Baghdad / Hillah-Babylon
Hi gang! I’m flying out of JFK on Friday night to Baghdad on Qatar Airways and I’ve never been international before. Any tips for the flight from NY to Baghdad?
After a couple of days, I’m taking a Guffa boat on the Euphrates or a camel train to Hillah to visit Babylon and then back to Baghdad before flying home.
Anybody have good experiences or tips to share for flying to Baghdad, sightseeing in Baghdad, Guffa boats, Iraqi sailors, camel trains, camel herders, Babylon and then back?
Also…I’m flying economy and my river cruise or camel train will be coach also.
Thank you!
—Nervous travels
| by Anonymous | reply 15 | September 18, 2023 10:58 PM
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Did posting that make you feel better? Because it's hard to see how.
| by Anonymous | reply 1 | September 18, 2023 8:36 PM
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The gates are in Berlin.
In the museum's that's closed for renovations.
Otherwise have fun!
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | September 18, 2023 8:36 PM
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If any of the locals ask you to go up to a rooftop to see the view don't go its a trap
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | September 18, 2023 8:40 PM
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Don't fire up your Grindr while you're there, gurl.
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | September 18, 2023 8:43 PM
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r2 Thank god I saw that while it was still open, a 14-year long renovation is fucking outrageous.
And yeah, the Ishtar Gate really is spectacular. I'm currently on a history binge of those earliest civilisations and the timescales involved flatten my mind every time. Wish I could go back in time and appreciate that visit at the Pergamonmuseum a bit more.
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | September 18, 2023 8:49 PM
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Go to Tesco for the egg salad
| by Anonymous | reply 7 | September 18, 2023 9:03 PM
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R1, this poster has a weird obsession with making threads that mock other people's threads.
| by Anonymous | reply 8 | September 18, 2023 9:33 PM
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Don't wear underwear and fart a lot in front of the locals. They like that kind of thing.
| by Anonymous | reply 9 | September 18, 2023 9:35 PM
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R8 It's riffing not mocking. Lighten up, Mary. DL used to have a tradition of fun with Babylonia.
| by Anonymous | reply 10 | September 18, 2023 9:52 PM
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Watch out for any falling walls. Only present hole after being properly introduced to his family
| by Anonymous | reply 13 | September 18, 2023 10:41 PM
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I'm so jealous! I love exotic traveling.
How did you book it?
| by Anonymous | reply 14 | September 18, 2023 10:42 PM
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The weirdest thing. It was a big discount coupon from the Zoltan Fortune Telling Machine.
| by Anonymous | reply 15 | September 18, 2023 10:58 PM
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