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Exploring Erbil | Solo in IRAQI KURDISTAN

Drew Addis
2022 ж. 10 Қаз.
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Getting off the beaten path is the way to go! What an INCREDIBLE place in the world! People thought I was crazy for going to Iraqi Kurdistan but what more can I say. I’m not left speechless often but Iraqi Kurdistan did just that. The hospitality and friendliness of the people here was absolutely amazing! Traveling solo here was a surreal experience that I will never forget! Enjoy the first of this two part series in Iraqi Kurdistan!
And for all those wondering. I felt safer here than I do in the United States!
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  • I spend 5 days in the same hotel last summer. Erbil is an amazing town and a magical place. Iraqi Kurdistan rocks. Greetings from Germany.

    @KrawwelTheo@KrawwelTheo Жыл бұрын

    • You liked it? how so? Just curious

      @johnrimhong4287@johnrimhong4287 Жыл бұрын

    • @@johnrimhong4287 Well I’ve been on an bike trip from Germany to Iran. I decided to ride my bike to Erbil (Kurdistan is definitely not for biking). But I was also amazed by the people. This was my first real ‚middle east experience‘. The hotel was OKish. The cheapest available from the better ones. The Arabic quarter where it was located was nice an I loved that Iskan Street was right around the corner. Yummy 🤤

      @KrawwelTheo@KrawwelTheo Жыл бұрын

    • @@KrawwelTheo glad to hear you liked your experience , and yeah iskan is pretty great, you’re always welcome to come back to Kurdistan ❤️❤️❤️

      @johnrimhong4287@johnrimhong4287 Жыл бұрын

    • @@johnrimhong4287 I will! I had a serious accident in Iran and I am still recovering. I plan to go to Erbil end of summer this year. Enjoy your adventures my friend. I will follow your vlog.

      @KrawwelTheo@KrawwelTheo Жыл бұрын

    • @@KrawwelTheo I’m not a vloger or much of a traveler but thanks. And have a speedy recovery my friend.

      @johnrimhong4287@johnrimhong4287 Жыл бұрын

  • I've been to Kurdistan before well it was work related but I took a trip there when i was able I went to Erbil and it was one of the best trips I went on

    @alexmason2659@alexmason2659 Жыл бұрын

  • Glad you liked Erbil!

    @WallyZamwa@WallyZamwa8 ай бұрын

  • Me and 2 mates spent a week in Iraq last month we rented a jeep for $80 a day headed out to duhok and korek mountain super friendly people where ever we visited

    @darrengrimes4293@darrengrimes4293 Жыл бұрын

    • Glad you had a nice time here but our region is called iraqi Kurdistan, peace🤍

      @innaeieo6543@innaeieo654311 ай бұрын

  • Welcome to Kurdistan! Hope you had a great time.

    @johnrimhong4287@johnrimhong4287 Жыл бұрын

    • It was amazing! An incredible place in this world!!

      @DrewAddis@DrewAddis Жыл бұрын

    • @@DrewAddis thank you! That means a lot. Glad you had fun.

      @johnrimhong4287@johnrimhong4287 Жыл бұрын

  • Welcome .,to kurdstan KURDISH proud of You (brother americian )Long live kurdstan & U.S ✌

    @user-xq1lw4rs1v@user-xq1lw4rs1v7 ай бұрын

  • I love your videos from kurdistan❤️

    @Vinaaa40@Vinaaa409 ай бұрын

    • Really appreciate that!

      @DrewAddis@DrewAddis9 ай бұрын

  • Her bijî Kurdistan

    @dx_ream9277@dx_ream9277 Жыл бұрын

  • Hi Drew I been there 2012 for almost 1 year I travelled to amedi duhok and Sulamanya.. from Erbil to duhok thinks takes 4 hours to drive.. happy to visit there

    @maricellandicho341@maricellandicho341 Жыл бұрын

  • Love the Kurdish people.❤

    @d-mon8015@d-mon8015 Жыл бұрын

    • They are some of the friendliest people I've ever met!

      @DrewAddis@DrewAddis Жыл бұрын

    • Thank you

      @NetChalakwan@NetChalakwan Жыл бұрын

  • I've been to Philly and Phenix and I'm from KURDISTAN 😊!

    @rosyl.f.a7106@rosyl.f.a71068 ай бұрын

  • Love Sulaymaniyah, so beautiful city

    @ketoanias4991@ketoanias4991 Жыл бұрын

  • Kurdistan❤✌️

    @agakurdish4761@agakurdish476111 ай бұрын

  • Kurdistan ♥️♥️♥️

    @omidalizadeh5920@omidalizadeh59209 ай бұрын

  • I hope u had a lovely stay in my city ur welcome bless you

    @aqwsderxz@aqwsderxz11 ай бұрын

    • I most definitely did! The hospitality is unmatched.

