EXPLORING IRAQ - HOW DANGEROUS IS IT?
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Josh cahil is the best name ever
Josh cahil is very cool person
From Kenya NBO
Hey there i'm a big lover of you. When will you come to Pakistan again josh cahill. I wanted you to explore PIA under the government of Imran Khan. Every changes from 2018-2021. Please please please 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
Hi josh i am your big fan
Can you pls pls pls visit Mozambique next😀
In south eastern Africa 😀
when did you make this video my friend?
I've been to Iraq twice with my wife and we've had a tremendous time. People were so hospitable, generous, kind and warm. People were not willing to take our money and would invite us to their homes. I have been to 47 countries and I have yet to see anything like it. God bless Iraq and it's people.
Welcome any time 🌹🇮🇶🌹🇮🇶🌹
Mike, are you Iraqi?
Where in iraq were you and how did you get visa?
I been to Diyala Iraq for a year of my life in 2008.
I want to travel to Iraq someday as a Civilian Tourist.
@@starcityrc3298 you welcome any time 🌹
When I was young, I studied the history of Iraq and it was great, especially Babylon. My dream is to visit Babylon. Greetings to our Iraqi brothers🇮🇶❤️🇷🇺
Welcome any time ..
Always welcome
If you ever think of a tour guide. I'll be your guy. Family discounts considered 😂
Come any time
@@cocojumboist520 thanks
It’s a shame that the news and social media always say negative remarks about going to these countries!! But I would love to visit Iraq!
We are a people who love life and a stable country. We love tourists and offer them everything we can. We hope that you will visit us 💚
Of course, they are destroying Iraq in all respects.
Come anytime!
You are right
Unfortunately there are many of social media and news lies which says unlike truth about my country and no showing the bright side of my country
اهلا بك نحبكم في الله
Looks very clean. If safety continues improving Baghdad could become a popular tourist spot. Iraqi people sure deserve stable and good lives
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I visited Baghdad a few years ago and did almost the same tour: the souq, the old cafe, the boat ride, the monument that we also had to convince the guards to allow us in. We also got to visit one of Saddam’s old palaces in Babylon. Love the video!
You are most welcome my Dear, Iraqi people are always kind and like Foreigns like you.. By the way, where are you from?
@@italianprince8858 i shall marry you my dear
I will vist baghdad soon also. Is there any thing I should know if I go alone?
@@MrBooster999 I went with a tour group operating out of Dubai. I recommend finding a tour group. We even had a local government escort on part of the trip. Stay safe 👍
@@sleepylecat
Are you Italian?
I’m an iraqi, and just want to say that you picked a perfect tour guide.
What's going on in Iraq.
Thank you so much ❤️❤️
@@baghdadmelody7450 a
many more tourists are coming i hope you will be ready
هلو
If I was ever in the middle east, there culture is beautiful. There people so gratious. There belief in god is amazing.
After so many years of war and suffering, it is nice to see the people still have a welcoming and kind spirit. Great vlog showing us some really beautiful things!
لان العراق بلد الحضارات انا من العراق
Iraq is an ancient country that history cannot describe. There is Ur, there is Babylon, and there and there. Welcome. All people. Iraq wants life, no matter how many circumstances it has gone through. Welcome to Baghdad Peace
Today I read about Anu-Shirvan
Amen, I'm sorry my country was so foolish to overthrow your government and cause so much chaos. Is it too complicated a matter to say "the average Iraqi" is or isn't happy with the new Iraq. Thank you!
@@usselpasoable Welcome, my brother. We Iraqis love all the peoples of the region and are far from politics. The people do not represent the government, and the new Iraq is better than what it was previously. 💕💖
Love to Germany from Iraq 🇮🇶 ❤️ 🇩🇪
This is an amazing video. I is great to see the splendor of the city and people. I did two tours in Baghdad with the army and thoroughly enjoyed the people and culture. I will one day return to visit. Iraqi's are wonderful people and have a rich history.
