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Travel Iraqi Kurdistan

http://www.joaoleitao.com/iraqikurdistan/

This blog shares information about travel in Kurdistan in northern Iraq, gathered during a trip in August 2009.

• Added on: Oct 10th, 2009
• Country: Iraq
• Language: English

• Author: Joao Leitao
• Listed in: Travel Destinations
• Tags: travel holidays Istanbul iraq kurdistan erbil

Recent Posts

• Iraqi government refused to recognize contracts of foreign Oil companies operating in Kurdistan

  Posted on Friday October 16th, 2009 at 18:09 in oil, news, President, companies, iraq, kurdistan, baghdad, nytimes, oil companies, petroleum, exports, iraqi

  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 h...

• Kurdish-Arab relations in Iraq under critical moments

  Posted on Monday October 12th, 2009 at 04:33 in christian, news, iraq, arab, kurdistan, baghdad, United Nations, us military, islamists, parliament, socialists, kurds

  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...

• Hotel Otel Lider, Hotel in Bus Terminal, Hotel Istanbul Turkey

  Posted on Saturday October 10th, 2009 at 06:46 in Hotel, accommodation, Turkey, Istanbul, bus, esenler otogari

  Istanbul offers various accommodation options and even in the bus station there is a nice, cozy and cheap hotel. If you intend to get your Bus to Iraq from OTOGAR Bus Terminal in Istanbul, this is the best option for you. During my experience on this...

• Bus Dohuk to Istanbul, Iraq to Turkey by Bus

  Posted on Wednesday October 7th, 2009 at 18:33 in travel, Middle East, Turkey, Turkish, Istanbul, trip, iraq, border, transportation, kurdistan, taxi, bus

  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 ...

• Shared Taxi from Salahaddin to Erbil, Taxi Iraqi Kurdistan

  Posted on Wednesday October 7th, 2009 at 04:16 in trip, iraq, mountains, transportation, kurdistan, taxi, irbil, erbil, salahaddin, hawler

  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. Che...

• Hitchhiking Dohuk to Akre, Hitchhiking in Iraqi Kurdistan

  Posted on Wednesday September 30th, 2009 at 06:19 in travel, video, Middle East, Car, trip, iraq, hitchhiking, transportation, kurdistan, kurds, yazidi, waterfall

  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,...

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