      @DrewAddis@DrewAddis11 ай бұрын

  • I have friend from Kurdistan, eraqi. But we lost contact, i am so sad😔 his name monir hisen bamarni. I hope can meet him again

    @indoridesu6066@indoridesu6066 Жыл бұрын

  • 17:45 The guy in the taxi just waving in the backgrounds to the camera ☺

    @romanhama5377@romanhama53779 ай бұрын

  • 🇳🇱❤🇮🇶 She's crazy

    @Z_IXIN@Z_IXIN5 ай бұрын

  • Thanks for showing this ! Iraq Kurdistan region look awesome !

    @Reina.M540@Reina.M540 Жыл бұрын

    • It's a very unique place!

      @DrewAddis@DrewAddis Жыл бұрын

    • @@DrewAddis hi again and there is a question. I remember you have been spoken with a male Kurdish student at Süleymaniye. And the student was saying that he do not like Iraq gov. I thought since in the end of 2022, Iraq president who is Kurdish man was elected. Why he is still complaining about Iraq gov even though Kurdish get president position ??? It looks like Kurdish taking leader position doesn’t mean always satisfied all Kurdish people.

      @Reina.M540@Reina.M540 Жыл бұрын

    • @@DrewAddis stay at the place where you from because of you there is no kurdistan

      @mustsphamatto3601@mustsphamatto360111 ай бұрын

    • ​@@Reina.M540The president of Iraq and Kurdistan are no different، they are very corrupt if our people are publicly killed they have no problem thieves do whatever evil they do . And kurdish people 31 handle this we still don't have any treatment We've even done a lot of protests، but they even kill people in the protests، and if you're a student in Kurdistan، once you finish college، you can't have your own job، you just go home only those who are rich can have their own jobs and people who are doctors and lawyers. We are the must unlucky people💔

      @sulijinkpoptube2126@sulijinkpoptube21266 ай бұрын

  • Good on ya Man 💪💪

    @126Records@126Records11 ай бұрын

  • Kurdistan ❤

    @R5H3L@R5H3L10 ай бұрын

  • Welcome to kurdistan ❤️☀️💚

    @innaeieo6543@innaeieo654311 ай бұрын

  • Welcome to kurdistan

    @Vinaaa40@Vinaaa409 ай бұрын

  • I live in that area 😂❤

    @RabinKamal@RabinKamal9 ай бұрын

  • Nice work

    @Mars.Anderson@Mars.Anderson8 ай бұрын

  • Iraq and iraqi kurdistan is all about history of humanity!

    @Yanzer-LF@Yanzer-LF11 ай бұрын

  • Erbil citadel belong to over 6000 years ago , the city is one of early human settlement is summers in Mesopotamia. Erbil is where indo European family was born and evolved , Caucasians rice settled in Anatolia first once they domesticated horse they started to move to the west , they took la language with them and evolved to other European languages including English , ex English egg Kurdish hegg , English brother Kurdish brader, English change Kurdish shance, English Shame , Kurdish sharm, devil = dev, here = ere, two = du … eft

    @simko28@simko28 Жыл бұрын

  • Great video, thanks for sharing. love from Iran bro

    @HoomanBhr@HoomanBhr Жыл бұрын

    • Thanks man!!

      @DrewAddis@DrewAddis Жыл бұрын

  • Thank you for this beautiful video

    @EONASSSS@EONASSSS Жыл бұрын

    • You are welcome!

      @DrewAddis@DrewAddis Жыл бұрын

  • Thanks mate

    @bazandawdi4646@bazandawdi46462 ай бұрын

  • I can recommend a nice place in Erbil called Impair which is quite a nice place

    @abogarde3846@abogarde3846 Жыл бұрын

  • Iraq ❣😍

    @user-um3kh5id7g@user-um3kh5id7g8 ай бұрын

  • Magnificent

    @solarsolari6705@solarsolari6705 Жыл бұрын

  • welcome to Iraq

    @user-um3kh5id7g@user-um3kh5id7g8 ай бұрын

  • This is a good video, thanks Drew. Do you have more travels planned around the middle east?

    @johnny_c-l@johnny_c-l5 ай бұрын

    • Thank you! I hope in the near future!

