Camping in Iraq (banned by military)

people that are thinking of coming here and then kind of scared about the safety what would you tell them you feel the difference between what you see on the news and what do you see here bring your backpack with yourself and leave the rest for me [Music] welcome back to Iraq or Iraqi Kurdistan the autonomous region in the northeast of Iraq bordering Syria Turkey and Iran today we are meeting a local guy I called Rick on I'm sure I'll probably learn how to pronounce his name soon when I meet him very soon when I go downstairs in about five minutes he is going to take me to the mountains today and we are going on to some cool adventures and we're gonna go see a part of Iraq that I think many people have no idea exists without any further ado let's go down meet my friend and head into the mountains and say goodbye to this beautiful and Creek incredibly strange hotel room because tonight I think we are camping either camping or staying in a locals house in a village and really no idea so let's do it goodbye strange hotel room I miss you [Music] [Music] so we've been driving for maybe one hour now went through a few checkpoints actually there's quite a heavy military presence here and that's because around arable like I said in the last video it's a very important place there's lots of the embassies and it's kind of like the center of Iraqi Kurdistan at the capital that's where all the governmental buildings and all the official buildings are we meet you're quite a huge checkpoints and they're quite strict there and that's just to keep the area safe because as you know around the bordering areas of Iraq and Syria there was I such a heavy Isis presence a lot of it's been eradicated but there still traces here and there so they have to keep an eye on it just for our safety so we've been driving for a while and the landscapes are incredible you can see we're surrounded by big mountains along that drive we're hitting up to about 1,800 meters in elevation today to this waterfall it's like one of the highest waterfalls in the country I believe so it should be called that I'll introduce you to recon and then we've got a few more hours on the road again he's just in getting some supplies tonight we're camping [Music] Rickon it's got the supplies for the trip and here here hello I'm Bear Grylls and I'm gonna show you what it takes to get out alive from some of the most dangerous places on earth and it's gonna be showing me around the next couple days on the road and [Music] just come down to the city called shucks lava and we're gonna get some special local bread should be an interesting experience is this like a great local to this region yes yeah [Music] and then here is the oven [Music] [Music] that was so cool what a process so records got a huge bag of that bread for our next couple days in the wilderness that was so cool the big like I don't know what kind of up in there school may be similar to a tandoor like an Indian chant or happens but anyway gonna grab some fruit [Music] let's flush this was fast it can have a baby how much do they normally charge for them I less than a dollar they said and you gave him like yeah [Music] we're heading through the mountain pass here up to this kind of mountain called chorok and it should offer some incredible views all around here so we're just gonna drive like pretty much the top of that mountain it's just so extreme the landscapes here it's like the Grand Canyon or something and there's just huge Rock Falls that below just learning a lot from my man recon here and he's got something in a pan what do you got there yeah we're gonna fly around we're gonna fly that now oh yeah okay sweet so lucky that Rickon has a drone to check out this area let's have a look there is ready [Music] [Music] [Music] wrong landing those views were pretty insane right so you can see all the like the red the little cities and villages scattered across the place some on top of big cliffs and things just amazing it's kind of like somebody dropped a bag of Skittles in different areas after that we are heading up to a mountain so Mountain Couric [Music] [Music] what is this boat test yeah this news hour Noah's Ark so we are going up actually in a gondola and I had no idea that they had gonna lose here but apparently they do so we're at a mansion resort called chorok Resort and so did I have skiing here they have an activity going on a couple weeks ago they have a ski resort here right and we really have activities here so they have a restaurant they have like residence place to stay many many tourists are coming here okay in and outside of Curtis mu right right so it's one of the beautiful most beautiful mountains we have here Karis amazing as you see it like if you wonder way all the like beautiful views behind surrounded by mountains and it's very cool because you all this book yeah it's that way we're going there's gonna be snow up the top yes it'll be glass No [Music] they arrived at the top and it's just a full-blown ski resort another lift up their accommodation their cafe restaurant there and we saw some wolf tracks on the side of the mountain on the way up and they got called the Sirians brown bear around here as well a lot of these mountains so you can't just you know go walking off the tracks because there's lots of land mines so you've got to follow the actual roads the car roads it's kind of an interesting little point there yeah they never expected to come to a fully functioning skiers hood Interac so just come to this like the restaurant of the resort [Music] I don't think you're expecting that and you can clicked on this video I did anyway