Iraq and East Turkey
Kurdish Region
15.07.2009 - 19.07.2009
Drove the very dangerous road from Van via Hakkari to Cizre. Feels like a war zone with fighter jets, helicopter gunships, military check points, nervous soldiers. Was happy to reach the relative safety of Northern Iraq, Kurdish Autonomous Region, entering at Zakho. Just spent one night unfortunately. Would like to have traveled further to Erbil.

War Zone, Hakkari Road, East Turkey

Zakho, Iraq

Ibrahim Khalil Border, Turkey, Iraq

Huge border crossing between Turkey and Iraq. Source: both Wikipedia

Book recommendation: "Road through Kurdistan" by A.M. Hamilton
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Posted by LuxuryRogue 20.09.2010 23:19 Archived in Iraq








