Imagine closing youre eyes and being spun round twenty times, and then opening your eyes, and your in the dark - This is Basra (Basrah).
A confusing city which one minuite is inviting and friendly, and the next, bleak and dangerous.
Driving through the central parts, a new TV shop, will ... Read review
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Advantages: Strange and Surreal place to visit Disadvantages: Exceptionally dangerous for those who believe they are invincible
...the dark - This is Basra (Basrah).
A confusing city which one minuite is inviting and friendly, and the next, bleak and dangerous. Driving through the central parts, a new TV shop, will be next to a burnt out hotel, there is oppulence, next to offulence.
The people on the whole appear to be friendly, the kids are nice and chatty, but there is an unnerved feeling about them, there is something they arent telling you. If you are invited into their ... ...fed with all delights including Sheeps eyeballs, and other things that us westeners arent used to. It is rude to refuse.
Good advice it to carry a selection of hard candy and small toys for kids, and perhaps some souveniers of your own country to give away.
Basrah is situated on the Shat Al Arab River, and it has its own independant power station, the power is un reliable, as the locals pull down the pylons to strip the copper from the cables, ...
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