I Can’t believe this Happened | Iraq | [E44]

If they went outside, they shoot you directly. This is insane! Good morning all my beautiful people! I have Zarek right there and I'm gonna have breakfast here in Adel's house. Super super kind-hearted guy, very very nice family. I really like it here. So yes, brekkie on the menu. I'm here with Adam, he's hosting me. Super nice family. Thank you so much. Where are you from? We are in Algeria. Super nice. Breakfast is on the go here. Boiling some eggs. Yeah exactly. And what's the name of this one? We make Arabic coffee. Okay, thank you, thank you. Yeah, thank you dear. Super nice to meet you. Later on, later on. All right, all right. Take care. Thank you so much. Bye bye! What a lovely family. They're so kind. So you stayed here for the night. I wish I could stay longer. But I have to get up to Duhok and finish everything I have there. Yesterday we were basically hanging out at their house. We had dinner there with his family. And there are two couchsurfers there as well. One girl from China and one girl from Poland. Super nice people. So we had dinner, chatted and we went to one of Adele's friends. And visit them and the women and they gave me this scarf. Because the woman there, she's making them basically. So it's super nice. Very talented. What else did we do? And we came back in the evening, went to sleep. And today we had a delicious breakfast. Thank you so much. But it's nice to get out from the cities a bit and come to a village. So much calmer, less sounds. You know, I grew up like this. So for me, it's very natural to be here. So yeah, very good place to stay. Let's adventure continue! Boom! Wow, guys, look at this countryside. Wow. That mountain over there is so beautiful. It's a long mountain range, you know. It goes miles, miles, miles over there. Almost on the way to Tikrit. There's some donkeys here. Hello, guys. I'm sorry. I don't want to scare you. And you're so cute. This is my first turns in a long time now. Since I went down to Baghdad, it's been basically straight roads. And flatland. This is great. So much fun. For being out here, we try to keep a motorcycle on this lane. But I'm like going like that, you know. It is so windy right now. My God, it's heavy going like this with a motorcycle. Now it's pretty cold. And I'm in Mosul now. So I will get some fuel and then I wait for my friend. My guide will guide me through the city. And yeah, let's go from there, right? I don't know much about Mosul. Except that it got bombed really badly back in the times. So there are a lot, a lot of ruins. But they're building it up. It's getting more modern again. And they're trying to rebuild everything. That's what I heard at least. We will see what he says. So I'm getting to the first bridge here. I will meet with the guy. And we go for a little tour around Mosul. It's so nice to just stop a little bit. Because it was so windy the whole way. The whole way was super windy. And it got really cold. So it's nice to slow down a bit and enjoy the sun. Some heat on my body. Oh, it smells like falafel and kebab here. And they're selling a lot of fruits. There are the kebab stands. It's very common you sit outside. You see all the shirts there. You sit outside the falafel or kebab place. You eat or you can go inside. Okay, here we have the bridge. I'm not sure what river it could be here. Could it be Tigris? I don't know. All right, people. I'm here with Numan. Hi, how are you? And we're having... Welcome to Mosul. Thank you so much. It's lovely to meet you. Super, super nice to meet you. And we're gonna have a piece here. Yes, we have kebab here. Delicious food. Super, super nice. We're gonna eat. I'm so happy to meet you. Yeah, you too. Thank you so much. So the building in front of me right now has so many bullet holes. This is the old part. This is the bazaar. Yeah, we have a lot of fruits. And I love all the strawberries. It's so many colors. It's so beautiful. Spice, vegetables, fruits. Perfume. So... Potatoes. We will check it out. A bit cheaper. It costs like one dollar. One dollar per liter. Yeah. Basically. Or one, two liters. Yeah. Okay, okay. This is completely... This was a home? Yes. All these were houses for people. Houses for people. Yeah. But they put safe, safe. Yeah, safe. It's free from explosives. Ah, true. Explosives as well. Whoa. Jeez. This is insane. Can I go in here? Yes. Hey, there are white flags. Okay. That