We were still undecided about Gileboom’s slogan after two years of launching it …until Arash came. Sometimes it is hard to focus on something general, like a slogan, when you are neck-deep involved in the details of the work. So we thought of asking Arash …
Rice Doll (Warzamoshte)
The Gilaks used to roll up the last harvested bundle of rice straw and hang it on one of the pillars in the terrace. They believed it would bless their rice fields. The name of this rice bundle is warzamoshte, meaning the fist of rice …
Suggested Guesthouses
Here are some hostels (ecolodges, guesthouses) we visited and suggested to stay at: See you in Iran hostel, Tehran About a year and a half after launching online community as a Facebook group, see you in Iran team renovated a sixty years old three floors …
Gileboom is an ecolodge in Ramsar (Caspian Sea)
Gileboom is mentioned as an ecolodge in Ramsar in Lonely Planet guide book. As Collins English Dictionary defined: ecolodge (ˈiːkəʊˌlɒdʒ ) is a tourist accommodation facility designed to have minimal impact on the environment, often constructed as part of an environmental project. Eco Lodges are rapidly gaining in …