VISIT THE NEW IRAQ (continued, p.2) In this region of Iraq buses run infrequently, besides the tourists do not recommend traveling this way, because their routes pass through some very dangerous locations, which are at the limit of Kurdistan For example, Mosul and Kirkuk. Bombings and kidnappings are not uncommon there. So most people take a purse of a taxi or hire private traders who stand on the street next to their cars and chanting the name of your destination as long as will not gain enough customers. Contrary to my expectations and what I saw in Iraq's neighboring countries in the Middle East, the role of taxis in Kurdistan perform neat new machines are quite expensive, and most roads have a good road surface, so that cars can move on them at high speed. Local taxi drivers - in fact full of psychos while driving. They do not miss the opportunity to laugh in the face of death at every opportunity, for example, passing at high speed in the oncoming lane closed sharp turns, they speed a few inches from the bumpers of other vehicles and leaning on the horn with a tenacity that is translated into the language of words may mean only: "Go to such and such a mother from the road, not something I carried you along with your rydvanom into the abyss!". And all this comes amid thunderous Kurdish music coming from the radio, and continuous talking on cell phone. But if you, as I travel around the Middle East road for a while, you'll soon want to - believe it or - do not you all this almost get used to it. Dohuk So, I got to the city of Dohuk, the first major city of northern Kurdistan. The town is picturesquely situated at the foot of the mountain, and the first thing that caught my eye was the familiar cityscape Kurdish towns - a kaleidoscope of bright colors that do not like the white-gray monotony of the villages in the Middle East. Walking through the bustling streets of Dohuk, I drank in the images and smells that will surround me next week: a tent with fruit juice, filled with rows of multicolored liquid Juicer, pistachio ice cream, shaurma, and my favorite Middle Eastern dishes - falafel (fried balls made of highly bean puree, approx. Perevi.), which is in the Kurdistan region is served in a fresh bun with tomato, cucumber and fragrant curry sauce. Visual svitelelstvo full use of electricity Kurdistan - a secular state, and in this region Islamic restrictions are very strict. In each city, where I managed to visit, I found a small shop where they sold beer. Women in headscarves walk here bright colors or no headscarves, and certainly not in the chador. Local fashionista color eyes as much as is customary for women across the Middle East, but they, inter alia, whiten his face, on which appear all the more surprising. Many of the men here wear traditional Kurdish dress, which consists of baggy trousers with buttons large, broad scarf, which they use instead of a belt, and skullcap of a color depends on what the village of its owner was born. Usually hidden under a black skullcap and white scarf wrapped around his head. Fashionista in a busy market of the old part of Dohuk, I attracted much less attention than I myself expected. Perhaps this is due to the fact that Iraq has come so few tourists that people do not even realize that I - one of them. Sometimes, when I passed by local, they suddenly noticed me, turned around at the last moment, and I heard behind them laugh. In English is almost nobody speaks, and my walks were not shrouded in a cloud of endless cheers, as usually happens in other countries. If I say hello to someone, that person just looked at me with eyes wide open. Start material: Read more:
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