Caravanistan

Turkey also closed its border with Kurdistan. The Kurdish border with Iran was already closed. Since Syria and Iraq aren't an option anyhow, all overland borders are closed now. (Yes, we are stuck in Kurdistan at the moment.)

Iraq is closing its borders with Iran. Unclear if it's only for Iraqi nationals and Iranian nationals.

Turkey to Iraqi Kurdistan 15 Feb. 2020 Dutch couple in Dutch plates Defender We arrived on a Saturday at 10:30 local time. There were 15 cars in front of us. Took a half hour to reach the first Turkish "gate". We had to fill out a form you can get in the office next to it. We didn't know, ...

Yeah, we'll probably stick to the southwest corner of Turkey for now. I was hoping there would be a good option for February, if our visa runs out. But if it is still cold in Georgia and North Iran (or anywhere else we could bring the car), it will probably be a case of just going for it and trying ...

Hi again! It's been a while. We thought about leaving September 2018, but in the end we left a full year later! We wanted to follow your advice Steven (rushing through Europe, be in Iran etc in winter), but we were just so tired of all the preparations, that we just couldn't rush anymore. So it's Wi...

steven wrote: Enjoy the planning!

Thanks a lot Steven! We have a lot to discuss now! Thanks again, and we'll be back. Like you said, we're only beginning our trip!

Hi everyone! I hope it's okay that I write this here. Otherwise I would be happy to start a new topic. First of all: thanks for all of the information on the website and in this forum. It's great! Sorry for the anonymity (and my bad English). The outside world (my boss) doesn't know about our plans ...