HELLO, WE ARE FRIENDS - I am sitting here behind the desk of the Harbur Hotel in Silopi, Turkey. A man is asking in English if the telephone can receive an international call. I answer for the manager that does not understan ...
I STUDY THE TRANSITION FROM TURKEY - KURDISH - ARABIC - The boundaries of countries are losing value. I have discovered that the boundaries are the language. There are a certain number of cities that speak the Turkey language predominantly in Turkey and a ...
TAXI TO DOHUK - I have found a taxi to Dohuk. It cost 50 dollars USA from Silopi. I am working on the "Friend of a friend basis." I have people her in the hotel that are friends, and I can trust or must trust my inst ...
FRENCH VS AMERICA - I have a person trying to call from the USA.
They cannot seem to figure out how to call me...
But a French Friend calls me at the Hotel.
This looks bad. Oh well. So much for the French jokes.
The read ...
FIRST BOUNCE OFF IRAQ BORDER - Went to the border of Iraq and Turkey this morning. There is a sign or a small something. Maybe a town at the border called Habur. There was a line of petro trucks about 1 kilometer long waiting to en ...
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COMPUTER HEADACHES - The internet compute functions in the Turkish language.
The letters are almost the same. They can look the same, but at the computer level they are different.
I have worked for 2 hours to get to this ...
MAP UNDER MY CONTROL - I have posted a map that I can sketch on and explain.
This is the page.
I go to Dohuk in the Kurdish area tommorrow.
Saturday.
Dohuk is just 80 or so miles into Turkey.
http://www.hobotraveler.com/ira ...
WMD WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION - I was talking with the man from Baghdad. He has a PHD in Mechanical Engineering.,
I asked,
"Does Iraq have Weapons of Mass Destruction?"
He said,
"After the first war most were destoyed.
But Saddam wa ...
TIGRES RIVER ALONG THE EDGE OF SYRIA AND TO IRAQ - Chris sent a link to a very good map of the area where I am located.
I am in a city between Cizre and Zakhe. See how the spelling constantly changes with the word. Zaho.
I passed the Tigres River whil ...
BUYING DOLLARS - Went to the Automatic Bank Machine or ATM in USA lingo and took out Lira.
I can purchase 300 Dollars USA for 430,000,000 Lira. Yesterday the price was 420,000,000.
Dollar are the currency of choice. T ...