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Travel Iraqi KurdistanBackpacking, Hitchhiking & Driving – Iraqi Kurdistan – August 2009 |
Article from: “Kurdistan Halts Oil Exports ” by Timothy Williams on NYTimes October 12, 2009 | Photo: Azad Lashkari/Reuters The semi autonomous Kurdish region has reopened a rift with the central government after announcing that it had halted all petroleum exports from Kurdistan until Baghdad pays the international companies that are pumping oil in the
By Michael Knights | Monday, October 12, 2009 | in Lebanon Daily Star The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Parliament elected in July convened for the first time on August 20, ushering in a new political era in Iraqi Kurdistan. While the bloc including the long-dominant Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK)
An easy way to get out of Iraqi Kurdistan is to get a bus to Istanbul. However, it seems that not everything goes well and my supposedly “easy trip out” was transformed into a mess as the bus didn’t arrive to Dohuk, and the company responsable for these trips got me a taxi to Zakho
The cheapest way (apart from hitchhiking of course) to go from Salahaddin to Erbil should be sharing a taxi with local people. Taxis heading out of Salahaddin direction Erbil (aka Arbil, Irbil, Hawler) depart from the last roundabout of the city. Check out the Google map below for exact location. 4 people shared Taxi from
I made three major trips Hitchhiking in Iraq but asked for a ride several times both in Erbil and in Dohuk to people who I randomly met on the street or asked for directions. After traveling in Iraqi Kurdistan for a couple of days using shared taxis, private taxis and buses, I decided to try
Amedia is a fabulous little village on top of a rock, surrounded by amazing mountains and scenery. Amedia is located about 70km East of Dohuk in the North part of the country, following the Turkish border East. The village has several nice things to see and explore. Indeed this is a place not to be
Private BMW taxi from Erbil to Dohuk Kurdistan Iraq After a couple of days in Erbil, the capital of Kurdistan Region in Iraq, I decided to take a private taxi as it is one of the safest, most comfortable and faster ways to move from city to city. I took a taxi near the citadel
This is possibly the cheapest and easier way to enter Iraq. The journey is long and takes about 30 hours but is worth by many reasons. The bus crew will help you at the border of Turkey and at the border of Iraq also as they do not want to wait much since they have
In The Guardian, Tuesday 31 March 2009 12.17 BST Tensions between Baghdad and Kurdistan are on the rise. An attack on a Kurdish funeral that killed 30 in the disputed territory of Khanaqin provided a stark reminder to President Obama that all will not be well until the US plays peacemaker between age-old enemies, Arab
Dohuk is the first big Kurdish Iraqi city after the Turkish border, so, all the trucks full of merchandise / fruits / you name it!, arrive here even before they even arrive to the Kurdish capital city of Erbil. All the city is full of shops and you’ll be able to find quite a few
Erbil is a fantastic city, full of markets, shops. It has a strong commercial activity and you’ll be able to get whatever you want to buy. The Qaysari Bazaar is the heart of the city – Hawler lives in this market, where you can still find some nice local handicraft, carpets and many other sort
Zakho is the border town of Iraq and Turkey, where the huge border complex of Ibrahim Khalil is located. There are hundreds of peace keeping forces and the US Peace Corps on the border. Zakho has around 90,000 habitants and the town itself has lots of shops and commerce activity so expect lots of trucks
Sulav Resort is an entertainment complex with cafés, shops and restaurants on the end of the road from Dohuk, 5km north of Amadiyah. Sulav can be easily seen from Amadiyah and gives amazing views and a very photogenic scenery. Sulav has a fresh water spring that runs down the valley and it is from here
On this map I inserted all the destinations I had contact with: Erbil, Khazan, Salahaddin, Akre, Barzan, Amadiyah, Dohuk, Sulav, Kani, Mar Odisu, Deralok and border points of Ibrahim Khalil and Silopi. You can navigate this map with the arrows on the left to zoom, pull to the side and choose how you want to
You can navigate this map with the arrows on the left to zoom, pull to the side and choose how you want to display the map: Land, Map or Satellite (buttons on right side). Map of Dohuk Iraq
You can navigate this map with the arrows on the left to zoom, pull to the side and choose how you want to display the map: Land, Map or Satellite (buttons on right side). Map of Akre Iraq
