Backpacking in Iraq: Staying at the Bikhal Hotel in Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan
I’ve written up lots of stories from my 10 days backpacking in Iraq but I have yet to cover all of my hotel stays there so expect me to write about them all at some…
The Nearest Thing Iraq Has to a Backpacker’s Hostel: The Parlaman Hotel in Duhok
I’ve written up lots of stories from my 10 days backpacking through Northern Iraq but I have yet to cover any of my hotel stays there – I stayed in 4 different hotels in Iraqi…
Top 12 Travel Highlights of 2014
I’m pretty busy at the moment trying to go through all my unwritten posts, but it’s still nice to reflect on a top 12 travel moments of the year – something I did a similar…
Touring a Toy Shop in Robia, Iraqi Kurdistan
When we backpacked in Iraqi Kurdistan there were a load of just random places we visited and memories to last a lifetime. Just small little things that seemed quite cool. First of all, Iraqi Kurdistan…
Backpacking in Iraqi Kurdistan: Top 10 Things to see and do in Sulaymaniyah
As part of my ongoing reports from backpacking in Iraqi Kurdistan I now report on my time in the city of Sulaymaniyah. After seeing the impressive mountain village of Amadiya, touring Duhok and Sulav, we headed…
5 Most Horrific Places To Go Backpacking In
Don’t paint yourself a picture of travelling as beaches, hot sun and cocktails please. That’s not backpacking, and in all honesty it’s not reflective of travel as a whole and it’s certainly biased. You’re only…
A Backpacker’s Guide to Iraqi Kurdistan
Having recently backpacked in northern Iraq in the region known as Iraqi Kurdistan, I felt that a backpacker’s overview was in store. It’s rare for me to give an overview of a country in a…
Fridays Featured Food: Hotel Breakfast in Sulaymaniyeh, Kurdistan, Iraq
So you want to know what breakfast in Iraq is like?? Well my only real experience of this came in a hotel in the city of Sulaymaniyeh, which is in Iraqi Kurdistan and I’ve no…
Backpacking in Ainkawa: A Christian Suburb of Erbil, Kurdistan, Iraq
When you travel in the Middle East you get used to Mosques. Islam is the main religion and there are Mosques everywhere. However, Christians, Jews and Buddhists also reside in these parts of course. But…
The Mountain Village of Sulav, Kurdistan, Iraq
We ended up in the village of Sulav in the Kurdistan part of Iraq. It wasn’t the initial plan to visit Sulav, but we decided to hitch a ride there after exploring the amazing mountain…