Irak 2013
IQ-13 - IRAK Termin cesty: 8.3. - 21.3.2013 PROGRAM: Vecer 8.3.2013 odletam z Prahy do Istanbulu v Turecku. Pripojuji se ke skupine turistu. Mame problem dostat se do letadla do Iraku, protoze nase skupina nema v pasech viza do te zeme. V posledni chvili vsak nastupujeme. V Basre v IRAKU pristavame rano 9.3. Tentyz den s vojenskym doprovodem navstevujeme soutok rek Eufrat a Tigris. Pozdeji si prohlizime mesto Basra a jsme ubytovani v hotelu. Dalsi den navstevujeme sumerske mesto Ur s jeho znamym zigguratem. Odtud do mesta Nasiriya, kde jsme v hotelu 3 noci. Rano podnikame plavbu na clunech v mocalech, ktere se Saddam Hussein snazil vysusit, aby zastavil vzpouru tamnich Arabu. O den pozdeji navstevujeme s arabskym archeologem vykopavky v Nigirisu, kde Francouzi kopali v 1887-8. Odpoledne prijizdime do Lagash-e. Je to pole pokryte strepy keramiky. Muzeme si je prohlizet, ale pak nechat na miste. Konecne opoustime Nasiriyi, abychom si prohledli dalsi staroveke vykopavky mesta Uruku. Vetsina z nas splha na zdejsi ziggurat. Do vecera se presunujeme do svateho mesta Siitu Najaf. Zde a ve vsech svatych mestech musi nase zeny nosit habit, abaija, ktery je kryje od hlavy az k chodidlum. Rano navstevujeme nedaleke svate mesto Kufa. Odpoledne jsme zpet v Najafu, abychom si prohledli svatyni s hrobem Aliho, pribuzneho Mohameda. Ali byl pricinou rozdeleni Muslimu na Sunny a Shiity. Dne 15.3. opoustime Najaf. Po 4 hod. jizde prijizdime k ruinam starobyleho Nippuru. Pro jeho rozsahlost si ho prohlizime autobusem. Z Nippuru pak jedeme do dalsiho svateho mesta Shiitu Karbala. Dopoledne pristiho dne navstevujeme svatyni Husseina (synovce Aliho). Odtud po nekolika hodinach jizdy jsme u vykopavek slavneho Babylonu. Vstupujeme kopii Ishtar Gate (brana), jejiz original jsem videl v berlinskem museu. Saddam Hussein castecne vybudoval Babylon na odkrytych zakladech avsak ne dle historickych predstav. Nad vykopavkami trime jeden z Saddamovych palacu. Po jeho padu byl tento a ostatni jeho palace vykradeny and pokryty graffiti. Po 40 min. jizde vidime ruiny mesta Kish, jehoz zenith byl 2,500 pr.n.l. Do Bagdadu prijizdime jiz za tmy. Stravime tu 4 noci a 3 dny. Na 17.3. dostavame specialni povoleni k navsteve “Bagdad Musea,” ktere spolu s British Museem and Louverem patri mezi nejlepsi musea sveta. Nikde jinde neni takova sbirka gigantickych soch a reliefu z antiquity jako zde. Museum neni otevreno pro verejnost, nebot se na nem jeste pracuje. Takze ho mame nekolik hodin jen pro sebe. Po prejezdech Bagdadu, kde jsou bombove vybuchy snad kazdy den, si prohlizime stare mesto pesky. Dalsi den venujeme prohlidce 125 km vzdalene Samarry. Nebezpecna silnice je chranena serii bunkru s vojaky. Samarra je take shiitske svate mesto. Prvni zastavkou je “Spiralovy minaret” z 8 stoleti. Vetsina z nas splha na jeho vrcholek. Druha zastavka je svatyne Al-Askari s pozlacenou kopuli. V roce 2006 byla svatyne vyhozena do povetri. Ac otevrena pro pilgrimy je to stale staveniste. Behem navratu jiz v Bagdadu mijime podstavec velike sochy Saddama, z niz zbyly jen boty. Posledni den jedeme 35 km od mesta k ruinam Ctesiphon-u. Nejakych 800 let do prichodu Islamu to bylo hlavni mesto Persie. Mimo Bagdad mame opet vojensky doprovod. Po navratu do hotelu se z TV dovidame, ze behem dneska bylo v Bagdadu 12 pumovych utoku, 56 lidi zahynulo a mezi 160 az 200 zraneno. Cas k odjezdu. Bagdad opoustime casne rano 20.3. Jedeme na sever pres Kirkuk do klidneho Irackeho Kurdistanu a jeho hlavniho mesta Erbil-u. Odpoledne si mesto prohlizime vc. jeho Citadely. Jen po nekolika hodinach spanku v hotelu vstavame po pulnoci. Jsme odvezeni na letiste pro let do Istanbulu. Zatimco vsichni ostatni prestupuji do letadla do USA, ja nastupuji do letadla do Prahy. V Praze letadlo pristava dopoledne 21.3.2013. Cestovni kancelar: Spiekermann Travel Service (STS) Ucast: Je nas 15 turistu a Ihab vlastnik STS, archeologist Geaff a 2 zastupci iracke cestovni kancelare. Cas od casu jsme meli vojensky doprovod.
