Kampf mit der Hitze im Irak / Kurdistan | Fahrradweltreise im Nordirak [#12]

What do you think of when you hear Iraq? What are your first thoughts about this?

I think most people will probably associate it with negative things that they may have heard in the news somewhere,

which is a real shame b

ecause this country has

so much more to offer.

On our trip around the world we cycled through the

north of Iraq for two weeks. This region is called Kurdistan and maybe

after watching this video you will have a different image of the country than before.

Yes, we only have 3 km left towards Iraq and as a precautionary measure we are now trying

to hide our drone here. We don't know whether we're allowed to take them with us in Iran

, I don't know in Iraq, so we're putting them in the food bag somewhere now, I would

put it in the pot, so take the spices out in the pot, yes I think that Look in the pot to see

if there is anything to eat in

it. Yes, one thing is certain

, I don't think they'll check.

So far everything has actually gone wonderfully, and one thing like that is that

you have to fill out the visa application online and that didn't work. We

tried with six credit cards, including my parents' ones, and something like that, it just didn't work

and it was now like Asterix and Obelix at the office, it took three hours until we

found someone who would put us through this and

they are now checking all the cars down to the last one... hopefully they won't check our pots.

So now we are

in Iraq. Finally. Franzy

had to pee and then we

had 20 people around and

gave us a whole bag of sweets. What a

reception at the gas station. Franzy

just wanted to pee and then they all multiply so quickly. Crazy.

They're all nice, we're so excited about Iraq, you can't

imagine it. So in Turkey we were just exotics and here we are just aliens, you

really have to put it that way... The food there was

really tasty and they just gave it to us as a gift,

now they're giving us food in the restaurant. Yes, on the street and

we understand that, but in the restaurant hey, you are our guests, you get the food for free. Just like that.

I said hey, no nonsense,

I'll pay for

it all! But n

othing can be

done... What

's going on here?

[Music] The sun has already set

and we are still in the city center, now we have to

accelerate a bit to somehow get out of the city to

pitch our tent. On the way a car stopped us and asked if we were with

them want to sleep because it is already dark. We were happy about the invitation and

followed her in the car to her house and had a lovely evening with the family.

Good morning, we just woke up and whe

n we got up, Hans noticed that he was

n't feeling well and that his fever was real

ly over 39. Now we'll have to go to a hotel,

wait a few days and see if it gets better

. Good morning, I'm fine Better again, we now spent 5 nights here in the hotel

and it was really good, I only had a fever for a day, I have to say,

but if you have a fever then we'd better rest for a few days longer so that

you don't have to go through this shit unnecessarily carries around with him. And yes we fit. It's 6:30 a.m. and way too hot.

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