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Great news, thank you so much.
Could you please provide information where you crossed which border? How was the military responding to you as a (rare) tourist? From what I remember, border staff in Iraq is easy going whereas things become rough on the turkish side. Is that correct? |
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Hi Wwdent. I entered the border crossing from Turkish Ibrahim Kalil Harbur on August 23th and went to the same border crossing on August 26th. In Kurdistan was everything fine, in Turkey a little more questions from the military and the police, but everything was ok. On return, I was kept at the border crossing for checking, 1h longer than usual. It is simply unusual for Europeans to go to this part of the world - this was an explanation. Kurds, Turks and Iraqis are very friendly people. You do not need to mention the word Kurdistan, to turkish army and the police, although it happened to me - I forgot and nothing went wrong |
Hi Stefan,
Thank you for providing this update. I'm a New Zealander thinking of doing the same run this year. I do have a question for you about the bike. Did the Iraq customs require any kind of Carnet for the bike when you entered or did they just check your registration papers and let you in? Also did you have to purchase motorcycle Liability insurance at the border? I'd be interested to know more details about he Iraq border crossing as far as the paperwork required. Did you exit Iraq via the same border crossing? thanks! |
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You dont need carnet for Iraq. they just checkd my registration papers and the serial number of motorcycle. I paid 10$ for something like insurance. Like every border you need passport for you and registration papers of your vehicle. Nothing specials. I enterd and exit ont the same border crossing“Ibrahim Kalil Harbur”, From Turky to Iraq and back. |
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Hey Stefan,
what is your home Country? Do you speak any arabic? Trip Looks really interesting. Cheers Thomas |
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Hi Ktmdriver . I m from Montenegro. I do not speek arabic. Just English, Italian and Slavic languages. I understend few more languages but I do not speek them like : Albanian, Spanish, French, German. |
Thanks
Thanks for this useful information. We’re going through turkey to the Caucasus later this year and I’m hoping to go to Iraqi Kurdistan.
How long did you spend there? Was it enough to get a feel for the region? Cheers |
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Hi. I spent 4 days. It is not enough to feel any Country for 4 days. But I enjoyed very much. Stay as much as you can :) |
Do you need visa to enter in Iraq, or is in the border?
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Hi. You do not need visa for North Iraq (Kurdistan). If you go south ( Mosul or Bagdad) you need visa :) |
It's nice to hear the traditional hospitality to strangers in that part of the world still holds :)
However in view of the political situation I wonder how the authorities back home view visits to countries that are, at least in part, war zones. There have certainly been prosecutions in the UK of people visiting Syria without being able to give explanations acceptable to the government. |
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Hi Tomkat. In Montenegro we don’t have that kinde of problem. You can travel wherever you want. Just don’t go to fight. :) |
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