Iraq - Basra - leaving the airport - our security 2013
Iraq - north of Basra - Shatt-el-Arab (after confluence of Euphrates and Tigris) 2013
Iraq - north of Basra - Quarnah - Adams Tree 2013
Iraq - north of Basra - Quarnah - Adams Tree 2013
Iraq - north of Basra - Quarnah - at the confluence of Tigris (left) and Euphrates Rivers 2013
Iraq - Basra - Shia flag 2013
Iraq - Nasiriya - our Al Janoob International Hotel - lobby 2013
Iraq - near Nasiriya - at ancient city of Ur - Talil Air Base 2013
Iraq - near Nasiriya - Sumerian city of Ur - ziggurat of Inanna 2013
Iraq - near Nasiriya - Sumerian city of Ur - ziggurat of Inanna 2013
Iraq - near Nasiriya - Sumerian city of Ur - from ziggurat of Inanna - Royal Palace - Talil Air Base 2013
Iraq - near Nasiriya - Sumerian city of Ur - a temple with the oldest known arch 2013
Iraq - near Nasiriya - Sumerian city of Ur - House of Abraham (reconstructed) 2013
Iraq - Nasiriya - our Al Janoob International Hotel - my pink room - prayer carpet and stones for the forehead 2013
Iraq - near Nasiriya - at the Marches - local kids 2013
Iraq - near Nasiriya - at the Marches 2013
Iraq - near Nasiriya - Marches - buffalo 2013
Iraq - near Nasiriya - Marches - one of our guards 2013
Iraq - near Nasiriya - Marches - a compound of March Arabs 2013
Iraq - near Nasiriya - Marches - a compound of March Arabs - in a mens house - March Arabs 2013
Iraq - near Nasiriya - Marches - a compound of March Arabs - mens house - one of our guards 2013
Iraq - near Nasiriya - Marches - a boat with reeds 2013
Iraq - near Nasiriya - Al Islah (town) - mosque 2013
Iraq - near Nasiriya - Al Islah (town) - mosque 2013
Iraq - Nasiriya 2013
Iraq - Nasiriya - city walk - street market 2013
Iraq - Nasiriya - city walk - covered market 2013
Iraq - Nasiriya - city walk - covered market 2013
Iraq - Nasiriya - city walk - busy men 2013
Iraq - Nasiriya - city walk - busy men 2013
Iraq - Nasiriya - city walk - election campaign 2013
Iraq - Nasiriya 2013
Iraq - Lagash - Girsu a capital of Lagash - French excavation from 1887-8 2013
Iraq - Lagash - Girsu a capital of Lagash - pottery 2013
Iraq - Lagash - Girsu a capital of Lagash - Geoff, local archeolog 2013
Iraq - Lagash - Girsu a capital of Lagash - cuneiform writing 2013
Iraq - between Girsu and Lagash City - fish is our lunch 2013
Iraq - between Girsu and Lagash City - muddhi (traditional meeting house) 2013
Iraq - Lagash City - local men 2013
Iraq - Lagash City - local girls in the distance 2013
Iraq - near Lagash City - irrigation channel and a pump 2013
Iraq - between Lagash and Nasiriya - Iraq car licence plate 2013
Iraq - Nasiriya 2013
Iraq - Nasiriya 2013
Iraq - at the gate of Uruk 2013
Iraq - Uruk 2013
Iraq - Uruk 2013
Iraq - Uruk - rail and cars used for excavation 2013
Iraq - Uruk - ziggurat 2013
Iraq - Uruk 2013
Iraq - Uruk 2013
Iraq - Uruk - ziggurat and the rail for excavation 2013
Iraq - Uruk 2013
Iraq - Uruk 2013
Iraq - Uruk - cuneiform writing 2013
Iraq - Uruk - cones form walls 2013
Iraq - Uruk 2013
Iraq - between Uruk and Najaf 2013
Iraq - Najaf 2013
Iraq - Kufa 2013
Iraq - Kufa - our women 2013
Iraq - Kufa 2013
Iraq - Kufa 2013
Iraq - Najaf 2013
Iraq - Kufa - holy water 2013
Iraq - Kufa 2013
Iraq - Kufa 2013
Iraq - Najaf - cemetery 2013
Iraq - Najaf - underground garages being built 2013
Iraq - Najaf - stones for the forehead 2013
Iraq - Najaf - Ali's tomb 2013
Iraq - Najaf - behind Ali's tomb - covered market 2013
Iraq - between Najaf and Nippur 2013
Iraq - sand covered Nippur - ziggurat - the buiding of archeologists on the top from 1889-1900 2013
Iraq - Nippur 2013
Iraq - Nippur - archeologists' house from 1950s 2013
Iraq - near Karbala - Shia flags 2013
Iraq - near Karbala - military hamvee 2013
