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Third portion: the Middle East Entering Iraq A little nervous, we exited Turkey, driving over a short no-man's-land towards the Iraqi checkpoint. We were in the unknown here. We did not have an Iraqi visa, but we were crossing into Iraqi Kurdistan's autonomous region. From the information we...

Turkey road overview Here's an approximate map of our road in Turkey. It's rough, and doesn't count the several times we wandered off the main path for some exploring, but it has the general idea and direction. To be continued...

Approaching Iraq We continue to follow the road right up against the Syrian border, until we arrive at the point where Turkey, Iraq and Syria join. Heavily militarized zone. The lack of civilians, and the smoke from burning things tell you right then and there that you entered a warzone. The...

After sleeping a bit in our cafe, we woke up, freshened, and ready to go on. Lo and behold, our little Deffy would not start, once again. Pissed off, as we had just changed the battery, we starting exploring the possibilities... Eliminating potential culprit after potential culprit, there was...

Second portion: Crossing from Europe to Asia Entering Turkey As we approached the secure checkpoint, the first thing we could notice was that it was completely deserted. After a no-man's-land of barbed wire, the only people on the Turkish side were military. And they did not seem happy to see...

First portion: Europe I'll give a quick overview on this portion, since all three of us had extensively travelled in Europe beforehand, we didn't stop much and kept on going. After driving from the Atlantic coast in France to Toulon, we continued on to Annecy, where we would pick up our last...

Hello everyone, First and foremost, a quick presentation. I was recently referred to this forum after writing a brief Q&A session on another website. I was surprised at the attention this story received, and was advised to write a more proper, in-depth description of the trip. Now here's a...