Von Jordanien in den Irak: Ancient Wonders & Broken Borders
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From Aqaba to Ancient Petra: Driving Through the Desert of Wadi Rum
Jordan 🇯🇴 Aqaba, February 29, 2024 🇯🇴 Welcome to Jordan 🇯🇴! Crossing the border was quick and easy. After a little over two hours, everyone had made it through, and we headed for our parking spot in Aqaba. Once again, we’re in a resort parking lot—this time right on the beach. However, we decide to…
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From Petra to the Dead Sea: From the mountains of Wadi Musa to the salty sea
Wadi Musa / Kerak March 8, 2024 🇯🇴 From Wadi Musa / Petra, we continue on to Kerak, where we’re staying at a horse farm. The route is very spectacular but, aside from a turtle we almost ran over, uneventful. But days like this happen too, and we enjoy a little more time with a…
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From Amman to the Iraqi border: Leaving the capital for the desert border.
Mount Nebo / Moses' Mountain Mount Nebo is an elevated, rocky outcrop in the Kingdom of Jordan, 9 km northwest of Madaba and approximately 26 km from the Dead Sea. The mountain is known as the biblical site where Moses stood and looked out over the Promised Land, which he was never to set foot…
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From the Border to Baghdad: The Road Through Ramadi to Baghdad
Iraq 🇮🇶 Ramadi, March 20, 2024 🇮🇶 Today we’re continuing with our entry into Iraq. At 9:00 a.m., it’s time once again to hand over documents, get them back, drive 50 meters, and hand over the same documents again… here we’re learning to appreciate European borders. By around 12:00 p.m., we’re finally done with the…
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From Baghdad to Turkey via Kurdistan: Through the mountains of Kurdistan to Midyat
Iraq 🇮🇶 Through Wild Kurdistan March 24, 2024 🇮🇶 So here we are… we’re traveling through northern Iraq—or rather, through Kurdistan. With images of Kara Ben Nemsi and Hadji Halef Omar in mind, we head toward the internal Iraqi border full of anticipation. But before we set off, another adventure awaits us… filling up with…
