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| Our journey from Tabriz to Sanandoj then onto Merrivan form there to Powe to Kermanshan |
25/11/11 Journal Entry
Sanadoj to Merrivan then Hawraman on the Iraq border.
(Do not worry there is a huge mountain range between us and Iraq, one road). We are safe, 2 military checkpoints and a police road block to go through.
As usual an early start and another magic brekkie of tea, biskit, honey and fetta. We got some good advice from a passer by and got a taxi out to the mini bus stands and onto a bus on the spot and we were away front seat and all.
Arrived Merrivan and a good Samaritan told us there was a new hotel at Howraman which is where we wanted to go.
But how to get there.
Easy hire a driver and car.
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| Our car and driver |
Right on the spot.
Off we go.
Nosoud.
Then the hotel.
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| Hotel Howraman wowwie. No problem we were the soul inhabitants of a 35 room brand new hotel. |
No food
No heat
But hot water and a loo.
Yes, gold at last.
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| Carpets and all. Our hotel fabulous felt rugs. |
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| Now who are these foreigners. A local watches us. |
Time to explore as it is mid afternoon and we have had nothing to eat since brekkie.
We found there is no eating house in this village.
Enter this young samaritan. This guy and his mates drove us to the closest kebab shop about 30 minutes down the road and waited for us to finish then drove us back.
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| Our good samaritan, or angels as we called them. 30 minutes to the Kebab shop and back. |
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| Citt with the girls at school |
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| This old fellow. Which one is oldest? |
Tomorrow we leave this place.
Howraman and the valley
Is this the last bastion of true Kurdistan?
Houses on steep hill. The roof is your neighbour's floor
National costumes
Kurdish tongue
Hospitality like no other
No power
No running water
But heaps of heart and passion.
They have told us there is no transport and the road hardly exists from here to Pavou.
So we are just gunna wing it again.
Citt reckons it will be OK.
What do you think?
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