you [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] so we've been driving for a while you can see the magical landscapes continue to get even more magical but we just arrived at a military checkpoint and they saw me in the car and they think they saw my camera and they wanted to check my passport and we're almost at this waterfall that we're aiming for but they didn't want to let us go through because they thought that I was a journalist sadly so we had to go back what's the reason that they don't want journalists of it there's a PKK fighter blocking the way they have their own checkpoint can you explain the PKK PKK the Kurdish forces will fight against Turkey to get freedom today the other parts of Kurdistan in Turkey right so we call the north of the Sun so they the one had to have anybody any journalists there so they were thinking that we are journalists and yeah I feel we go to candy mountain but no it isn't like truth they didn't believe us so just have to go back and take another road and try to into this water pool from a different road yeah it's just part of traveling in areas like this that's a pretty big strong it's safe that there's a pretty strong military presence and I guess that's why it's safe it's because there kind of controlling the flow of people [Music] braum and anivia Odin botticella career [Music] so there's the waterfalls up here yeah Iraq's highest waterfall made it before the sunset nice right it sir d-roc highest waterfall 1800 meters about sea level [Music] I'm gonna show you how to make it out of this alive bear grylls an action again alright guys now we are going to head back down from here and we are going to drive like a quite a few more hours so we're going to drive and you are lucky enough to be able to teleport there we're going to go sit up campsite and we're gonna light a campfire cook some food it's going to be cool so enjoy the teleportation and I'll see you at the campfire I hope you enjoyed your teleportation we drove for a couple more hours or so drove through some mountain roads we got a huge LED light to light up the campsite here we collected a little bit of firewood here and Rick ends getting the fire going now what are you pouring on there kind of chemical material okay so it doesn't make any smell or smoke right Wow very fast I didn't take long at all did it no wow that's nice and warm that's the point right so we're gonna get this fire cranking and then are we going to cook something or something but it's a secret right the big secret so we're sitting on top of this galley here and you can see lots of little settlements out in the distance here you probably can't make it out too well on the camera but there's small villages and bigger towns all through this valley so when we wake up in the morning it's gonna be I'm sure an incredible view is that right record exactly what do you got here reckon so you got some onions you got some tomato you know add some pepper sweet pepper Gordon Ramsay so it's pretty cool how today we went up to that really nice resort area like really luxurious resort and now we are you know in the hills keeping it raw camping it's cool to kind of show the both sides of this area of the world you know you can have luxury or you can you know keep it raw and everything in between I think the food is almost ready so we are going to try that very shortly can't wait so now you got the bread that we saw cooking this morning yeah there's a different one that's called someone when you saw cooking this morning is this one right yeah a bit spicy but gonna keep you warm thank you sir last class that was it Evan given it's full of flavor very fresh what have you got there we've some hot water right heat making some tea Kurdistan style exactly that's a real man if I've ever seen one so we just finished up some food they're so good you know there's nothing like going camping you really appreciate this whole thing's like heat and food in a critical day thanks to recon and if you guys want to come visit and you want to do this kind of thing then I'm gonna leave Rick Huns information below in the description and hit him up if you come to Iraqi Kurdistan is that right welcome any time and people that are thinking of coming here and then kind of scared about the safety what would you tell them just see this video and see by yourself how safe and secure the area you feel the difference between what you see on the news and what do you see here so it's a free country beautiful landscape mountains rivers valleys little beautiful places bring your backpack with yourself and leave the rest for me I'll show you the most beautiful spots and you will be amazed by our beautiful nature I promise you that tea time okay so the tent is all set up you can see the backdrop of all the villages there and there is the tent set up so I'm gonna sleep in here and richens gonna sleep in the car I'm gonna finish the video they're gonna chill by the fire for a bit and then hit the bed being such an amazing day no words to describe really huge thank you again to reckon for sorting it all out tomorrow we are going to continue this adventure and we will see the view in the morning it's gonna be amazing waking up in the tent and seeing what has been hiding this whole time and then we are going for some more adventures gonna check out some local villages some more mountains fires almost out now thank you so much for watching and in case I don't see you good afternoon good evening and good night [Applause] [Music] [Music]

Channel: Indigo Traveller

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Length: 21min 58sec (1318 seconds)

Published: Sun May 12 2019