Snowmads: A Foreign Native
04 March 2022
Fabian Lentsch drove his Snowmads truck to Iran to stay there for a year and immerse himself fully in the Persian culture. For once he wanted to drop the tourist role when visiting a foreign country. Fabi left his familiar world behind to spend close to a year in Iran, a country that fascinated him since previous travels and that is still very unknown to many.
When military activity ramped up in January and a global pandemic started in February of 2020, his journey took a very different route. Breaking out of his bubble as a sport professional, Fabi dived into the persian culture by learning the language (Farsi) to be able to meet the locals without any filters. From there, new friendships were born and a whole new adventure started for this “foreign native”.
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"With my one-year stay, I wanted to get a deeper understanding of the Iranian culture, and not be labeled as a classic western tourist. What fascinated me the most is the unbelievable joy for living of these people, which never seems to get lost. Even through the strict rules of the regime, the curtailed freedom of expression and the harsh sanctions imposed by the west."
— Fabian Lentsch
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