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Round the World Mop Up - Middle East - March to May 2025

A few weeks around the Cradle of Civilisation.




  • Lahore
    Flights from Taipei Day Tour with Wahga Ceremony A Walk in the Park
    Sheesh Mahal Mirrors I Sheesh Mahal Mirrors II Wahga Flag Lowering Ceremony I Wahga Flag Lowering Ceremony II Wahga Flag Lowering Ceremony III Wahga Flag Lowering Ceremony IV




  • Doha
    Flight from Lahore Short Walk around the Great Mosque




  • Tehran
    Flight from Doha Afternoon Walk City Tour Carpet Museum and Azadi Tower
    Dancers in Lalen Park


  • Kashan
    Drive from Tehran City Tour


  • Isfahan
    Drive from Tehran Day Tour Jame' Mosque Visit and Drive to Yazd
    Argument at Imam Khomeini Mosque Walk around Imam Khomeini Mosque Disappearing Peacock Tail at Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque


  • Yazd
    Drive from Isfahan Day Tour Evening Walk


  • Pasargad
    Stop on Way from Yazd to Shiraz


  • Persepolis
    Day Trip from Shiraz
    Pan across the Site


  • Shiraz
    Drive from Yazd Evening Walk Day Tour
    Horaneewa Player in Street Entering Seyed Mohammad ebn Musa Shrine Inside Seyed Mohammad ebn Musa Shrine




  • Baghdad
    Flights from Shiraz Evening Walk and Beers City Tour Evening City Tour


  • Babylon
    Stopover on Way to Karbala
    Walking around Sadam's Palace I Walking around Sadam's Palace II


  • Karbala
    Drive from Baghdad Holy Shrines Visit
    Entering the Holy Shrine of Imam Hossain


  • Najaf
    Passing through on Way to Nasiriyah
    Wadi Al-Salam cemetery


  • Nasiriyah
    Drive from Karbala Great Ziggurat of Ur and Marshlands and Return to Bagdad


  • Mosul
    Drive from Baghdad via Abu Dulaf and Hatra City Tour and onward drive to Erbil
    Hatra Sunset


  • Erbil
    Drive from Mosul Dinner and Drinks Christian Quarter Visit


  • Shaqlawa
    Drive from Erbil via Shingelbana Resort and Korek Mountain


  • Koysinjaq
    Stopover on Way to Sulaymaniyah


  • Halabja
    Day Visit from Sulaymaniyah


  • Sulaymaniyah
    Drive from Shaqlawa City Tour after Halabja Visit Slemani Museum and Red Prison Visit


  • Lalish
    Stopover on Way to Duhok


  • Duhok
    Drive from Erbil Drive via Gara Summit and Mar Mattai Monastery back to Erbil
    Praying Syriac Orthodox Monks at Mor Mattai Monastery




  • Beirut
    Flight from Erbil Walk around Hamra Walk along the Waterfront Walk around Downtown Beirut


  • Aanjar
    Daytrip from Beirut


  • Baalbek
    Daytrip from Beirut
    Great Court Temple of Bacchus




  • Damascus
    Drive from Beirut Afternoon Walk Dinner at Damaska Snaack Shopping on Return from Almishtaya Return to Beirut


  • Hama
    Stopover on Drive to Aleppo


  • Idlib
    Stopover on Drive top Aleppo


  • Aleppo
    Drive from Damascus Dinner at Wanes Baron Hotel, Citadel and Soukh Dinner at Cordoba Restaurant Day Trip to Cathedral of St. Simeon Stylite and Railway Station Dinner at Burger Place
    Pan over Aleppo Pan at Cathedral of St. Simeon Stylite


  • Homs
    Passing through on Way to Almishtaya


  • Almishtaya (Krak des Chevaliers)
    Drive from Aleppo
    Pan over Krak les Chevalier Castle


  • Palmyra
    Day Visit from Almishtaya
    First Pan at the Temple of Bel Climbing the Temple of Bel Gate Pan from the Temple of Bel's Rubble Heap Juan riding a Motorbike 16 People in a 10-Seater


  • Maaloula
    Passing through in Way to Damascus