means it's alright. Oh, a little stair. Let's see. It was sold because of this. A lot of died on the local government. A lot of people. A lot of robots. Children, women. Of course, of course. Jesus. Terrible. So, this city, are they gonna repair it? Or are they... Yes, it's under reconstruction and... Restore, restore nation. Okay, restore nation. It will become a new neighborhood one day. And I hope that you come again one day. Yes, yes, yes. When it will become a new neighborhood. I would like that. All ISIS people, items, were stocking here. So, this was a really beautiful neighborhood once. Ancient village. The old town. Yep. Yep, a ghost town. Yeah. We get to go on the roof. One of the men here to see it from above a little bit as well. It's overwhelming everything, you know. Because this man is living in this house. Just next to the ruins and everything. So, yeah. They survived. Yep. Come. So, we go into the fish market and have a little look there. And see what they have. Big fish. Massive, big fishes. Is it from the river? Yes, carp fish. From the river. My god. Very interesting. Small fish. These guys. This last one. Yeah. They're very good. Delicious. Here we have some eel or something. What is this? Interesting to see different kind of fishes. I have no idea what it is but. Carp fish. Yeah. Different kinds of carp fish. So many different things. The bazaar in Mosul. What is this? What is it? Kind of starches or candies. Something like that. Candies. Castles. Kind of sweet candies. Yeah, okay. I see, I see. Interesting. Sweet. Sweet, yes. Thank you. Oh, they have so many spices here. So nice. What do you call that? Pistachio. Do they wear something to it or it's only the dress? No, no. Oh, they have this as well? Yes. Traditional clothes for men. And these ones? Yeah. The scarves? No, no, no. Some people like wearing a scarf and other people. Oh, that is amazing. Can you ask him if I can take a picture? That goes on. Okay, and the light one? Yes, this is the new. The new one. They have a lot of soap. Yeah. Yeah, beautiful. It's my job. Coffee? Yeah. Coffee. Coffee one. It's called Indian era. So cute. This is for you. This is Chinese like. All right, so we've been around the city a lot. It's been super amazing. Thank you so much for showing me around. You are always welcome. We had a nice day with the kind person, Christina. I hope that you'll be visiting again in the future. You are always welcome. Definitely. I will for sure. Thank you so much. You're always welcome. My pleasure. It was awesome meeting you. Oh, I had a really lovely time here. It's been so intense though. But very interesting to see everything. From the new Mosul till the old one. Yeah, so, so good. I appreciate that tour. So when we went into the destroyed area, it was a man and two kids sitting there outside the door, inside the house. So we went there and they said, oh, you want to take pictures from the roof? And we went up on this house and could take pictures of all the destroyed areas. It was terrible to see. Then he told me a story or in Arabic to my friend that during ISIS, when they arrived and bombed everything, his house was okay. But they couldn't go out. They couldn't go out for five months because ISIS was outside his house. So he and his family had to hide in the house in five months. And luckily they had at least some food stored there. They can eat some rice and stuff. But if they went outside, they shoot you directly with snipers. They're strong. And he was so happy. Such a happy person and very easygoing and calm. Strong, strong people. Wow. Can't even imagine myself if my hometown will be bombed. Right in front of me over there, we have Saddam Hussein's mosque apparently. Seems like they are rebuilding it. Yep. Pretty, pretty, pretty. Made it back to Duhok now. I'm here again. I was driving in the dark back from Mosul to Duhok and I had to take some time for myself and just reflect over the day and what I saw and what I heard and experienced because I was really overwhelmed. It was terrible, the things I heard and some stories. So yeah, I needed that time. Anyway, I'm back in Duhok right now and I will go up on the roof up here and I will sleep there for a couple of nights and do my thing. And then we will see. So thank you so much for joining my adventure from Sweden to Nepal. Like, share, comment and subscribe. 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