Adventure Travel

Image by Quiplash! via FlickrYet, despite dire official pronouncements and travel sanctions, a brave few are venturing where no man has gone before. Why not romp through the poppy fields of Afghanistan? Play golf on dirt-and-oil "browns", fly kites, check what's left of the Bamiyan Buddhas, and dodge rocket-propelled grenades.

Wild Frontiers (www.wildfrontiers.co.uk) is one outfit that can get you there to "follow in the footsteps of Marco Polo" and Alexander the Great, if not Gulbuddin Hekmatyar. ( a good friend of MR.Laden, probaly knows where biny is, G ) Don't fret about car bombs. Travel is by donkey.

Iraq Tours (www.iraqtours.net) offers a picture of a fighter jet taking off on its home page with the caption, "Enjoy a wide variety of sightseeing tours in Iraq." Among the places you might wish to visit is the fortified Green Zone, also referred to as Little Venice on account of the numerous waterways criss-crossing the area between the palatial homes once occupied by Saddam's family. As in Venice you might get that sinking feeling but this is perhaps the safest spot in the country. One of the largest and biggest spending international tour groups – the US Army – is based here. And boy they're having fun.

Iraq Kurdistan Tourism (www.tourismkurdistan.com) is seeking capital, ideas and travellers to leverage its mountain views, rivers, idyllic sheep farms, and relative peace from Kirkuk and Erbil to Mosul. Taking a leaf from the US, the Turkish Army was among the first to respond. It conducted long hikes, took pictures and let off fireworks. The overjoyed local population threw up its hands in welcome and ran, in the opposite direction.

If all this does not slake your curiosity, what about Palestine (www.visit-palestine.com)? The tourism department is promoting trips to places like Bethlehem, Jerusalem, Jericho, Nablus, the Dead Sea and Gaza. Roll about in Dead Sea mud without paying a penny, or visit historic Gaza for a crash weight-loss programme involving a scientifically calibrated zero-calorie diet – courtesy Israel – and lots of walks. Everyone walks. There's no petrol. This is how the other half live their healthy, well exercised lives. It's time people around the world had a chance to enjoy all this. Perhaps one day I'll get you to Mars. – www.SmartTravelAsia.com

http://thestar.com.my/lifestyle/story.asp?file=/2008/6/15/lifetravel/21426110&sec=lifetravel

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All bad ideas, but if you insist on travel adventure on the cheap, Join the US Army.

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Green Zone maps for attack.

Green Zone attacks:

three people were killed and seven wounded in a mortar attack on the fortified Green Zone in Baghdad, home to the Iraqi Government as well as the British and US embassies.

Rockets fired by Shia militiamen rained down on the Green Zone in late March and early April during offensives in Sadr City. Such attacks have dropped recently as Iraqi forces span out across the Baghdad Shia slum, from where they were launched.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/iraq/article4092399.ece

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All maps of Baghdad maps of Baghdad (very important for the mujahideen)

