Originally Posted by
stevie
Absolutely fascinating. Thanks so much for sharing.
Thank you,
stevie, a great few days in Mesopotamia
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Originally Posted by
kubrick
I love the contrast between the desert and the city. Great TR and we look forward to your next adventure, Daniel!
Cheers,
kubrick. Next TR will be visiting 2.5 countries in Eastern Europe
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Originally Posted by
londonfog
Wow!
By the way, in 1973 it was still possible to take the train to Baghdad from Istanbul. When I was 20, my (late) first wife and I traveled to Teheran by train from Istanbul, the Trans-Asian Express leaving Istanbul was a train of two halves, half of the train going to Teheran and the other half to Baghdad. The train would 'split' past the city of Van (I think)
Thanks,
londonfog. A train from Europe to the Middle East sounds so surreal, very different today unfortunately
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Originally Posted by
broenor
Very, very impressive trip report as always, both the text telling the different stories as well as the photos! I started thinking that I today only should read the first part, but was not able to stop until I had read the whole report :-)
Many thanks,
broenor. Good to hear you enjoyed it all in one go
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Originally Posted by
rob_flies_ua
So incredible. Thanks for sharing yet again.
Thank you,
rob_flies_ua. A great few days exploring a place that I mainly heard of before on CNN and in the NY Times.
Originally Posted by
TomMM
Mind sharing the name of the travel forum you are a member of?
Here it is:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/everypassportstamp/
Amazing report and photos. What an incredible looking trip, and as always, great photos of everything you did and saw. I felt like I was right there with you!
Many thanks,
757. Hopefully I've tempted you to visit sometime yourself
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Originally Posted by
Annalisa12
Great report and photos.
Cheers,
Annalisa12, a very interesting country with literally thousands of years of history.