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Iraq's B-Side
Blog: Joe's Trippin' - 14 May 2011
“Hey Mom, so... I'm going to Iraq!” These few words strung together are most certainly enough to cause every hair on a parents' head to turn grey. For decades now, Iraq has been portrayed as one of the most dangerous places on the planet.
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Kuwait and the Gulf War
Blog: Sophie's World - 15 April 2011
For a shorter presentation of this war memorial, see this travel tip on the cool Traveldudes website. The most evocative house in Kuwait City must surely be Kuwait House of...Kuwait and the Gulf War is a post from Sophie's World
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Book Review:The Way of Herodotus
Blog: A Traveler's Library - 11 March 2011
Destination: The Mediterranean and Middle East Book: The Way of Herodotus: Travels with the Man Who Invented History (2008) by Justin Marozzi (Also available for Kindle) (In England the title is The Man Who Invented History: Travels with Herodotus.) This book has become even more appropriate since the wave of unrest broke out in Arab countries. [...]This content is a post from: A Traveler's Library To comment on this post or search for related information, click on the link to A Traveler's Library.
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10 Unforgettable Destinations for 2011
Blog: GoBackpacking - 24 January 2011
Our top 10 picks for off-the-beaten path travel in 2010.---------Join Travel Blog Success today and learn to build a better travel blog.Membership includes 12 lessons, community forum, audio interviews, and a blog.
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Day 244: Kurdish Hospitality
Blog: Diaries of a Vagabonding Couple - 15 October 2010
Nashar busy tailoring away... I stared out the backseat window of Nashar's car, pondering over the events of the last 24 hours, whilst he drove us for a second time to dinner. Iraqi Kurdistan has been a real eye-opener and one of my most memorable destinations. I was lost in thought as Nashar pulled over. The door opened, and in joined Mohammed and Ahmet, breaking the silence with their
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Day 245: From Iraq to Iran
Blog: Diaries of a Vagabonding Couple - 15 October 2010
From Iraq to Iran : The Hamilton Road Took the Hamilton Road from Arbil (Iraq) to Orumiye (Iran). Long ass journey for a short distance because most of it is on winding mountain road built by Kiwi engineer Archibald Hamilton from 1928-1932. Read about the spectacular scenery from LP and scenery did not disappoint. Sun baked mountains, lush blonde pastures (looking like they've been shampooed &
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Day 242: Shh.. Don’t tell mom we’re in Iraq!
Blog: Diaries of a Vagabonding Couple - 13 October 2010
Overlooking Dohuk Iraqi Kurdistan to be precise, the northern region of Iraq that enjoys a high degree of autonomy, commonly known as “the other Iraq”. This is the region liberated by the US following the 2003 Iraq War and fall of Saddam’s regime. The Kurds were severely oppressed by Hussein, whose crimes against humanity include genocide of Kurds in a chemical attack on the Kurdish city of
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World Travel is Risky – Get Travel Insurance
Blog: Vagobond.com - 8 October 2010
World travel can be dangerous and expensive. One thing you don't want to do is get stuck somewhere with no money, no options, and no chance to save yourself. That's where travel insurance can really come in handy.
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Day 236: A country of ruins vs. a country in ruin
Blog: Diaries of a Vagabonding Couple - 5 October 2010
Palmyra in a pinkish gold hue Wow. Palmyra is amazing at sunset. Probably the most impressive of Roman ruins I've seen... Colonnade, arches, porticos, temples, it's not hard to imagine this city in its heyday and how awe inspiring it must have felt upon entering its main gate. And even more so at sunset as the pink granite scattered over the enormous site turns rosy gold. Went out to the ruins
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Kurdistan
Blog: Leave Me Here - 14 September 2010
Final diary entry from Iraq(?).. and how much pocket money you’ll need. (Lonely Planet readers, you’ll need to come to my actual blog website to view the video) The cost of backpacking in Iraq..or, for political correctness.. Iraqi Kurdistan. Whilst in Kurdistan, I kept track of every single cent we spent, because I knew someone [...]
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Backpacking in Iraq.
Blog: Leave Me Here - 24 August 2010
Leave your misconceptions at the border. After a hectic trans Syria/Eastern Turkey jaunt, and a day to recover in downtown Dohuk, we start to head East and really begin to see what traveling in Northern Iraq is all about. Which, surprisingly, is not alot. Shit is tame, and just as safe as anywhere else in [...]
