Tried to go to Lallish which is like the Mecca for the religion Yazidi. It’s around 30km south east of Dohuk. We took a taxi to the garage for cabs to Lallish, but we ended up didn’t go because they quote us $30 for one way which is quite pricey.

Dohuk is surrounded by mountains

Bazaar again

Then took a shared taxi to Erbil (15,000 dinar each, 200 km away). Erbil is the capital of Northern Iraq and is one of the oldest city in the world. There were many military checkpoints on the way to keep out terrorist.
A military post

I read that the road to Erbil will pass by the suburb of Mosul. Mosul is the most dangerous city in Iraq so I am glad to arrive in Erbil after 3 hours safe and sound.

The budget hotel recommended by lonely planet was full but we found another budget hotel, Hotel Ali (25,000 for a room, 12,250 each) which is at the south part of the Citadel.

Erbil old city

It’s very hard to find ATM here and I was a little concern because the 3 countries I am planning to visit next don’t seem to have ATM from what I read.

Walked around the bazaar and tried looking for an internet café. It cost around 2000 Iraqi Dinar for an hour but I wasn’t very productive on the computer with the slow connection.

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