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From Al Hasake to Silopi

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The Kurdish people in Iraq are some of the most friendly and hospitable people you will ever meet. During my visit, I met and accompanied a group of university students to their classess, was taken in by a local family and even learned a few Kurdish dance steps while on a typical picnic.
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From Al Hasake to Silopi

February 17, 2007
From Al Hasake, I proceeded to cross the Turkish border at Nusaybin and then travelled via Cizre and Silopi to the Kurdistan Iraq border crossing at Habur.
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The road from Al HAsake to Qamisli.
The road from Al HAsake to Qamisli.
Friendly Turkish border guards at …
Friendly Turkish border guards a…
The road to Cizre, Turkey
The road to Cizre, Turkey
The signpost in downtown Cizre.
The signpost in downtown Cizre.
Some very friendly Kurdish shop ow…
Some very friendly Kurdish shop …
The mosque in Cizre
The mosque in Cizre
Some Turkish fellows I spent three…
Some Turkish fellows I spent thr…
Turkish pastry called Kunefe or Ka…
Turkish pastry called Kunefe or …
A baby sheep joins the rest of us …
A baby sheep joins the rest of u…
The line-up of semi-trucks headed …
The line-up of semi-trucks heade…
Approaching the Habur border cross…
Approaching the Habur border cro…
853 km (530 miles) traveled
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