      @DrewAddis@DrewAddis4 ай бұрын

  • ❤️☀️💚✌🏽✌🏽

    @poozaxo5763@poozaxo576311 ай бұрын

  • Welcome to Kurdistan ❤️

    @zerakteam3587@zerakteam35876 ай бұрын

  • Erbil❤❤❤

    @huriyeaslan2878@huriyeaslan28786 ай бұрын

  • ❤

    @MsSleymani@MsSleymani8 ай бұрын

  • KURDISTAN ✌️💋💋💋

    @omidalizadeh5920@omidalizadeh59209 ай бұрын

  • I live in Erbil and happy to say that you've visited most places that I like. I hope you enjoyed the food. However next time, try to clean the bread from the carbon that sometimes sticks to it. I always do.

    @waseemfaris5644@waseemfaris56447 ай бұрын

  • Beautifull

    @homamomar4600@homamomar460011 ай бұрын

  • 💙🌞

    @user-rd3nu7mp5l@user-rd3nu7mp5l7 ай бұрын

  • Dear Drew, you’re not the only tourist. You are surrounded by Arab, Iranian and Asian tourists.

    @adirbarhon3189@adirbarhon3189 Жыл бұрын

  • Welcome to our country bro..thank you for the our love show the world

    @Rebwaribrahim29@Rebwaribrahim29 Жыл бұрын

    • I appreciate you!

      @DrewAddis@DrewAddis Жыл бұрын

  • Recommend everyone to visit Kurdistan atleast once, there are very few places left in the world that show this kind of hospitality and kindnesses towards forginers and tourists nowadays. No one will try to force you in their shops or sell on to you stuff, in opposite as soon as they know you arent from there they will instead give you free stuff 😂Probably why other countries stole our lands that easily, just joking 😂 😂

    @romanhama5377@romanhama53779 ай бұрын

    • Spot on!

      @DrewAddis@DrewAddis9 ай бұрын

  • I love you Kurdistan💚❤️💛🦁💪🏽✌🏼🍀🫶🏼🍀🫶🏼💚❤️💛💪🏽✌🏼🇺🇸🇬🇫🇬🇫🇬🇫

    @kefayetekinci5350@kefayetekinci535010 ай бұрын

  • Yes we come go tothere if any many much money.

    @user-kd3us9cn7r@user-kd3us9cn7r5 ай бұрын

  • 喜欢你的视频。 谢谢

    @yiwanwu3398@yiwanwu3398 Жыл бұрын

  • That's hawler I live in this city so can u come back again to kurditan

    @nekuzo_chan@nekuzo_chan9 ай бұрын

  • Currently, the biggest opportunity for the Kurds to build a country is on the verge of war with Iran vs. Afghanistan. In this situation, if they secure Afghanistan's territory, declare the country, and strengthen the border with Iran, they can build a country sufficiently. We can do it the way Israel does it. It's a great opportunity

    @pokjunam2163@pokjunam216311 ай бұрын

    • Teşekürler dostum bende türkiye kürdüyüm ama bize ülkemizi kürdistan vermiyorlar ne yazıkki 😢

      @Ne_oluyor_orda@Ne_oluyor_orda11 ай бұрын

  • Kurdistan i love you more and more Kurdistan is very very very beautiful and very nice

    @najifariqabdelrahman9242@najifariqabdelrahman924211 ай бұрын

    • Very true

      @DrewAddis@DrewAddis11 ай бұрын

  • ❤❤❤

    @karwanramadan4669@karwanramadan46696 ай бұрын

  • Rawandiz is a city in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, located in the Erbil Governorate, it is located 10 km to the east from Bekhal Waterfall. The district is 123 km from Erbil

    @drmuhamedozturk7449@drmuhamedozturk7449 Жыл бұрын

    • I wish I had more time to explore it!

      @DrewAddis@DrewAddis Жыл бұрын

  • i was surprised because i was in the video haha

    @ahmedlashkari412@ahmedlashkari41210 ай бұрын

  • gooday vnice kurdistan and vnice kebab and some foodhere wowww niceee ur tour from here...🤭🤗😇

    @marieguevara5007@marieguevara5007 Жыл бұрын

  • Wir haben amerikan, nur alles Soldat bei uns gesehen. Ich denke das wegen die Leute so freundlich sind zu dir.😊

    @user-vx1gw5dt3g@user-vx1gw5dt3g7 ай бұрын

  • nice am in iraq

    @laylalayla4937@laylalayla49379 ай бұрын

  • U r welcome bro but u spent the whole vlog in one place there is alot more to see

    @hamakamil6717@hamakamil6717Ай бұрын

  • Kurdistan is like future Hollywood

    @KittyCatPawss@KittyCatPawss8 ай бұрын

  • What was the name of the park with the lake, and the name of the big mosque? I never saw those when I was there in February. When were you in Erbil, Drew?