Being part of one of the worst invasions in history is nothing to brag about.
@@try2justbe he isn’t bragging he is just telling his story
You're very welcome anytime in iraq :)
how many kids did u kill?
Honestly Iraqi airways is top class whenever I was in it. Food is great, and the pilots... damn! You don’t feel landings and takeoffs
I agree with you 100% Iraqi airways pilots are the best in the world in takeoff and landing and this is the honest truth.
Waw so happy to here that , thanks
So proud to Iraqi ☺️
Thats why Iraqi airways never had an accident before
They're definitely professional and well trained
طگوا الخطوط العراقية، ما يدرون بيهم يقفصون علينة بالأسعار 😂🤣
Brilliant - You've done a great job of helping to showcase Baghdad, which will help pave the way for many more to go and visit. I hope to visit around January when the weather is favourable :)
So pleased you stopped for a few days. Great video Josh!!
If u want to visit iraq i can host u in karbala bro.. U r welcome anytime🙏❤️
The food is waiting for you in Baghdad 👌
You welcome in Iraq❤️❤️❤️
😂 The temperature in Baghdad reached 51 degrees
Come in winter from November to February it’s not too bad make sure you get a good guide too many ancient sites in Iraq you probably need months to see all haha all the best.
I was there for 4 years in the military during the war. The iraqi people are so friendly and kind. 👍
Do you as a veteran think that there is a possibility veterans will go to a trip to iraq, but as tourists to visit the country and see how it have changed since they left. And visit the places they used to patrol and fo there daily work in?
@@alikasim9627 yes
@@MrCyberShow which year would you think that would be a reality? Like 2030?
I saw many US soldiers in Iraq in 2005-2006. People would just stop and stare at them lol.
I'm from Iraq. Now we want war, we want peace all over the world.
I've been to Baghdad once. Loved the place and especially the people!
Thanks for breaking stereotypes and showing us an unfiltered view of Baghdad which you usually don't get in the west!
I honestly would feel safer in Baghdad then Tijuana Mexico.
Well this makes me really want to go to a place I'd never think of visiting! Excellent vlog Josh, really enjoyed it
Do it bro and come.
U will be much welcome bro, my house is open to u anytime
Iraqis love foreigners. You should definitely go.
Wow! I enjoyed this more than some documentaries I've seen on TV. A much more personal insight into Baghdad. Thank you so much.
TV and media has never done Iraq justice, continuously pushing a false image of war and destruction, suits their agenda
جميل شخص اجنبي يزور حضارتنا نتشرف اكيد it's nice 🇮🇶🤘❤️
🤩🤩🤩
انت شوف هاذ الدليل الي وياهم وين موديهم الله يطيح حضة ما وداهم للمنصور للجادرية
@@avi284 الفيديو حلو ما بي شي المهم عكس فكرة حلوة عن العراق واضح الناس حبوها من خلال تعليقاتهم، تعلموا النقد البناء وإبتعدوا عن أسلوب الكلام الجارح🍃
wow thank you so much. Makes me wanna go to Baghdad. The campus looks amazing. The oldest cafe's ceiling is bricks... and the cruise on Tigris is super interesting. After all Tigris has quite a monumental significance to the world's civilization. Wow this is goooooooooooood.