You can navigate this map with the arrows on the left to zoom, pull to the side and choose how you want to display the map: Land, Map or Satellite (buttons on right side). Map of Erbil Iraq
You can navigate this map with the arrows on the left to zoom, pull to the side and choose how you want to display the map: Land, Map or Satellite (buttons on right side). Map of Zakho Iraq
This is a small selection of photos from this set “Christian Monastery of Mar Odisu”, if you want more photos please visit: Monastery Iraq
This is a small selection of photos from this set “Hitchhiking Iraq”, if you want more photos please visit: Hitchhiking Iraq I Hitchhiked from Dohuk to Amadiyah on a 2 car trip. First car I waited around 5 minutes until someone to stop (an Christian Arab from Bagdad) and on the second car I waited
This is a small selection of photos from this set “Aqrah City in Iraq”, if you want more photos please visit: Photos Akre
This is a small selection of photos from this set “Gely in Dohuk”, if you want more photos please visit: Photos Gely
This is a small selection of photos from this set “Saint Ith Llaha Church in Dohuk”, if you want more photos please visit: Churches in Iraq
This is a small selection of photos from this set “Dohuk City Iraq Kurdistan”, if you want more photos please visit: Photos Dohuk
This is a small selection of photos from this set “Posters, Advertisements and Political Propaganda”, if you want more photos please visit: Political Propaganda Kurdistan
This is a small selection of photos from this set “Khanzad Castle and Salahaddin city”, if you want more photos please visit: Khanzad Castle On this trip, I got a private taxi to Kanzad and from Kanzad to Salahaddin from where I got a shared taxi back to Erbil
This is a small selection of photos from this set “Market in Dohuk Bazaar Iraq Kurdistan”, if you want more photos please visit: Photos Market Iraq
This is a small selection of photos from this set “Dream City in Dohuk”, if you want more photos please visit: Dream City Dohuk
This is a small selection of photos from this set “Minar Park Iraq Erbil Hawler Kurdistan”, if you want more photos please visit: Photos Minar Park
This is a small selection of photos from this set “Photos Shanidar Park Erbil Iraqi Kurdistan”, if you want more photos please visit: Photos Shanidar Park
This is a small selection of photos from this set “Citadel in Hawler Iraq Kurdistan”, if you want more photos please visit: Photos Citadel Erbil
This is a small selection of photos from this set “Hawler city Iraq from the Top of citadel”, if you want more photos please visit: Hawler Photos
This is a small selection of photos from this set “Photos of Erbil aka Hawler Iraq Kurdistan”, if you want more photos please visit: Photos Erbil
This is a small selection of photos from this set “Hawler by night Iraq Kurdistan Region”, if you want more photos please visit: Photos Hawler
This is a small selection of photos from this set “Shahraran Tourist Hotel, Hotel Erbil”, if you want more photos please visit: Photos Hotel Iraq Double Room Reception Outside View Terrace views
After at least 1 hour looking for a hotel with good price aka cheap in town, I found out that all hotels in Dohuk are at least 25,000 dinars up for a double room. I first went to Hotel Parlement, because I knew they had single rooms for 10.000 dinars. All other hotels I been
I arrived in Erbil during a huge sand storm, and after traveling 30 hours from Istanbul, I fallen in the city like if I was droped from an airplane on an parachute. I was thinking I would find a cheap hotel fast. Neither cheap nor expensive. I found nothing. I knew there were about 10
In The Guardian, Saturday 1 March 2008 | Photo: Mustafa Ozer/AFP Turkey yesterday withdrew thousands of its troops from northern Iraq after an eight-day operation to hunt down and wipe out Kurdish guerrilla forces, calming fears of wider regional instability. Hoshiyar Zebari, Iraq’s foreign minister, confirmed that the first big Turkish cross-border ground offensive in
This page contains information about how to get a visa to Iraqi Kurdistan – Republic of Iraq. YES! you can get a 11 days automatic / free of charge visa on Ibrahim Khalil’s border. So, the Iraq visa you’ll get on the border will be only to the Kurdish protected region. Currently the situation in
In The Guardian, Monday 5 November 2007 | Photo: EPA Eight Turkish soldiers captured last month by Kurdish rebels were freed yesterday in an attempt to divert Ankara from attacking northern Iraq. The soldiers’ release occurred on the eve of a visit to Washington by Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the Turkish prime minister, which was expected
This is a small selection of photos from this set “Photos Bus Istanbul to Erbil”, if you want more photos please visit: Photos border Iraq
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