    @MarksWorldOfAdventure@MarksWorldOfAdventure Жыл бұрын

    • the park is sami abulrahman park . and mosque name jalil khayat in 60 street

      @winner3733@winner373311 ай бұрын

    • @@winner3733 thanks

      @MarksWorldOfAdventure@MarksWorldOfAdventure11 ай бұрын

    • @@MarksWorldOfAdventure have a good time mate . take care . and welcome to my homeland

      @winner3733@winner373311 ай бұрын

  • You can actually go to the mosques for learning! And you can take pics and talk ofc but if you have nothin to go inside except photography it’s much more respectful not to go even tho you are welcomed❤

    @Berries52@Berries52 Жыл бұрын

  • If anyone is interested in travelling to Akre and needs any help with touring the entire city or mountain plains, message and tell me the dates of your availability.

    @kawarakrei2742@kawarakrei2742 Жыл бұрын

  • As a someone from Erbil, Thank you for visiting, I guess. First of all, you butchered the park’s name 😂, that’s okay though. I like how you didn’t ignore our history and mentioned “Kurdistan” in the title and used the Kurdistan flag in thumbnail, we’ve had a long history of fighting for more rights and recognition so that’s a big sign of respect from you. btw Kurds are Iranians just like Persians, our language is very different from Arabs. Anyway, Erbil is pronounced like Are-beel, but we Kurds call it Hewlêr, which is a corrupted version of the name. If you plan on returning you should use the name Hewlêr more (pronounced like Hao-ler or How-ler) Also, you were not the only tourist, you were the only American tourist, we also have Arab tourists from South. That uncle at 13:43 said “Serçaw” means “On eye”, it’s a respectful Kurdish saying. I suggest you pronounce Iraq as E-raq not Eye-Iraq for my Arab brothers lol

    @NetChalakwan@NetChalakwan Жыл бұрын

    • کردستان مال ایران بود شما؟ تاریخ ایران را بخوانید ایران زمین

      @user-pk2vh1nx2x@user-pk2vh1nx2x11 ай бұрын

    • داداش شوخی کردم به د ل نگیر مخواستم بگم من ایرانم افتخار میکنم به تاریخ ایران وعرا ق ماهمه از یک تمدن بودیم غربی‌ها ما را جدا کردن زمانی که مرزهارو مشخص کردن من شما رو دعوت میکنم بیان ایران مهد فرهنگ وهنره کهن تمدن شما هم مثل ایران زمین تاریخ کهنی دارید درود از مشهد مقدس برات بهترین ها رو آرزو میکنم

      @user-pk2vh1nx2x@user-pk2vh1nx2x11 ай бұрын

    • Kurds are not iranians! Are you crazy!

      @magicshop4875@magicshop48754 ай бұрын

  • Bji KURDISTANN

    @kks.z29@kks.z29 Жыл бұрын

  • Wicked people 90%

    @karimjarga8458@karimjarga84589 ай бұрын

  • How much did you pay for the visa on arrival? Do they accept other currencies as well or card?

    @coffeenico@coffeenico Жыл бұрын

    • It was $70 and yes they accepted USD

      @DrewAddis@DrewAddis Жыл бұрын

  • Very interesting, just one thing is it safe for traveling, probably not 100 %, may be one day we can visit too....

    @louchiadance_official@louchiadance_official Жыл бұрын

    • I would say it was one of the safer places I've ever been. Probably not 100% but I never felt uncomfortable

      @DrewAddis@DrewAddis11 ай бұрын

  • Welcome to Kurdistan, Long live America 🇺🇸, we never forget our friends.

    @babylongate@babylongate Жыл бұрын

    • FCK America & Kurdistan !!!!

      @halbmond3506@halbmond3506 Жыл бұрын

    • america is not your friend 😭

      @gato5103@gato51039 ай бұрын

    • @@gato5103 we know u guys are not our friend but we still want u to have long live we are just trying to be nice to people

      @nekuzo_chan@nekuzo_chan9 ай бұрын

    • 3 million Iraqis died at the hands of George Bush and you still worship America, wow your mentality is like slaves. that's why you can never develop and always live in war and hardship.

      @muhammadnooridrusidrus9527@muhammadnooridrusidrus95278 ай бұрын

    • you are right

      @My_editz_7@My_editz_78 ай бұрын

  • Hello I love your video I want to go Kurdistan but I don't know how to do . How much money do I need? How can I change Mexican pesos by kurdistan money. Can you tell me? And do I need visa? Or just passport? And what Airline go to Kurdistan? Are there people who speak English or Spanish at the airport so that help me?

