When I go riding on my bike, the world around me becomes exciting and so elegant all at once, so despite the shortcomings, disasters and horrors… I embrace it. I know it is not just me having these feelings, but I’m definitely another nature lover looking for unanswered questions in an extraordinary manner as well. I cherish the pictures caught by my camera and the ones remained forever in my essence.
27 Sep 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Melina Mehr
Yesterday I met a group of girls who shared a common pain. The girls who got married early in life, when they were very young, all had husbands and children and each lived in a corner of the city, and today their hearts want a little happiness. Desi...
24 Sep 2020 1 minute read 5 comments Melina Mehr
Cycling, dangerous cars, and my poor turtle Narrow paved rural roads for cars which at both sides are overlooked to rice fields are like a death trap for any living creatures. In the spring and just before the start of the rice-growing season, a pr...
22 Sep 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Melina Mehr
Among all the unpleasantness I’ve been facing as a female cyclist in Iran, that day was one of the hardest and most embarrassing ones to go through. The day that the correspondent of Radio and Television of Iran refused to interview the cyclists beca...
21 Sep 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Melina Mehr
One of the most ridiculous problems of cycling as a girl in Iran, at any age, thirty or even eight years old, is encountering small boys. Funny but true! The bitter and shameful truth of Iranian society is little boys who think cycling is just an ho...
20 Sep 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Melina Mehr
When you ride a bike through a rough and unpredictable road, the sound of a companion pedaling behind or in front of you is one of the things that make your struggle easier and energizes you for the rest of your journey despite all difficulties and...
19 Sep 2020 1 minute read 2 comments Melina Mehr
In Lisar, one of the villages of Guilan province in Iran, there is a semi-ruined but exceptional castle that is rarely visited. It is enough to pay attention to the signs at the entrance of the village to see this castle made of mud bricks that stan...
17 Sep 2020 1 minute read 3 comments Melina Mehr
Cycling to discover Kish Dibi, Iran A summer Village in the heart of the mountains. Everyone has their own story, and people's travel narratives are so many and sometimes so Incredible that those tales seem even unbelievable for themselves. Mountai...
15 Sep 2020 1 minute read 2 comments Melina Mehr
By all accounts, being a cyclist in Iran is a hard job, but if you want to be a girl and ride a bike, you have to go through a lot of bitter reproachful looks and frowns, and finally ... maybe after a while, you get used to them and remember to take...
14 Sep 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Melina Mehr
In your journey in nature, You have to be prepared for anything and you should not retreat in front of any obstacle. Even if on the way you are traveling, the river bridge collapses, and the roaring waves of water frighten you. You should always reme...
13 Sep 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Melina Mehr
In the morning, when our cyclist friends told us that they were going to ride from the city of Talesh to the Saragah Dam, I thought we would have an easy and hassle-free route ahead because the road was so straight forward and despite ups and downs a...
