I was waiting more than an hour on the bus station in Slemani. The minibus was still not full. Finally I started to worry if I willbe on time in the airport in Erbil. Thanks God the driver decided to start 3- hours journey. The views were great. In the middle of the route we stopped at the roadhouse. When I was complaining to the driver, he said thatKurds are not too religious, but we have on board also Arabs and they must have some time to perform their salalt (mid-day pray).
He put me on the taxi on the outskirts of Erbil and I arrived to the airport on time. Surprise! They started procedures with covid checks. -Where is you covid test result? -I have been in this airport 2 weeks ago and nobody asked me for covid test, vaccination certificate was enough! -No, Erbil airport requires the test! No discussion! Fortunately there was quick solution: they called labs technician and he performed “real time test” asking for 30 USD (45000 dinars) and and giving receipt for 39500). So you can see how it works! After 2 hours flight I landed in Antalya, Turkey. How nice! The temperature was 28 deg Celsius instead of 38 in Kurdistan…
I took a tramway from terminal 1 to my cheap Turunc hotel (they charge your card for 4,10 lira fare). Before check-in in my Turunc Hotel I bought flat breads (3 lira each. Welcome tback o Turkey!
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