The Police In IRAQ (Babylon) | [E49]

Policeman. Policeman, yes, yes, yes. Driving, doo-dee-doo-dee-doo-dee. Pakistan! This is Saddam Hussein's own hamam as well. Do you know what it is? Memories for life, you know? That's what it is. Yes, yes. Alright. Shukran, shukran, thank you for everything. Most beautiful family. Yes, it was so nice to meet you. I see you again. One more day. Okay? Take care. Good luck with everything. Bye-bye. You too. Kindest family. They've been taking care of me like insanely good. Feeding me, taking me to places. I've just been so kind. I've been laughing so much with this family. They are so funny. Oh yeah, we're laughing. I don't know how they just have the same humor as me. And the kids are amazing. So, yep. For sure. One day I'll be back in Najaf. I got so much information about this place. They do actually a pilgrim. They do a pilgrim from Najaf to Karbala. Each year people walk between the cities. And I think it's 80 kilometers. So it takes three days. And people along the road provide these pilgrims with food, water and accommodation as well. To help them out. They are as well like spraying them with water. Because it's in June. It's very very hot, like 50 degrees. So, yeah. That's impressive. I would actually like to come back and do that walk. Do the pilgrim. With them. To see how it is and experience it. Maybe another year I come back. And I visit this family. And I do the pilgrim. Ok, I gotta get some fuel for my baby. Sarik. And then we head towards Babylon. They have everything on these ones. It's really practical. I gotta continue. Very nice to meet you. What's your name? Tadar. Nice to meet you. Take care. Babylon, Babylon. Let's go to Babylon. It's so hot again, my phone. So the temperature is too high. So it shut down the maps and everything. So I need to cool it down with my body temperature. Ok. Hello. Very good, thank you. How are you? Driving. The police are so funny. This is the traffic police. I'm exploding of the massive breakfast I had at the family's place. It was so good. Egg, bread and some veggies. And I think it was kebab shawarma on the side. You never leave an empty belly here in Iraq, I can say. So good food. This is the Kufa river. It's very green around. A lot of palm trees. Very nice. So the roads look more or less like this. It's not super interesting to go on the highways here. Unfinished houses. A little bit of greenery. It's a bit of garbage. I'm not really a highway girl. But when I'm here in Iraq, I have to follow these ones. I'm not going into small roads, I don't know. That's the advice I got at least. And I follow that. Let's see here. I have a checkpoint. I see the Ishta gate over there. Oh, it's so nice. My name? Kristina. Sweden. Policeman. Yes, yes, yes. Okay, shukran. Yes. This guy is so helpful. The guy in front of me. The car is helping me. Guiding me to the Ishta gate. Because I came from another way. And the checkpoint said, no, no, no. You have to go around. But I was just 100 meters from the checkpoint. The Ishta gate. The real one is actually in Germany. This is just a fake one. So if you want to see the exactly real one, you go to Germany. But, yeah. It's powerful. It's so nice. And down here you found a southern palace. Is this from Saddam Hussein as well? No, no, this is original. This is 3500 BC. Wow. With asphalt walls. Oh my god. That is so old. It's hot in winter and cold in summer. So you need to store it somewhere cold. It's also so dumb. Saddam wrote this. This is the maze. Saddam Hussein. So this is original one. Yeah, this is part original. This is part new one. And this is called the maze. Let's see. Going through the maze. Yeah, I would never find out here. Wow. And this is Saddam Hussein as well? Yeah. He is writing everything here. This is part original with asphalt. They have asphalt. This was built. It was built of asphalt in the beginning. With that type. That's amazing. I am so lost here. Now by myself I will be lost. See the Babylonian what he do in that time to write in the bricks and build. I show you the big bricks here. Where is the bricks? This. So what? Do we know what it is? This is the Iraqi people in that time when he rebuilt walls put his name on farm and work and what time the king. And what mean this building? For what? But you need put mobile in there. Can you see? It's really clear in there. Nice we are. Oh yes, it's so cool here. It's cold, huh? Because outside because the bath sleep here. Of course they know where to go. And they put the food in here. Yeah, inside room. You need another one? This is the end of this room. Yeah. On this