هذه مجموعة خرائط لبغداد عالية الدقة وتوضح مواقع الصليبيين وقواعدهم العسكريه This series of maps of Baghdad, high accuracy and clarify the Crusaders sites and military bases
لكي يتسنى للاخوة المجاهدين التخطيط لعملياتهم بدقه So that the mujahideen brothers planning their operations accurately
والله المستعان And God used
1- بوستر حائطي ممتاز به عدة خرائط للعراق توضح كل شيئ 1 - Foster, an excellent chart by several maps of Iraq explain everything
http://www.gulfwarrior.org/iraq/iraq...full_2003.jpeg http://www.gulfwarrior.org/iraq/iraq...full_2003.jpeg
2- خريطه توضح شمال ووسط بغداد (دقيقه جدا) 2 - map shows the northern and central Baghdad (very accurate)
http://www.gulfwarrior.org/iraq/bagh...b6_2002_DG.jpg http://www.gulfwarrior.org/iraq/bagh...b6_2002_DG.jpg
3- خارطه توضح احياء بغداد بالتفصيل الممل (اسماء الشوارع ,الكباري, الأحياء, الوزارات .......) 3 - Map shows revive Baghdad boring detail (the names of streets, bridges, neighborhoods, ministries .......)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...ghdad_City.PNG http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...ghdad_City.PNG
4- المنطقة الخضراء ومطار بغداد 4 - the Green Zone and Baghdad airport
http://www.globalsecurity.org/milita...ug02_zones.jpg http://www.globalsecurity.org/milita...ug02_zones.jpg
5- جميع قواعد الامريكان في بغداد (2004) 5 - all of the Americans in Baghdad (2004)
http://www.globalsecurity.org/milita...a-040900-s.jpg http://www.globalsecurity.org/milita...a-040900-s.jpg
- قصر ابو غريب -- Palace Abu Ghraib
http://www.globalsecurity.org/milita...faw-925815.jpg http://www.globalsecurity.org/milita...faw-925815.jpg
http://www.globalsecurity.org/milita...ghurayb1_s.jpg http://www.globalsecurity.org/milita...ghurayb1_s.jpg
http://www.globalsecurity.org/milita...u-ghurayb1.jpg http://www.globalsecurity.org/milita...u-ghurayb1.jpg
http://www.globalsecurity.org/milita...ghurayb3_s.jpg http://www.globalsecurity.org/milita...ghurayb3_s.jpg
http://www.globalsecurity.org/milita...ghurayb2_s.jpg http://www.globalsecurity.org/milita...ghurayb2_s.jpg
http://www.globalsecurity.org/milita...urayb-99_s.jpg http://www.globalsecurity.org/milita...urayb-99_s.jpg
http://www.globalsecurity.org/milita...urayb-wp_s.jpg http://www.globalsecurity.org/milita...urayb-wp_s.jpg
- خرائط ل camp victory بابو غريب -- Maps of camp victory in Abu Ghraib
http://www.globalsecurity.org/milita...c-imagery2.htm http://www.globalsecurity.org/milita...c-imagery2.htm
-خرائط مجمع الرضوانيه الرئاسي -- Maps Radwaniyah presidential compound
http://www.globalsecurity.org/milita...cc-imagery.htm http://www.globalsecurity.org/milita...cc-imagery.htm
معلومات وصور ل قاعدة الرشيد Information and photos of the Rashid
http://www.globalsecurity.org/milita...aq/rasheed.htm http://www.globalsecurity.org/milita...aq/rasheed.htm
- المنطقه الخضراء - مطار بغداد- قصر السلام-قصر الاعظميه -- Green Zone - Baghdad airport - the Peace Palace - Palace Alaazemih
http://www.globalsecurity.org/milita...-map-ann_s.jpg http://www.globalsecurity.org/milita...-map-ann_s.jpg
6-المنطقه الخضراء 6 - Green Zone
http://www.globalsecurity.org/milita...reenzone-s.jpg http://www.globalsecurity.org/milita...reenzone-s.jpg
http://www.globalsecurity.org/milita...reenzone-s.jpg http://www.globalsecurity.org/milita...reenzone-s.jpg
-جزيرة بغداد -- Island Baghdad
http://www.globalsecurity.org/milita...dad-island.htm http://www.globalsecurity.org/milita...dad-island.htm
-قصر الاعظميه -- Palace Alaazemih
http://www.globalsecurity.org/milita...zimiyah-cc.htm http://www.globalsecurity.org/milita...zimiyah-cc.htm
-مقار القياده البعثيه في المنطقه الخضراء (صور قبل الحرب) -- Baathist headquarters in the Green Zone (pictures before the war)
http://www.globalsecurity.org/milita...leadership.htm http://www.globalsecurity.org/milita...leadership.htm
-مدينة الصدر -- Sadr City
http://www.globalsecurity.org/milita...ty-imagery.htm http://www.globalsecurity.org/milita...ty-imagery.htm
موقع جميل يحوي معلوات وخرائط عن بغداد والمواقع العسكريه بها Creative is known site contains maps of Baghdad and military sites in
http://www.globalsecurity.org/milita...raq/index.html http://www.globalsecurity.org/milita...raq/index.html
خريطه توضح اماكن الصفويين في بغداد Map shows locations Shahs in Baghdad
الخريطه غير مؤرخه ومن مصدر مستقل وغير رسمي Map-dated and the source of independent and non-formal

http://healingiraq.blogspot.com/baghdadethno1.JPG http://healingiraq.blogspot.com/baghdadethno1.JPG

Gerald
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