IRAN ITINERARY - 1999
Dr. Fosiee Tahbaz and Dr. Barbara Ertter, UC-Berkeley
(note: Iranian "weekend" is Thurs-Fri)
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Monday, May 10
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depart to airport at noon; in transit
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Tuesday, May 11
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in transit
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Wednesday, May 12
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arrive in early morning; confirm university visits
and make domestic
travel arrangements
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Thursday, May 13
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personal business
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Friday, May 14
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hike in canyon north of Tehran, with collecting
opportunities
Images
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Saturday, May 15
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morning: meet with dean and selected faculty of the College of Science,
University of Tehran; introduction to Flora of Iran project; tour of
herbarium and computer center
afternoon: personal business
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Sunday, May 16
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present lectures at the College of Agriculture,
University of Tehran (in
Karaj); meet with dean, head of horticulture department, and selected
faculty and students; tour of botanical garden; tour of herbarium and
discussion of procedures
Images
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Monday, May 17
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field trip with College of Agriculture faculty and
students to Alamut area
of Alborz Mountains, with opportunities for collecting and observations
of traditional agricultural practices; overnight stay in rural village
Images
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Tuesday, May 18
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all-day return from Alamut area; late-night flight to
Mashhad
Images
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Wednesday, May 19
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present lectures at College of Agricultural of
Ferdowsi University of
Mashhad; meet with dean and selected faculty; tour of herbarium and
discussion of herbarium practices; introduction to Flora Khorassanica
project; travel to Neishabur for tourist site, with some collecting
opportunities enroute
Images
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Thursday, May 20
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field trip with faculty and students to wild pistachio
grove overlooking
Turkmenistan border, with collecting opportunities en route; evening
tour of AQR Central Library and museum
Images
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Friday, May 21
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all-day drive from Mashhad to Bobalsar, with brief stops
for botanizing
en route; chance encounter with natural history field trip from
University of Gorgan; brief meeting with vice chancellor of the
University of Gorgan
Images
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Saturday, May 22
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present lectures at College of Agriculture of
University of Mazandaran
(in Sari); meet with vice chancellor, dean of agriculture, and selected
faculty; afternoon field trip to Hyrcanian forest, with significant
bryophyte collecting
Images
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Sunday, May 23
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field trip to Miankaleh Wildlife Refuge on Caspian Sea
Images
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Monday, May 24
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drive from Babolsar to Tehran, with collecting opportunities in high
Alborz Mountains; make additional arrangements for upcoming
university visits; Tahbaz meets with Councilor of Foreign Ministry
Images
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Tuesday, May 25
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recuperation and personal business
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Wednesday, May 26
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fly to Tabriz; present lectures at College of
Agriculture of the
University of Tabriz; meet with vice chancellor, dean, vice deans, and
selected faculty; field trip with faculty and students to Kavandan (=
geologically significant village), with limited collecting
opportunities
Images
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Thursday, May 27
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morning: tour of herbarium and introduction to Flora
of Azarbayjan
Province project; meet with dean, selected faculty, and students;
provide interviews for student newspaper
afternoon: fly to Esfahan; visit tourist sites
Images
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Friday, May 28
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primarily personal time, but including 1-hour tour of
natural history
museum with botanical display; evening flight to Shiraz
Images
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Saturday, May 29
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morning: visit with dean and selected faculty of
College of Sciences of University of Shiraz; tour of herbarium and natural history
collections; brief tour of Eram Botanical Garden
afternoon: visit tourist sites, including Persepolis
Images
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Sunday, May 30
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all-day field trip to Bakhtegan Lake to look for
Hypericopis; evening
flight to Tehran
Images
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Monday, May 31
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personal business [UC holiday]
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Tuesday, June 1
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morning: visit Research Institute of Forest &
Rangelands (between
- Tehran and Karaj); meet with research staff of botany division;
introduction to Flora of Iran project; tour herbarium; tour botanical
garden afternoon: personal business; late night departure to airport
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Wednesday, June 2
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in transit; arrive in San Francisco mid-day