Understandingly, If I start writing about a million times-heard boring stuff, there is always a chance no one reading my materials, so I try not to go down that road, but I feel like costumes, cuisine, and traditions I’m about to unveil are worth reading about. If you think about it, humanity is a very diverse concept wrapped around the same nature, dancing around the same instinctive fire, but oddly enough its exposed face is as varied as the droplets in the ocean, unbelievably diverse.
23 Jun 2021 1 minute read 4 comments Melina Mehr
Here listen to a story of me, the rain, the beach as gorgeous as ever, and the pain and sadness which made me indifferent to some everyday boundaries. Sometimes we suffer so much that we become indifferent to the consequences of our actions. Sufferi...
19 Jun 2021 1 minute read 5 comments Melina Mehr
Sometimes one simple picture like a fishing boat abandoned among motionless waters can inspire many emotions. And sometimes you enjoy a scene so much that you forget all the pain of that day and the days before almost immediately. Early in the mor...
1 Jun 2021 1 minute read 4 comments Melina Mehr
Running on the beach, under heavy rain next to angry and passionate waves is very intense. The sea waves may not seem like it, but in fact, are extremely restless and anxious. When I reach the shore before sunset, as it just started raining, and t...
28 May 2021 1 minute read 13 comments Melina Mehr
In the rest of journey to Laton waterfall, as I went under the falling waters... I do not know if you‘ve ever had the pleasure of getting wet while being completely dressed. Surely, if you were a woman in a very closed society like Iran, you would...
27 May 2021 1 minute read 8 comments Melina Mehr
In the previous section, I talked about how we started the long and arduous journey to Laton Falls in the heart of the forest. The weather was sunny and somewhat warm, but not so hot that it gets exhausting, as the sun was rising above the sky grad...
26 May 2021 1 minute read 7 comments Melina Mehr
This weekend, a group of my friends arranged a trip to Laton Falls, located in northern Iran. Laton waterfall with a height of 105 meters is a freefalling waterfall located in the eastern Alborz mountain range and Lavandavil, Astara County, within...
22 May 2021 1 minute read 11 comments Melina Mehr
On the advice of a friend of mine, in the company of the family, we set out to find a new beach. It was a few hours before sunset and we passed through two separate rural areas. Then we passed a football field and relatively high-quality and stylish...
15 May 2021 1 minute read 2 comments Melina Mehr
A few nights ago, a friend of mine, whom I'd lost touch with for months, called me and wanted to go hiking together. I agreed, even though I was not feeling well and my body needed a lot of rest after a busy week. But when you have not seen a frien...
10 May 2021 1 minute read 8 comments Melina Mehr
Today, before sunset, I had a good run on the beach, a new record, nearly 3 miles in less than half an hour. In the middle of the road, I came across different footprints, and the story behind these footprints was even more compelling than my succ...
7 May 2021 1 minute read 2 comments Melina Mehr
We Iranian kids, from an early age, are familiar with the legendary story of “devoted peasant”, a farmer from Miyaneh city in East Azerbaijan province who managed to save the lives of the passengers, as the train was moving towards the rocks falling...
