After months of paperwork and waiting did I finally receive my tourist visa for Baghdad and Iraq a country that since the western invasion in 2003, been considered to be one of the most dangerous cities on Earth.
During my travel in Iraq did I visit Baghdad - Samarra -Ctesiphon - The Ziggurat of Dur-Kurigalzu - Karbala - Najaf - Kufa -Babylon - The Mesopotamian Marshes - Basra.
And I even took the local train from Basra back to Baghdad.
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Maybe the most famous site in all of Baghdad together with the Victory Swords are the Al-Shaheed Monument also called the Martyrs Monument.
It is located in the middle on an artificial island on the eastern outskirts of Baghdad, which was opened in 1983 dedicated to the Iraqi soldiers who died in the Iraq-Iran 1980-1988.
It is located in the middle on an artificial island on the eastern outskirts of Baghdad, which was opened in 1983 dedicated to the Iraqi soldiers who died in the Iraq-Iran 1980-1988.
Old Town Basra
There's armored cars on every corner in Baghdad
AL-SHAHEED MONUMENT in Baghdad
Local train
Saddam Husseins old yatch in Basra
old houses in Basra
he Mesopotamian Marshes
Karbala
Shia Milita cars
Iraq make their own beer. Farida
Ctesiphon the last persian capital
Ferris wheel in Baghdad zoo
Saddam Husseins old palace in Basra
Old wrecks in the river in Basra, remains from the Iraq Iran war
Celebration in Najaf
Locals where extremeley friendly
Saddam Husseins palace in Babylon
inside Saddam Husseins palace in Babylon
inside Saddam Husseins palace in Babylon
inside Saddam Husseins palace in Babylon
roof painting inside the palace
inside Saddam Husseins palace in Babylon
Gates to Babylon
Maybe the last monument of Saddam Hussein in Iraq
THE ZIGGURAT OF DUR-KURIGALZU
Samarra Mosque
Local Shia soliders
Local tea house Baghdad
Iraq National Museum
Iraq National Museum
Iraq National Museum