i’m 25 and i’ve lived my whole life in baghdad
there is another face for baghdad which you can see by going to almansour
or al karrada
there is everything in baghdad
malls
big supermarkets
bars like d loungu
and much more
thanks for visiting baghdad and we hope to see again
you all are always welcome and you don’t have to pay anything our houses are open for you anytime
Beneath all the negative news that the main stream media always publish and broadcast about Iraq, little do they know about the everyday life of Iraqis in Baghdad who are having a normal life, with business as usual, and who are very much eager to welcome visitors from all over and show them around. Thanks a lot, Josh, for all your guts, courage, as well as your own brand of openness and sense of humour that make your videos very, very interesting. Beneath its notions that Baghdad is a war-torn city, you have brilliantly shown how its people are very, very friendly, with very exciting street food (it indeed would be a blessing for those who love very spicy food like me), its bustling bazaars/souqs with lots to of ethnic souvenirs and novelty items to buy as those perfect gifts for the folks back home--also reflective of the entrepreneural spirit of the Iraqis, and colourful Islamic architecture, plus streets that a very, very safe to walk and explore. Keep up your excellent work, Josh :-)
Iraq and Austria were always good friends, since centuries, i want to visit one day. We always had good connections to nearly all arab countries, because of our former cancellor, Kreisky back in the 70ies.
You are always welcome here even though now it might be unsafe in a way
اهلا وسهلا 🇮🇶❤🇦🇹
@@user-ff1qr9vh3z Thank you, shukran.
@@ALIKN1-1 thank you bro.
@@ALIKN1-1 you lie man,,more foreign come to Iraq and they so happy not like Egypt there more thief
This was an extraordinary and eye-opening view of a city that we often think as in perpetual war. I thank you for your pointing out that the people of Baghdad are welcoming. Thanks again.
Really cool image of Iraq and its nice people. The Iraqi people have suffered way too much from wars and politics.
Welcome to Iraq my friend. We have nothing but love for people from all around the world and want nothing but peace, love and prosperity. Regardless of where someone is from, we share this planet together and have same goals an ambitions.
I highly appreciate the way you are doing your reports 👍. It allows an unfilterd impression of the daily life and the people in Baghdad. I‘m really impressed by the friendly and open kind of the people shown in the video, especially after the tough decades they went through.
That was so interesting, Josh! I really enjoyed it. You'd never think how beautiful it is from what we've been shown on TV!
Miss,
Baghdad is very Nice City more than you Imagine
Baghdad has not been done justice.. what you see in this vlog is life after numerous wars and damage to the infrastructure
Love these travel adventures. A credit also to Iraq and its people, all the best to them.
So far the best video I’ve seen of a tourist do on Iraq. You should continue this style of editing, keep it as natural as possible. 🇮🇶❤️
Saddam is in a hole in tikrit rotting
@@GreenJumper he hide (down) in a hole!
@@GreenJumper saddam gave iraqi military airplanes to iran. Read about it.
When americans took saddam from hole he had long durty hair and they shoved down a light in his dirty mouth and took pictures on him when he was in pants and almost naked🤣
@@GreenJumper saddam alhufra al qawmiyah. La'naat allah aleyhi wa ala aba bkr, umar, uthman, hafsa wa muawiyah.
Baath party rot in hell
@@GreenJumper yes I am a shia
I reject to follow and respect the killers of the prophet muhammed saw and his household!
Thanx josh for showing the real Iraq to the world there is so many good places you must visit ,you have covered only small part of Baghdad I hope you had a good time . Hope to see you back again
I loved this. Thanks for making it. My grandparents were Iraqi Jews who left Baghdad in the 1940s during WW2. They did not want to leave and always spoke very fondly and lovingly of Iraq. I really hope to visit some day and see where I come from.
I canceled my trip to Baghdad bc people in Erbil told me it was dangerous. This makes me feel better about rebooking a trip there. I’m glad you had a good time
It's obviously not 100% safe but it's definitely safe enough for a visit , back in the mid 2000s and even 2010s you couldn't walk on the street without worrying about your life .
Iraqi Kurds have unfortunately a lot of jealousy and biases against Arab Iraqis.
@@try2justbe well you have to admit that iraqi kurdistan is much safer than the other regions
Yeah Kurdistan has been very safe even during the war. US troops could walk around without weapons and armor.
It makes me happy that Baghdad is starting to thrive again.
@@blyat2656 It's not just safer it's better in every category because they have a decent government .
