Part 6 of ‘things you didn’t know about Iran Trotter’

The Iran Trotter host Javad Gharaei has in interviews with local media outlets, made so many interesting tips about the show and himself, in response to journalistic questions. Here’s part 6 of his comments.

In the 5th installment of the series, you read about how the migration of nomads, and other levers, press the documentary series crew to work under a variety of pressures, including that of time. Let’s switch to other topics in Gharaei’s interviews.

We, like any other family, take excursions. But ours, isn’t similar to others’. My wife is also a hiker and eco-tourist; whenever the three of us, I mean with our son, travel, our destination is the heart of nature. We feel alienated if we go to a hotel or a crowded place; it’s our preference to travel to pristine natural areas. We even once traveled with my entire paternal family to Sistan and Balouchestan, and toured the whole borderline zone. It’s a rare occasion for us to stay at a hotel; my hostel is either my tent, or the local people’s homes.

My most bitter memory goes back to a visit to the same zone, where there was a village at the farthest border area. A little girl was bitten by a scorpion, and before they could save her, she passed away.

Another instance was when, on the mountains of Zagros, a pregnant woman died during labor.

And one other, was when my knee tendon was ruptured, which occurred during the production of ‘Iran Trotter 3’; that made me stay home for a while.

In the next installment, you’ll read about hazards and the nature’s tough times, through which the crew went with great difficulty.

Stay with our tour of Iran Trotter’s comments in the future episodes of this report.

To watch the past episodes aired on ifilm, click here.

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