roof, arch. And this is floor. It's really cool in here. It's similar size. Similar size the same one. Yeah, they need this during the summer times I guess when it's so warm here. Yeah, cool down the food. Yeah, all the similar. The old bath. No rebuild, no anything. In front of us. Just stay old. Exactly, Saddam Hussein didn't touch it. No. So old part in front. How old is it? This is 3500 years old. 3500 years old. It's a protection wall. Around 9 kilometers. This is wall. The bridge without fire. No fire, just mud and mixed mud and salt. And put under the sun and fish water to build. And join also mud. Salt and mud. And water. And this is another wall. But the famous gate is that gate over there. Rebuilt. This is another wall. Three walls. And see this blade. Wait, wait. You use this one to eat? Yes, for drink water. The first road in the world. Is this the road? First road in the world. Bricks and asphalt. In that time to make her celebration for the new year. For any year to beginning her big celebration. Temple for Ninmah. Ninmah that mean in Arabic language mean lady. Great lady. Ninmah in language Somalian. This used for marriage. This building? God of Ninmah. Okay, so they got married in there. Yeah, in that time anyone married you come to clean body for some well inside. To take water and swimming. And after that to marriage. And finish. Clean yourself and get married. Same this time anyone go to the court to make marriage. I asked you the animals. This one. This amalgamation. Head dragon. Neck giraffe. Front legs lion. Back legs eagle. And they cover the fish, the body on the neck and tail. Tail snake without head. End of the tail needle or scorpion. Marduk, chief of God. Number two this boat. God of the weather. You know this for milk. One lion Marduk. One lion. Aded is called Aded this name. And number third also Marduk and Aded. This is from the... Exactly. Okay. The German is coming here to take this gate. The Iraqi archaeologist found it under this gate to found that one. And from here we gonna go and visit Saddam's Hussein house. Which is abandoned. But it's still a popular tourist attraction to come and have a look up here. So we climb this hill. Because they can take a motorcycle up there for some reason. But they can drive cars and buses up there. Never mind. I walk. And we have a look there. Wow. He had a true palace. Okay. This is his view. Would you like to stay here? Would you like to live here? People stay here. Ah. So the echo is out. Okay. The secret route up to his room. This is the balcony. It's a good view. This is Saddam Hussein's own hammam as well. There he washed himself and enjoyed himself. So the royal suite of Saddam. Here he slept. And enjoyed his time. And he had a pretty amazing view over the river. Ah, the swimming pool. Yes. Swimming pool down there. Exactly. Babylon or this place is so peaceful. And the smell of the nature. Flowers. Flowers. Greenery. Oh, so happy. This is so nice. I would like to pitch my tent here and sleep. I'm pretty tired of the city life now. I've got to be honest to say. I need nature. I want nature. Here comes the tourist bus of all the Germans. Yeah. Yes, this was so worth all the 25 000 dinars. And it's much more to explore, but yeah, it would take me the whole night. I'm so happy I met that guard over there because he knew all the small holes. Loop holes to see for the signs and all this kind of stuff. He was a really good guide I must say. Bye bye. I stopped and had some water. And the guy in the in the cashier, he invited for the water. So kind. And so many people have been around here talking to me. It is such a social country. I love it. We just go on the street, we speak to each other. What's your motorcycle? Hi, how are you doing? Who are you? Where are you from? Yes. Okay, take care. Bye bye. Yes, goodbye. When I went to the checkpoint, they stopped me to make a copy of my passport, like they always do. And ask where I'm going. But in the same room where they were doing all this and laughing with me and taking pictures, there was a guy sitting in the back with handcuffs. And he looked so sad. I don't know if he was speeding or what happened. One thing I really like is to ride in the sunsets. I think it's a magic moment. The golden hour and you just ride and watch the sun go down. It is so beautiful. Okay, I'm going to wrap it up from here. Thank you so much for joining my adventure from Sweden to Nepal. Don't forget to subscribe, like, comment and like my Patreon family as well. Join my family there and you will have more exclusive material over there. Take care and I'll see you soon.