Stopped by the roadside near Cizre in Turkey, looking over the Tigris river and into Syria. The route this morning ran directly alongside the border for mile after mile, with Turkish Army bases here and there, and observation posts overlooking the border itself at regular intervals. The border consisted of 2 lines of concrete walls, and additional wire fencing. The border didn't appear to be manned, but I am sure there would have been a quick response if I had stopped to show an interest. This was far enough away to be out of sight of the watch towers, but near enough to see the border itself. 01 Dec 2019
Miles of lorries line up in Turkey on the approach road to the Ibrahim Khalil Border Crossing, on 01 Dec 2019. Around a thousand cars and 1500 trucks a day cross into Kurdistan.
The crowd was getting a little out hand at the border crossing point out of Turkey and in to Iraq. Nothing unfriendly, just growing noise, more and more jostling. The way to get kids to line up these days, and behave? Shout 'Selfie' and wait for them to dash into shot. 01 Dec 2019, on the Turkish side of the Iraqi Border Crossing Point.