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Baghdad in War Time
Blog: A Traveler's Library - 24 August 2010
Destination: Baghdad, Iraq Book: Barefoot in Baghdad: A Story of Identity – My Own and What It Means to Be a Woman in Chaos (NEW August 2010) by Manal M. Omar A GUEST POST by Wynne Brown (You may remember Wynne Brown’s review of Riding by Faith from Mexico to Canada Across America. Now she [...]This content is a post from: A Traveler's Library To comment on this post or search for related information, click on the link to A Traveler's Library
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The Road to Halabajah (Part 6)
Blog: GoBackpacking - 19 May 2010
This is the next guest post in a series by Kevin Post. Check back each Wednesday to follow his adventures in Iraq. If you want to guest post on Go Backpacking, please read more here. I went back to what I called the “compound�? incredibly stressed about my situation: simply I couldn’t leave Iraq and I couldn’t [...]--------- Join Travel Blog Success today and learn to build a better travel blog. Membership includes 12 lessons, community forum, audio interviews, and a blog.
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The Road to Halabajah (Part 5)
Blog: GoBackpacking - 12 May 2010
This is the next guest post in a series by Kevin Post. Check back each Wednesday to follow his adventures in Iraq. If you want to guest post on Go Backpacking, please read more here. I ran out of money and hadn’t eaten regularly the past few days, and when [...]--------- Join Travel Blog Success today and learn to build a better travel blog. Membership includes 12 lessons, community forum, audio interviews, and a blog.
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Stuff Europe, I’m going backpacking in Iraq
Blog: Backpackular Spectacular - 6 May 2010
So you’ve been to South America? Lame. You’ve travelled India? Real original. Don’t even bother mentioning Europe. Why don’t you go somewhere a little bit more challenging? Somewhere that’s still fresh from war. Or is still at war even. Stuart Lachlan Moore is 23-years-old and has just returned from a trip to Iran and Iraq. [...]
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The Road to Halabajah (Part 4)
Blog: GoBackpacking - 5 May 2010
I arrived in Iraq at a bad time, as Turkey had recently invaded Northern Iraq.--------- Join Travel Blog Success today and learn to build a better travel blog. Membership includes 12 lessons, community forum, audio interviews, and a blog.
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The Road to Halabajah (Part 3)
Blog: GoBackpacking - 28 April 2010
This is the next guest post in a series by Kevin Post. Check back each Wednesday to follow his adventures in Iraq. If you want to guest post on Go Backpacking, please read more here. The conversation between the driver and me on the way to Irbil was mainly in Turkish because my Kurdish [...]--------- Join Travel Blog Success today and learn to build a better travel blog. Membership includes 12 lessons, community forum, audio interviews, and a blog.
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The Road to Halabajah (Part 2)
Blog: GoBackpacking - 21 April 2010
One of the soldiers held up his cell phone playing “My Heart Will Go On�? by Celine Dion.--------- Join Travel Blog Success today and learn to build a better travel blog. Membership includes 12 lessons, community forum, audio interviews, and a blog.
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The Road to Halabajah (Part 1)
Blog: GoBackpacking - 14 April 2010
I finally had the opportunity to realize my dream to visit the Kurdish regions of the Middle East.--------- Join Travel Blog Success today and learn to build a better travel blog. Membership includes 12 lessons, community forum, audio interviews, and a blog.
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Cities of Iraq – Uruk, Ur and Eridu
Blog: Cities for People - 29 March 2010
Creativity, Wealth Creation, Defence, Environmental Degradation – four key lessons that I take from the planet’s earliest cities, which were located in southern Mesopotamia. The place we today call Iraq. Let me explain why I think Creativity, Wealth Creation, Defence and Environmental Degradation were important to southern Mesopotmia. Background to Sumerian Civilization Uruk, Ur and Eridu were just [...]
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Kuwait House of National Memorial Museum
Blog: Sophie's World - 1 November 2009
After dropping me off at the Kuwait House of National Memorial Museum, Assis, my taxi driver for the day, makes sure I see the Iraqi tank displayed outside. Entering, I pay 1 KD and get a personal guide, Sakina. She starts by reeling off names of former sheikhs; the earliest ones are names on [...]
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Lazy Sunday Photo: Faces of the Fallen
Blog: Atlas Parasite - 29 August 2009
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Lonely Planet IRAQ!
Blog: 2 Crabs - 14 May 2009
I am pleased to announce that my Lonely Planet travel guide to IRAQ is going on sale today. This is the first real travel guide to Iraq in nearly 20 years! It's part of the Lonely Planet Middle East guidebook...
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Lonely Planet IRAQ!
Blog: 2 Crabs - 14 May 2009
I am pleased to announce that my Lonely Planet travel guide to IRAQ is going on sale today. This is the first real travel guide to Iraq in nearly 20 years! It's part of the Lonely Planet Middle East guidebook...
