Album: Iraq July 2004 In Album: Mr.X Home \ Terje Sørgjerd \ Travel  152 images in this album We passed many sunflower fields on our way through Turkey * We have decided to go to Iraq On our way to Habur and the border of Iraq Dererrent in the road on our way to Iraq The land Driving by Tigris we saw many military bases * Tigris and a military base near the border of Iraq We stoped for some Coca Cola in Cizre close to Iraq * The city of Cizre A salesman in Cizre * Baharat Bharat Chips or Dips? * The people of Cizre was curious on us tourists In the streets of Cizre Marianne is trying to be understood in Cizre Terje bought Baharat chips in Cizre Curious people of Cizre near the border of Iraq Marianne and the men of Cizre * Heavy traffic to Iraq The way to Habur and Iraq Close to Iraq we saw tanks on the road People in the road A look at Tigris * Tigris river A military base on a hill in Iraq Passing Silopi the nearest Turkish city to Iraq * The line of trucks by the border of Iraq lasted forever, at least 25-30km.. we dodged the traffic by hitting the oposite road. :-) A huge line of trucks * Not mutch traffic comming out of Iraq A mosque and a military base on the Turkish side of the Iraq border * We were closer to the Iraq border than we knew Habur The first checkpoint at the border of Iraq Inside Iraq, we switch cabs. Here is our taxi driver Seyfi and a US Army officer going to Mosul sharing a cab with us The food in Iraq border was delicious It was crowded at the cafe, a lot of iraqi people, mostly kurds The great food in Iraq * Some of the people Lunch time A lot of taxis and military outside the cafe Our security boss Seyfi and an Iraqi taxidriver In the eyes of an Iraqi man, what have these eyes seen? * Building Zakhu city in Iraq * We are in the Kurdish zone of Iraq, Zakhu is primary a kurdish city, but there are still a lot of arabs living here. A big building in Iraq An official building in Zakhu in Iraq * In Zakhu everything was on arabic or kurdish * The signs of an Iraqi car Looking in the eyes of an Iraqi man * Some kurdish or arabic inscriptions Not easy to read thise flags The people of Zakhu in Iraq * An Iraqi couple in Zakhu * A statue of someone kurdish (couldn't read the arabic text beneath it. but sure looks like 'em.. :-) * A statue * Tigris and Zakhu * The streets of Zakhu in Iraq * An Iraqi man in Zakhu * Arabic writing in Zakhu * The houses of Zakhu * The city of Zakhu * Tigris river goes all the way to bagdad, it's a beauty * Zakhu Iraqi traffic in Zakhu * Cables in Zakhu * Iraqi car sign People in Zakhu Traffic in Zakhu A bus in Zakhu Burka woman and a Iraqi man * Iraqi building * Zakhu was a busy town Iraq * Maybe the only sign in Zaku with english writing * Policeman in Iraq * The General Library in Zakho * Taksi In the streets of Zakhu * Zakho in Iraq * Glas house in Zakho * Dealers in Zakho Daylife in Iraq Picturing Iraq * A house Serving * Kiosk in Iraq * Iraqi workshop, some arab came out stirring at my camera, our "boss" told me to hide the camera and look away.. scary.. Never seen so much hate in anybodies eyes before, and he kept stirring for at least 3min.. * Driving around * The Gate to Mosul City * Grafiti * A poor place and a poor city. Zakhu was a polluted city * In was very beatiful by Tigris * We were in Iraq for five hours * The city of Zakhu by the Turkish border * A boy by Tigris * What are they looking at * Walking over Tigris * Two men by Tigris On a hill Taking a swim in Tigris * Our friend and security guard in Iraq Tigris view * Marianne & Terje by the Tigris River in Zakhu * Our guards in Iraq Seyfi and his friends A bridge over troubled water or over the beautiful Tigris * A cafe by Tigris A view over Tigris * The car we drove around in People bathing in Tigris * A wall in Iraq Driving in Iraq * Seyfi and Marianne by Tigris * By the Tigris River * The view of Tigris River * Looking into Tigris * A bridge over Tigris * A view over Zakhu in Iraq * A green hill in Zakhu The Tigris River * The Tigris River Looking down at Tigris River * The beauty of Tigris River Marianne and the men in Iraq * By Tigris in Zakhu * Highway to Iraq Looking at the mountains of Iraq * In the crazy traffic * Roundabouts with traffic lights! eww! Roundabout with traffic light too bee on the sure side or to make caos A mosque at a petrol station outside Urfa Filling Korzunsus ouside Urfa It not full until til flows over The men who has loaded this truck has done a good job Typical load of Turkish trucks Some responsibility to drive this one A well loaded truck Not easy to give the hight of this one Our car A pertol offisi and A mowque outside Urfa * Driving through Sanliurfa * Terje is tired of driving A military base by our way from Iraq The road out of Urfa * On the crazy roads of Turkey Sunset over Turkey * Sunset over Southeastern Anatolia in Turkey * Sunset on the way from Urfa Sunset with two suns * Our car in sunset Renault Magan in sunset A mosque and a truck in the night Terje is down loose after a very long day of driving (0600 - 2230) EWW! Terje laying flat on a truck stop outside Adana, he almost passed out. It was time to rest.. :-) *

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