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Hitchhiking in kurdish hospitality
After a few days in Duhok, the third city of Iraqi Kurdistan, we start a journey in the mountainous regions of the East. As there is almost no public transport, we will have to hitchhike for some parts of the journey. A small glimpse of the Kurdish version of hospitality. On Sunday morning we are […]
Istanbul’s cats
No sooner had we dropped our backpacks than a little half-white, half-tiger kitten appeared to “attack” their straps. We are at Dogan and Alex’s, our hosts in Istanbul. A few weeks ago, they found him in the street, alone and hungry. He couldn’t have been more than 3 months old. They adopted him and named […]
A day in Lalish, the most sacred place of the Yezedis
For any trip to Iraqi Kurdistan, a visit to Lalish is a must. It is the spiritual centre of the Yezedis, a religious minority that has experienced countless persecutions throughout its history as they are said to have suffered no less than 70 genocides. The most recent was in 2017 when Daech killed more than […]
Departure
Monday February 6, 2023, gate 56 of Venice Marco Polo Airport. It is 10.30 a.m. and the stewardess has just invited the passengers to board Turkish Airlines flight 1668 to Istanbul. It’s finally time for the big departure. We can hardly believe it, as the wait has been so long… It was around September 2018 – […]
Marco Ossena
April 22, 2023 @ 5:14 pm
Très beau compte-rendu Tamara & Maxime.
Dommage qu’il n’y en ait pas davantage mais la page FB permet déjà de bien vous suivre.
Belle continuation.
m.ossena
April 25, 2023 @ 6:33 am
Merci! Les autres vont suivre 😉