Where are all the women in Erbil? Look out onto the street, and you may be lucky to spot a single woman among dozens of men. Apparently the situation is different in the more liberal city of Sulaymaniyah. I did find part of the answer in Erbil's old bazaar. Lots of women. Although I wasn't sure whether many of them were Turkish tourists. While on the subject, many Kurds aren't sure whether I'm a Turkish tourist. They're many thousands of kilometres wrong.A hunt for postcards turned out to be a disappointment. My whole purpose in coming to Iraq was down the drain. No matter, my new hotel owner suggested that I could use an ATM cash machine here for my VISA or MasterCard. At long last! After two months of no ATM's and the cash running very very low.
That night I was treated to dinner out with the hotel owner and his friend. And beer! Real German beer! Funny enough, I'll probably meet these two in Sweden in two months. Both had lived for numerous years in England and Holland, and had come back to open businesses. One was due to pick up his new English passport in a few weeks.
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