Comments on: A Digital Pocket Guide On Visiting Northern Iraq: Part 1

By: joanne ball

joanne ball — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 22:11:27 +0000

Hi there are several atms in Erbil. located in the new malls…majidi mall and family mall. you an also pay at some of the supermarkets using cards.

By: Anil Polat

Anil Polat — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 09:27:23 +0000

In reply to Aaron @ Aaron's Worldwide Adventures. Thanks! Let me know if you have any questions that I haven't covered. I think you'll find it an interesting trip indeed.

By: Aaron @ Aaron's Worldwide Adventures

Aaron @ Aaron's Worldwide Adventures — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 07:29:46 +0000

Handy info Anil! Thinking about a trip to visit a friend of mine teaching in Erbil in late May/early June.

By: Anil Polat

Anil Polat — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 10:55:30 +0000

In reply to Rebecca.

Hi Rebecca, the cost of food was cheap (when converting to Euro or dollars). The common sandwiches to be found everywhere were about 750 dinar if I recall correctly (~.75 US cents). Even the fancy German restaurant Earl and I stumbled upon only cost about $20 each for what’s probably the poshest meal in town. A bit more in part 2 but let me know if you have more questions after checking it out.

The sights were mostly free of charge and I believe entry to the Halabja Memorial was the most expensive at about $2.

The numbers were quite confusing which lead to a rather funny scene with Earl and I trying to figure out the numbers and direction they were read when trying to get a wi-fi code correct. Took us quite a long time but we were wrong on both counts!

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 07:14:35 +0000

I agree with Gillian – you’ve definitely put this place on the map (well, for travellers, obviously been on the map for a while for other reasons!). You may be going to address this in part two (which I’m about to read so apologies if I’m getting ahead of myself) but what about the cost of food, and what kinds of food did you eat? And the sights?

The numbers are my least favourite thing about Arabic. All the words and letters read right to left, then you throw in some numbers and they read from left to right, always confuses me and throws me off!