Archive for July, 2015

Back to Erbil

Back to Erbil

Back to Erbil. It’s time to go home. I felt sad to leave this place, I had had such a good time. It was supposed to be a 4-5 hour drive back, but about two hours into the journey, our car broke down. We advanced at a turtle’s speed. Eventually, we stopped at the gas […]


Choman

Choman

We had one more day in Choman. It was our day off and I was looking forward to learning more about Kurdish culture and just wander around the city by myself. The Bakery: The day started by going to a local bakery. This ended up being quite an experience! So many people were queuing up […]


Mt Sakran

Mt Sakran

After a few hours of Choman, we went to another set of mountains named Sakran. We started off from a village with blue roofs and walked to a base camp just below the snow line. It was interesting to see that these little stone huts in the village all had satellite TV. The village itself […]