We crossed the Iraq-Turkey border and it was pretty terrible.
Gotta be honest we had no idea how to cross over into Turkey so just jumped into a taxi to the border area and hoped for the best.
We found ourselves in an empty car park with a lone white man and some dodgy blokes, we did a bit of hard bargaining and managed to bad ourselves a seat over to the Turkish side.
The plot thickened as half way through crossing the border we were enlisted to help the lads smuggle a load of tax free goods ahah what a place eh.
Once in Turkey we were dropped off in a little town called Silope, we had no money and after a struggle managed to change some dollars into Turkish lira then on we went to our final destination, Mardin.
Upon arriving in the ancient Southeastern Turkish city of Mardin we took a couple of free buses into the city center, had our first Turkish doner then walked to our hotel which happened to be in a very old house. This hotel was pretty cool to be honest and from the terrace we had views all the way into Syria.
I can't think of a worse border crossing, this one's definitely worth avoiding!
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Chapters:
0:00 Taxi To The Border
1:35 Bus Problems
3:41 Exiting Iraq
6:38 We're On A Smugglers Bus
8:05 People Have Been Waiting For 24 Hours
9:00 Entering Turkey!
10:35 Dodgy Minivan Journey
12:30 Turkish Buses Ain't Cheap (No Money)
15:19 Luxury Snazzy Bus
18:30 Mardin Bus Station Is Pants
19:49 Kind Bus Drivers Let Us On Free
23:24 First Doner In Turkey
26:37 Ancient House Accommodation Tour
28:21 World's Worst Border Crossing (Iraq Turkey)
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24 июл 2024
