After months of paperwork and waiting did I finally receive my tourist visa for Baghdad and Iraq a country that since the western invasion in 2003, been considered to be one of the most dangerous cities on Earth.

During my travel in Iraq did I visit Baghdad – Samarra -Ctesiphon – The Ziggurat of Dur-Kurigalzu – Karbala – Najaf – Kufa -Babylon – The Mesopotamian Marshes – Basra.

And I even took the local train from Basra back to Baghdad.

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Maybe the most famous site in all of Baghdad together with the Victory Swords are the Al-Shaheed Monument also called the Martyrs Monument.
It is located in the middle on an artificial island on the eastern outskirts of Baghdad, which was opened in 1983 dedicated to the Iraqi soldiers who died in the Iraq-Iran 1980-1988.

Old Town Basra

There’s armored cars on every corner in Baghdad

AL-SHAHEED MONUMENT in Baghdad

Local train

Saddam Husseins old yatch in Basra

old houses in Basra

he Mesopotamian Marshes

Karbala

Shia Milita cars

Iraq make their own beer. Farida

Ctesiphon the last persian capital

Ferris wheel in Baghdad zoo

Saddam Husseins old palace in Basra

Old wrecks in the river in Basra, remains from the Iraq Iran war

Celebration in Najaf

Locals where extremeley friendly

Saddam Husseins palace in Babylon

inside Saddam Husseins palace in Babylon

inside Saddam Husseins palace in Babylon

inside Saddam Husseins palace in Babylon

roof painting inside the palace

inside Saddam Husseins palace in Babylon

Gates to Babylon

Maybe the last monument of Saddam Hussein in Iraq

THE ZIGGURAT OF DUR-KURIGALZU

Samarra Mosque

Local Shia soliders

Local tea house Baghdad

Iraq National Museum

Iraq National Museum

Iraq National Museum

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