Our drive through Eastern Kurdistan.
From the nomadic steppes of Kazakhstan to the frenetic streets of Hanoi, Asia is a continent so full of intrigue, adventure, solace, and spirituality that it has fixated and confounded travelers for centuries.
Our drive through Eastern Kurdistan.
The town of Akre, the capital of Newroz, lit up on Monday evening as fireworks filled its skies with over a hundred thousand people in the area to celebrate the Kurdish New Year by lighting fires. Despite the cold and windy weather, 2,723 torches were lit in Akre for the occasion as a...
We spent two nights in the breathtakingly beautiful little historic town of Akre. The town was built on the side of a mountain range at the edge of the Nineveh Plains by the Kurdish Prince Zand in 580 BC. It was traditionally a mixed town of Muslims, Jews, and Christians. Nowadays, Akre...
Visitors to Lalish are required to remove their shoes and walk barefoot as a sign of respect for the holy site (even outside). As usual, we were not lucky with the weather, and our feet froze during the visit to the holiest temple of the Yazidis, dating back about 4000 years. It’s...