    @gabyinfantelopez2554@gabyinfantelopez255411 ай бұрын

    • Thank you! I would say you could do it for about $50 per day. Make sure to bring cash and they have exchange stations all over in the city. You can purchase a visa on arrival for $70. Very few people speak English but I had no trouble getting by.

      @DrewAddis@DrewAddis11 ай бұрын

  • Did you bring cash or was it possible to find a ATM that accepted your card?

    @blaster2k@blaster2k Жыл бұрын

    • I brought cash. Very few atms

      @DrewAddis@DrewAddis Жыл бұрын

  • ❤🌷⚘🌹👍

    @metin4355@metin4355 Жыл бұрын

  • Could you pay for the visa by card or only cash? I’m going there in a week

    @adgagaegfy345@adgagaegfy3452 ай бұрын

    • Only cash I believe. I would recommend bringing at least $300-500USD in cash to get you through several days because almost no places take card.

      @DrewAddis@DrewAddis2 ай бұрын

  • What is the best airport to get to Kurdistan?

    @jloesq@jloesq7 ай бұрын

    • Erbil International Airport (EIA)

      @DrewAddis@DrewAddis7 ай бұрын

  • It is called hewler not erbil

    @mustsphamatto3601@mustsphamatto3601 Жыл бұрын

  • 😂🎉😂

    @naarmahdinakqvi4965@naarmahdinakqvi49657 ай бұрын

  • Is sad to see how American don’t like iraq people at all 😢

    @stevenmichel196@stevenmichel19611 ай бұрын

  • İts not iraqi kurdistan its just KURDİSTAN ❤️🌞💚

    @roztmo171@roztmo1719 ай бұрын

    • kurdistan is Iraq💞

      @user-um3kh5id7g@user-um3kh5id7g8 ай бұрын

    • @@user-um3kh5id7g in your dream 💋

      @roztmo171@roztmo1718 ай бұрын

  • #FEEKURDİSTAN💚♥️💛

    @zazakikirdi4316@zazakikirdi43166 ай бұрын

  • Thank you for visit Kurdistan ❤️☀️💚

    @janyar366@janyar3665 ай бұрын

  • DAROOD MUHAMMAD O ALAY MUHAMMAD I LOVE IRAQ ITS PEOPLE ITS FOOD GOD BLESS IRAQ LABAIK YA MOULA ALI LABAIK YA MOULA HUSSAIN LABAIK YA MOULA ABBAS ABUTURAB SHAH FROM AMERICA ERBIL IS BEAUTIFUL UNITED IRAQ IS GOOD DONT MAKEKURDISTAN A SEPERATE COUNTRY

    @abuturabshah65@abuturabshah65 Жыл бұрын

    • Astagfirullah! Iiyaka naqbudu wa iiyaka nastaqeen! Only call upon Allah, nobody else.

      @isra1158@isra115811 ай бұрын

  • Her biji Kurdistan

    @mecitkizil7345@mecitkizil7345 Жыл бұрын

  • I love Kurdistan

    @keivanbahmani964@keivanbahmani964 Жыл бұрын

    • Same here!

      @DrewAddis@DrewAddis Жыл бұрын

  • Americans finds out that people could live safely and normally in Iraq like any other country:

    @rahmounifataelsahraa@rahmounifataelsahraa Жыл бұрын

  • No mate Turkey scored of kurdistan and kurdish people that’s why they’re asking

    @samadchavoshi9552@samadchavoshi955217 күн бұрын

  • Welcome to Kurdistan my friend ❤️🇹🇯

    @hussein_t752@hussein_t7529 күн бұрын

  • No ırak kirdistan

    @ronigunes2230@ronigunes22309 ай бұрын

  • I love kebab

    @Nuwan2030@Nuwan2030 Жыл бұрын

  • بە خێربێیت بۆ کوردستان ، هیوادارم چێژت لە گەشتەکەت بینی بێت❤❤❤❤❤❤😘😘😘😊

    @21stcenturydictator97@21stcenturydictator975 ай бұрын

  • Love Kurdistan freedom independence ❤️✌️

    @aryankurd-bf5qj@aryankurd-bf5qj4 ай бұрын

  • welcome to my homeland we are totaly deferent with arabs . i hope you enjoed we dont have scammers never dont wory about this . respect from uk .

    @winner3733@winner373311 ай бұрын

  • Welcome to Kurdistan ❤️✌️💚

    @aahmed9940@aahmed99402 ай бұрын
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