Travel Iraqi Kurdistan

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

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

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

This is a small selection of photos from this set “Christian Monastery of Mar Odisu”, if you want more photos please visit: Monastery Iraq