From Duhok in Iraqi Kurdistan, I wanted to cross over to Southeastern Turkey. I crossed the border at Ibrahim Khalil/Habur and here is my guide and report of the crossing.
Erbil: a guide to Iraqi Kurdistan’s capital
Everyone had raved to me about Sulaymaniyah. However, it was actually Erbil that I came to really like. The city is Iraqi Kurdistan’s capital and is one of the oldest continuously inhabited places in the world. The central citadel has been continuously lived in for 7000 years, and is now a built up, manmade hill …
Sulaymaniyah: Iraqi Kurdistan’s cultural capital
I was really unsure what to expect in Iraqi Kurdistan. After crossing the border from Iran, my first destination was Sulaymaniyah, the region’s second largest city. I had heard that Sulaymaniyah was a very modern, almost European-style city… whatever that really means. However, I can see how people would describe it in this way, with …