balance for now! Take care, E&M
Best wishes
Thanks!!
Very nice video! Safe trails ;)
Hi Tamires! Thanks so much :.)
I listen exactly. Only Maudis bike, is twittering like a thirsty bird :-)
Great ear! We have to do something about that... ;.)
I love you guys, I suggest you if you got to south Iran don't wear jeans, the hear really is cooking buy some "parchin" it's a very cool and thin persian pants that let the wind go through but protects the Sun, you usually find them in south and central Iran ,it looks like pijama but stay lose arroun the legs and tire arround the hips and the foot.
Hi 30bil Pálángi, that sounds like a wonderful piece of clothing. We saw some people wearing them. If we go back we certainly will look into those. Thanks for the information 😊
Great video!
Thanks Jim!
awesome
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I didn't want the video to finish..Actually this is the case with all your videos..I know you for only a couple of days..Your videos are better than prescribed medicine..
Thanks for the amazing comment Esra!! 💛
@@WheelstoWander 💚
So good to see all is ok guys , how are the bodies holding up, try and be as gentle on those tendons and muscles as you can , we all should be careful about people we meet, but you have to be open to new things to enjoy these countries whilst your there , as always good luck and may caution be your guide , i think same as you getting asked by a couple of young children on a scooter if i was looking for a place , they then took me all over the town to get there it was very nice of them ( in other words people helping).
Hi David! Nice to hear about your experience with the children on the scooter. The vast majority of people are friendly, helping and hospitable but a healthy dose of caution is a good thing to exercise. we have been cycling again after a longer break than anticipated so we feel quite rested but maybe need some extra fitness to get really cranking again. No hurry though, these travels are about experiences in the moment. Heading east nonetheless... Take care!! E&M
@@WheelstoWander i think if its a really long term journey like yours , taking your time is the ONLY way to do it as body's will naturally need rest , i think you have to build in rest days its only reasonable , cant wait to see your next adventures, all i am doing tomorrow is taking my sons car back and getting my E bike ,i got handlebar muffs these could have been handy for you guys I've had them on most of my motorbikes they keep the cold off your hands and let the gloves stay dry to keep your hands warm so looking forward to getting my bike back tomorrow and fitting them, take care be safe look after each other.
Hi David! We rest up with reasonable intervals... also because these videos take some time to process. We looked but couldn't find handlebar muffs or pogies when we needed them. The next time we are going to cycle in the extreme cold we will absolutely try and get hold of some. Warm hands is something your mind starts focusing on pretty heavily when they are cold. Enjoy yours, there are probably some frisky days still to be had up in Scotland! Take Care!! E&M
@@WheelstoWander thanks guys, yes still can be cold or even snow , i put them on and today didn't even need gloves, took of my 195 tyres, perhaps it was just the ones i had but i found them much slower than the 175s , so they are back on and freewheeling much better just thought I'd say, good luck .
Have you ever watched an interview with film producer KEN BURNS? You look a little alike, sound simular! Same story telling passion! Saw him on PBS.
The name was familiar, just now I googled him. What an accomplished filmmaker, a big compliment to be compared with him. For sure we want to check out some of his documentaries and that PBS interview. Thanks for sending this flattering comment ;.)
Fan from India 🇮🇳
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amazing hospitality Iranian…..
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How do you guys make sure your bike doesn't get stolen while you're asleep?
We are always sure that we are nearly impossible to be found.
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7:40 makes me sad. How the bird just wants out and doesn't understand why he can't follow his natural instincts.
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U look like Mr Richard branson
Ha, heard that before! I take that as a compliment!!
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Thank you Aris 😊
Good people
Hi Sukhmohan Singh! We totally agree 😊
People of God
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wonderful people. I hope the evil people in this world never start a war with this country them but Im afraid sooner or later they will.
Lets just say this : before you guys visited Iran , would you be hospitable to an Iranian tourist in your country ? hell now!,
Cute
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HI there , just looking at your Bikes hurts my ASS , imagine sitting on that Thin
seat for 1000s of KM , you need to change your Prostate after this especially for Men !
That's why I switched from brooks to selle italia, a little more cushioning ;-)
@@WheelstoWander I used my first Brooks saddle.. all bum not created equally :D ill consider trying selle italia.
no one needs hotel in iran trip you can sleep in any home in iran
We noticed, incredible!!
I can hear that you don't believe in chain oil.
We didn’t have a lot back then so a bit on the saving up for when really needed side of things 😉
#HowItPansOut
Ha, nice that you caught that one ;.)