I was relieved to get to Gazantiep. It had looked an unambitous leg of the journey, but the conditions made it challenging and I was glad to arrive in one piece after driving once again through pouring rain. It was still raining the next morning when I left and I was very nervous as I pulled away onto the motorway. Nerves are probably a good thing; they got me here. That was a special morning. Fog, contra flow, drivers who trust in God rather than their ability to drive in a way appropriate for the conditions.
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.
