Originally Posted by
Palal
Epic trip report! Looks like a great trip!
How much does something like this cost and what did you have to do to arrange it?
Thank you,
Palal
. It it was 1700 pounds for the trip, including food, tips, incidentals etc. except airfare. Julian organised the trip. He visited a few years ago as part of a tour and used the same fixer/guide, Raad:
Baghdad to Basra Challenge - Banger Rally, Plymouth Dakar, Banjul Challenge, Timbuktu, Morocco, Banger Challenge, Nouakchott, Banger Rallies, Murmansk Dakar Challenge 2015
Originally Posted by
fotographer
What a truly wonderful report, I very much enjoyed your report, especially since I doubt that I will ever get a chance to visit
. Glad you had so much fun
Many thanks,
fotographer. Although they get plenty of pilgrims, I think annual western tourists to Iraq number only in the hundreds so was great to get a chance to visit this unique country.
Originally Posted by
07L 25R
Wow. Hoping to get a chance to visit in the future myself!
Thanks,
07L 25R. Safety seems to be relatively good at the moment so a great time to go.
Originally Posted by
kalderlake
Amazing.
Thanks for another excellent trip report.
kl
Cheers,
kalderlake. A fascinating destination and great to spend a week seeing the very interesting sights.
Originally Posted by
isabeloh
This was absolutely amazing, thank you. (And I'm not ashamed to admit I Googled your سيدتين caption. Ha!)
Thanks,
isabeloh. Yes, I used Google for the translation too
.
Originally Posted by
chongl
Amazing as usual. You never fail to capture the rawness and emotion in your images
Thank you,
chongl. Yes, a great place to experience some interesting sights and photograph them too.
Originally Posted by
lds89
Incredible trip report, as always. Thank you for bringing us to these further flung destinations!
Many thanks,
lds89. I've been wanting to visit the country for a while, so was awesome to be finally to be able to do so.
Originally Posted by
GSBtravels
As always, a fascinating and incredible trip report. Love the pictures and history lessons that accompany each of your reports.
Did you have police escort only while in Basra?
Thanks,
GSBtravels. We had a policeman guiding us at the stadium in Basra, not no police escort other than that. Raad said that he had had them before, but said they were more hassle than they were worth.