Agree with the rest, simply one of the best trip reports on flyertalk.

Incredible. "Trip Report" doesn't come near to doing this piece of work justice. Thank you.

What an incredible TR! The amount of research that must've gone into this must have been mind blowing. Combine that with the fantastic photography and you've got what I would say is the best TR posted on Flyertalk!

A question popped into my head that I forgot to ask. You kept getting media passes, had an armed guard, fixer, etc. You certainly seemed to have some in depth access to many varied locations and people.

Was this a trip just for yourself, or were you representing an organization on the trip? Will the pictures and story be used or published in other places?

Thank you for this revealing and educative TR. Hands down my favorite piece on FT.

My company turns down potential work in some of the less stable regions of the world and for the most part I am thankful for that. However, I really appreciate people like yourself who are willing to take the risks and share those experiences with others. Safe Travels.

I can't add anything to what has already been said. So I will simply say thank you DanielW for an incredible report. Just amazing.

Well done. Terrific report on an obviously not popular place to go.

Some questions:
1) how many hours did it take to arrange all this?

2) when you go and eat in a restaurant for three people for $10USD total or whatever, do you ever feel that you should tip a bunch just because the people there have lived through such devastation? Your way of giving charity?

3) are you ever able to send a copy of the photos to the people in the street or shops that you photograph?

Outstanding. What struck me was the shoes of many of the YPG fighters. They could be you or I when thrust into a conflict to defend everything that you believe in...

Also, that so much time had allowed these barbaric people to get entrenched to the point where they had commercial signs made to spread their hate and propaganda...

The thing that stuck me as something so many take for granted was the comment from the boy on the bike who was just happy he could go back to school now that these barbaric people were gone.

Man you're a lot braver than me! AWESOME TR btw!

I'm rendered speechless by the power of this report.

Thank you for sharing it with us.

Greg

Just finished reading this epic TR! Well done.. Those fighting ladies are awesome.. I had no idea and now I know more. Thank you

Stunning stuff

I swear DanielW will one day do a trip report from Narnia or the moon or something.

I am without words DanielW. Thank you!

Always such a treat to see what DanielW puts together

Adding my thanks for an incredible piece of work. Really compelling to see this as compared with 30 second stories on what passes for "News" anymore.

Bravo.