Cheers🍻 to your 100th country and what a perfect place to visit and show the world how beautiful it is!! Great video and well edited to show off how much has changed and blow the stereotype away. 👍
You are most welcome
This was an awesome video! You are a wonderful ambassador in such a lovely country. I'd now like to visit Baghdad someday. 👍🏻🥰
Welcome to the great Iraq, and thank you for publishing the true picture of Baghdad and the Iraqis 🤍🤍🇮🇶🇩🇪
Excellent video Josh! I wasn’t sure what to expect and this was a real eye opener! 👍
Such an interesting and safe place! You really show how, places that you wouldn’t usually consider travelling to because of security and safety concerns are actually open, friendly and welcoming to foreigners. ✈️
Not the Iraq I remember, but I couldn’t be any happier seeing this country prosper!
Que legal o vídeo. Não sabia que Bagdad estava tranquila assim. Posso até ir nas próximas férias.
Welcome in every time bro
OMG, you are awesome Josh. Thank you dear for visiting Iraq.
جدا فخورين بشاب مثل حسين🍃
I literally just I searched Iraq and I found you I’m from Baghdad and welcome to Iraq. Thank you for making this video for my country
Thank you so much Josh for visiting our
homeland Gi can't explain my love for your
this videoThanku so much♥️🇮🇶
Well done! I am Iraqi by roots, Kiwi by choice, been in New Zealand for over 20 years and never went back to Baghdad!! Some places you visited are so nostalgic and brings back good memories, it looks so deteriorated since I was there in 2000
Glad you enjoyed it, stay safe
لا فدوه تعال العراق محتاجك ههههه
interesting video Josh!! an honest review of Baghdad, shows it is actually not what everyone thinks, instead it is bustling with hospitality and love!! great video and keep them coming!
اهلا و سهلا بيك في العراق بلد الخير اهلنا يا عراقين يا ناس يا طيبين رفعت راسنا شبابنا بناتنا كبارنا و صغارنا الله ايديم على بلدنا العراق امنا و امان يارب .
Wow, this is wonderful! Really appreciate seeing Iraq from inside! This is really awesome that Josh not only posts his flights but also what life is like within these countries that many of us would probably not venture to in our life time!
It's save countries don't listen to fake news 💚
Absolutely astonishing and surprising. I really love what I see and I know same time, that you experienced this town exactly the way you show. Brilliant pictures, an authentic view as deep as you can get in a few day. Your little film gives me the feeling that I should goo there by myself for exploring history and making new friends. Thanks Josh and compliments for one of the best films from you I ever saw!!!
Great eposode Josh! Baghdad is indeed one of the historical heritage cities....a contemporary of our Varanasi here in India....best wishes fr Delhi...
Great, unbiased (as far as I can see) video. Really interesting. The architecture very similar to Uzbekistan imo
I think it is more ancient from Uzbekstan
By the way, where are you from?
Iraq has alot of Persian influence, I think name Baghdad means something in farsi
Hello Ted's girl
@@user-fl3qb4eo2l baghdad name is from an aakkdian origin it was named bagdada
though it also has a meaning in persian
I am a Kurdish Iraqi and honestly so shocked to find out how safe Baghdad is from these videos. When I was there in 2011 it wasn't like that at all. Matter of fact a mortar hit 2km short of my hotel just as I arrived 30min after. Glad to see it safer.
And he wasn’t in very good neighborhoods he was in very poor ones. Im a iraqi who lived my whole life in Sweden but I was there 5years ago and I got shocked
@@alifarman2365 Yeah I can see dramatic change and also people becoming more educated and aware of the crime and fraud activities done by the government. They all want change which is great to see
What a great overview, really loved it. Thank you
I always thought you were Dutch, especially with that accent.
