Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
travel blogs, backpackiraq on twitter
, A great travel blog from Joe, a Canadian who recently travelled through Iraqi Kurdistan. There are some fantastic photos from the various cities and the countryside around Halabja too.
His directions to the Red House Prison, aka. the torture museum, aka. the Amna Surka is "about 5 blocks west and 2 blocks north of the main pedestrian market street."
Importantly, he says "A recent law change ensures that it is now impossible to visit Arab controlled Iraq with the Kurdish issued visa. Much to my disappointment."
Even though I understand Baghdad and many parts of southern Iraq are generally safer than they were (that is, it's less likely you will get hit by a bomb), Mosul and Kirkuk still seem quite dangerous according to news reports.
For the Spanish speakers out there, there is a blog that describes a trip to Iraqi Kurdistan. But for the non-spanish speakers, it has a ton of great photos from Kurdistan. Worth a look.
You can now find backpackiraq on twitter. Other twitters related to Kurdistan and Iraq are:
American Voices, a group doing music/arts projects in Kurdistan among other locations,
Barham Salih, the Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister, taking democracy to the people via twitter,
Salam Pax, the blogger from Baghdad.
His directions to the Red House Prison, aka. the torture museum, aka. the Amna Surka is "about 5 blocks west and 2 blocks north of the main pedestrian market street."
Importantly, he says "A recent law change ensures that it is now impossible to visit Arab controlled Iraq with the Kurdish issued visa. Much to my disappointment."
Even though I understand Baghdad and many parts of southern Iraq are generally safer than they were (that is, it's less likely you will get hit by a bomb), Mosul and Kirkuk still seem quite dangerous according to news reports.
For the Spanish speakers out there, there is a blog that describes a trip to Iraqi Kurdistan. But for the non-spanish speakers, it has a ton of great photos from Kurdistan. Worth a look.
You can now find backpackiraq on twitter. Other twitters related to Kurdistan and Iraq are:
American Voices, a group doing music/arts projects in Kurdistan among other locations,
Barham Salih, the Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister, taking democracy to the people via twitter,
Salam Pax, the blogger from Baghdad.
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