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City Post: Kurdistan Part Four (Guided Tour Day Three and Departure)
The final day of my tour with Govand was by no means the most interesting from a historical perspective, but it was by far the most...
Jack
Apr 24, 2024
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City Post: Kurdistan Part Three (Guided Tour Day Two)
The second day of my tour with Govand was focused on some of Iraqi Kurdistan's non-religious history. While Kurdistan has not been an...
Jack
Apr 22, 2024
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City Post: Iraqi Kurdistan - Part Two (Guided Tour Day One)
This is part two of my time in Iraqi Kurdistan. If you haven't checked out the first post, go give it a read! -------------- I decided to...
Jack
Apr 19, 2024
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City Post: Iraqi Kurdistan - Part One (Erbil)
I couldn't believe I had landed back in Iraq, this time on a civilian aircraft. I met a guy on the plane who was a soldier returning from...
Jack
Apr 16, 2024
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Explainer Post: Visiting Iraqi Kurdistan - Rationale and Prep-Work
Iraq. A combat zone, a geopolitical hotbed for the US and Iran, the only place I've ever been shot at. Aka a perfect place to go on The...
Jack
Apr 14, 2024
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City Post: Amman
Amman was not my favourite city. Actually, I would probably say it was my least favourite. I just wanted too get that out of the way up...
Jack
Apr 4, 2024
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City Post: Petra
Petra is one of the seven Modern Wonders of the World, and there was no way I was going to be this close to it and not go. Getting to...
Jack
Apr 2, 2024
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City Post: Aqaba
The flight to Aqaba was short, but interesting. I noticed pretty quickly as we were approaching Jordan that we weren't taking a...
Jack
Mar 31, 2024
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