As for Baghdad, we need to get out more and see these places. Awesome video! Groete van Suid Afrika
Great vlog!! I really enjoyed watching it and thank you for showing the rest of the world how Baghdad is a safe place to visit and how people here are so welcoming and hospitable. By the way there are plenty of other places you need to visit. Hope you had a good time here!
O my country, history writes you, you are beautiful, no matter how hard you go through, and we, your people, stand with you, my country, every little thing is in your right, my country, you are the most beautiful thing that my Lord created on earth 🇮🇶🇮🇶

Wow awesome 🤩 😎 👏 video Josh !!!! Baghdad 🇮🇶 seems to be a lovely city 🌆 🌃 🏙 !!!! I hope 🤞 I can visit Baghdad next time!!!! Did u enjoy your trip to Baghdad, Iraq 🇮🇶? How was the trip? Seems that the people are very friendly and Baghdad is a touristic place!!!! Thank you for sharing!!!!
"Heineken is german beer..." That is how you quickly end your friendship with a german.... :-)
Well said... Lukas are you listening? 😂
@@JoshCahill im dutch and we dont drink that garbage josh hahahaha but can imagine one hits a bad note there,its the worse beer in the world. atleast german beer is good
@@SNOOPY_- hahaha this made me laugh! I don't think they offered anything else tbh 😂
@@SNOOPY_- Carlsberg is probably the worst beer in the world ...well in the uk it is best Dutch beer is the German named one
Love me an ice cold Heineken
What a great place people so well put together josh great work 💪
Well done to you josh for visiting my birth country IRAQ …
I left Iraq 17 years ago and always thought of visiting it one day but had something inside saying it’s not safe now u have showed me and help me to get better view of wats like in there right now
Great to see Osama Basim, the older guide in the video with the blue shirt and glasses. who guided us in 2019. Lovely chap and very accommodating (he even got us into a closed-off section of the National Museum). Terrific news about visa on arrival. Hope to be back soon.
Thanks Josh.
Very positive and informative video ! 👍
😍🙌
اجابك اهنا ههههههههه
رحومييي👈❤️👉
What an amazing vlog … thank you … love to see more like this … where to next ? Stay safe Josh
We hope to see you again in iraqi airways
💐💐💐 🇮🇶
I loved the vlog, I think it's important that we see what middle eastern countries are really like and not as they are portrayed on the news. I would love to see tourists back in these parts of the world, I would love to go but admit I am apprehensive as a female traveller.
Dear Angela,
I'm Iraqi and I'm working in UNITED NATIONS ; Iraq is very beautiful Country and Baghdad is very Nice City more than you Imagine.
Females in Iraq are very Active and liberate and they are always in the Street.
The proplem is (MIDEA) ; always show Iraq is like a monster... If you want to come, you are most welcome.
By the way, where are you from?
I'm Iraqi we so nice to see you here,felt happy to see people opinion about us as 'Iraqi people " I've heard a lot of negative comments about Iraq from the other countries but here's the best💕
Not other countries, just fucking media like aljazeera, CNN ect .. don’t worry my brotha everything is going to be amazing for us
This is probably the best Baghdad vlog that i've ever seen ! Great job .
I had a great holiday in N Iraq in 2011 - flying into Erbil then cycling to Dokan, Suleymaniye. Lake Dokan was a great swim stop for a few days at the Ashul Hotel.
Welcome to Iraq. There is no need to hear rumors. Come and see the beauty of Iraq and the security in Iraq is great and very safe. Today, Iraq is welcoming all tourists, from different religions and all countries. 🇮🇶🇮🇶
Thank you for conveying a good picture of Iraq and the people of Iraq, by the way, I am one of the people in the clip. We were taking a picture of our graduation anniversary, and I saw you there. I hope we meet again🌚🫀
Ahh the tuktuks! They were the heroes of the revolution in 2019, they drove injured protestors to the hospital cause their vehicles were small and could fit through narrow roads and drive by the many protestors much easier. They used to be deemed as poor and underclass, especially since they were the cheaper option of the taxi, but now they're called heroes and are a symbol of the uprising in Iraq! And so many people donated so much to them during the revolution, the revolution really changed so much for the better in just a few months already... Even through death and suffering, the people came out stronger and more united. There were also so many articles written about them too, I suggest you read them! 😊
wonderful video Josh. it,s an eyeopener to see that you can travel everywhere you want..