Iraq - near Karbala 2013
Iraq - Karbala 2013
Iraq - Karbala 2013
Iraq - Karbala 2013
Iraq - Karbala 2013
Iraq - Karbala - Shrine of Abbas 2013
Iraq - Karbala - at Shrine of Hussein 2013
Iraq - Karbala - some pilgrims are driven to the shrine 2013
Iraq - Karbala - Shrine of Abbas 2013
Iraq - Karbala - Jarash Hotel 2013
Iraq - Karbala 2013
Iraq - Karbala 2013
Iraq - from Karbala to Babylon - part of the lunch 2013
Iraq - Babylon - Saddams Palace 2013
Iraq - Babylon 2013
Iraq - Babylon 2013
Iraq - Babylon 2013
Iraq - Babylon 2013
Iraq - Babylon - recontructed by Saddam - Procession Way 2013
Iraq - Babylon - Palace of Nebuchadnezzar - recontructed by Saddam 2013
Iraq - Babylon - excavated by Germans 1889 - 1917 2013
Iraq - Babylon - excavated by Germans 1889 - 1917 - Saddam reconstruction in the backround 2013
Iraq - Babylon - Lion of Babylon 2013
Iraq - Babylon 2013
Iraq - Babylon - a copy of Ishtar Gate 0,6 of the original 2013
Iraq - Babylon - Saddam's Palace 2013
Iraq - Babylon - Saddams Palace 2013
Iraq - Babylon - Saddams Palace 2013
Iraq - Kish 2013
Iraq - Baghdad - local taxes 2013
Iraq - Baghdad 2013
Iraq - Baghdad - Almansour Hotel (from here 1991 CNN transmitted the war) 2013
Iraq - Baghdad 2013
Iraq - Baghdad 2013
Iraq - Baghdad - Iraq National Museum 2013
Iraq - Baghdad - inside Iraq National Museum 2013
Iraq - Baghdad - walking tour 2013
Iraq - Baghdad - walking tour 2013
Iraq - Baghdad - walking tour 2013
Iraq - Baghdad - walking tour 2013
Iraq - Baghdad - walking tour - Al-Mustansiriya Medresa 2013
Iraq - Baghdad - walking tour - Al-Mustansiriya Medresa - entrance 2013
Iraq - Baghdad - walking tour - Al-Mustansiriya Medresa 2013
Iraq - Baghdad - walking tour - Al-Mustansiriya Medresa - our group 2013
Iraq - Baghdad - our Uruk Hotel 2013
Iraq - Samarra - Spiral Minaret and Great Mosque (from 852 AD) 2013
Iraq - Samarra - Great Mosque (from 852 AD) from Spiral Minaret 2013
Iraq - Samarra - Spiral Minaret (from the gate of Great Mosque) 2013
Iraq - Samarra 2013
Iraq - between Samarra and Baghdad 2013
Iraq - Baghdad - a mosque started by Saddam and stopped 2013
Iraq - Baghdad - Saddam Husseins Great Arch of Crossed Swords 2013
Iraq - Baghdad - shanty town 2013
Iraq - at Ctesiphon (30 km south of Baghdad) - military check-point - a friendly soldier 2013
Iraq - Ctesiphon (30 km south of Baghdad) - our military guards car 2013
Iraq - Ctesiphon (30 km south of Baghdad) - the largest single-span brick arch in the world 2013
Iraq - Ctesiphon (30 km south of Baghdad) 2013
Iraq - between Ctesiphon and Baghdad 2013
Iraq - between Ctesiphon and Baghdad - a road is being repaired 2013
Iraq - Baghdad - mosque 2013
Iraq - Kirkuk - for celebration they burn tires 2013
Iraq - Kurdistan - Erbil 2013
Iraq - Kurdistan - Erbil 2013
Iraq - Kurdistan - Erbil - Unesco-listed Citadel 2013
Iraq - Kurdistan - Erbil - view of the city from Unesco-listed Citadel 2013
Iraq - Kurdistan - Erbil - in the Citadel 2013
Iraq - Kurdistan - Erbil - in the Citadel - a souvenir shop 2013
Iraq - Kurdistan - Erbil - in the Citadel - Mubarak Ben Ahmed Sharaf-Aldin (1169-1239) historian and minister of Erbil 2013
Iraq - Kurdistan - Erbil - view from the Citadel at main square 2013
Iraq - Kurdistan - Erbil - under the Citadel 2013
Iraq - Kurdistan - Erbil - the Citadel 2013
Iraq - Kurdistan - Erbil - at the main square - man selling tea 2013
Iraq - Kurdistan - Erbil - covered market 2013
Iraq - Kurdistan - Erbil - covered market 2013
Iraq - Kurdistan - Erbil - covered market 2013
Iraq - Kurdistan - Erbil - covered market 2013
Iraq - Kurdistan - Erbil - 14-century minaret 2013
Prague - a fine for expired visa paid at the departure 2013
Prague - Iraqi visa in my passport 2013