Day 2.

Breakfast at the hotel on the morning of day 2 where they had quite a comprehensive selection of food on offer.


After meeting up in the lobby we then headed out to do some sightseeing around Baghdad.

Passing by the famous Hotel Palestine. Built in 1982 and originally operated by the French hotelier Le Méridien as the Palestine Méridien Hotel until UN sanctions were imposed following the first Gulf War.


From the first Gulf War in 1991 through to the 2003 US-led invasion of Iraq, the hotel was also a popular base for foreign media. In April 2003 a controversial incident occurred when an American tank fired a shell on the hotel, killing two Spanish journalists and wounding three others. Being outside the fortified Green zone, the hotel also suffered frequent attacks during the turmoil of the US occupation, and multiple people were killed after a truck bomb destroyed the hotel lobby in October 2005.

Passing by some shops as the working day begins.


Outside Baghdad Central Station for our first stop of the day.


The station was designed and built by British architects and completed in 1953.


The very grand and impressive main hall.