Football is such a universal language. All these people you are meeting who are so happy to chat about football even in places like Iraq always blows my mind. I have experienced that a lot in South East Asia. Catching up on your old videos. Loved this.
Awesome watch! Recently discovered the channel been going down the rabbit hole of videos.
I've visited Iraq four times. Very friendly people and a country steeped in history and culture. Next time you get a chance visit the incredible shrine cities of Najaf and Kerbala in Southern Iraq; they literally radiate an amazing spiritual glow.
Your travels vlogs are superb.
Josh Thanks for taking us around the world and let us know about traveling, aviation and culture. Your videos are amaizing...keep it up Josh...Pakistan
I loved most of the people of Iraq. I found the people to be kind and wonderful. I was there as a medic and i felt horrible for what these people have been through. I would like to go back some day.
Inshallah I can go visit Baghdad soon!! I assume from this video that similarly to Cairo, it is a truly magnificent metropolis. Its fascinating location on the former silk road between China and the Mediterranean makes it such as interesting place. I really can't wait to see it;.
This was a joy to watch, thanks josh!
Look You visited Iraq at a very bad time In July the temperature of this season 50 degree November December January February Great time to visit Iraq
I lived and worked in Baghdad for 3 years in the late 80's. Watching this video was nostalgic! I only left Baghdad because my contract came to an end.... in different ( political) circumstances I would have gone back there in a heartbeat; but now I am too old :o(
As a visit, Baghdad and Iraq is great, but if you decided to live there as a foreigner, that would a great mountain to climb.
Schalke vs. Bayern vs. Borussia in Baghdad …. Phänomenal !
There's a saying/joke that in Iraq we don't have blood cells, we bleed foot balls!
Wow!!! I'm on a travel halt, but you're giving me ideas. Excellent video, thank you for sharing this amazing experience.
It was nice having you here and we hope you enjoyed your visit
Very interesting video, your humor cracks me up.
I had the best. years of my life living in Baghdad !!
Thanks for showing up places like Bagdad who always has been known based on war!
I definitely want to visit there some days!
Fantastic video, thx Josh. I hope u will show some nice traditional food u eat there. Safe trip to u mate!
Well first of all I would like to thank you for sharing this amazing experience in Baghdad, Iraq and showing Iraq that it is not like what they seeing in the news. But my only complain about this tour is why you didnt go and record the nicest areas of Baghdad like Mansour - karada - Jadryia - and many many more where you can shoot better pictures and also has better views on the rivers, also malls - shopping centers - streets - big towers looks much much better than what you showed us at the beginning of the tour. since you have many people gonna watch this video I really wish that you have captured more nice places and more luxuries views so people can have better idea about what Baghdad is and how exactly it looks like. Thanks again for sharing this but there was tons of nicer things you could have done.
Thank you for showing our beautiful country in good way not like the USA media
I live in Iraq and for a long time I haven't seen a person from Europe visit Iraq that's great 😍😍
Thank you for showing the Beauty of iraq❤️
Wow this was very interesting people look very friendly l like that and the babdad himself is beautiful but one thing l didn't see woman there but l would love to go there lm pretty sure you feel different thankyou for cherish
my country welcomes all respect from Baghdad ❤️🇮🇶
Wow... Baghdad looks amazing..... Love from Bangladesh 🇧🇩❤️
At 11:23, are they drinking tea made with numi basrah in the shisha bar? That's where Josh says that the tea tasts bitter, so it must be healthy!
Great video, you are a legend Josh
Love your videos