Visiting a
place which takes one’s glance to eternity, becoming
deeply impressed by
the scenery of moving sands and burning salt marshes, seeing the
ruins of ancient
monuments examining rare plants, seeing strange animals are among
motivations
that prompt the lovers of natural geography to embark on a trip to
the Kavirs of Iran.
A brief review of the
travelogues written by these curious visitors reveals
that in
every period at least one researcher has tried to see parts of
Iran’s Kavirs. One of
the most well known travelers of the Kavir is Swedish man Sven
Hedin who visited
Iran in 1905. Hedin knew Iran & tried to make it known worldwide
more than any
one of his colleagues.
Hedin
traveled on the back of camel day & night for weeks
driving hundreds of
kilometers along the narrow Kavir paths to portray the land in his
book in a way that
any reader can smell the dust & salt and sense the heat of the
sands, the
transparency of skies and the moisture of the Kavir’s rain showers
in its pages and
see closely the wild animals which pass by while listening to the
sound of the bells
hanging from the neck of camels which have crossed the Kavir in
caravans of
centuries ago. |