Ahmed Awa

So, in my naivety, I definitely did not know that there are still shepherds in business. Here is a guy moving his flock down the street towards the mountains.

Ahmed Awa (Ahmed's Water), the water fall that we visited after seeing halabja was gorgeous. After being shown the secret way to the top, a few of us jumped across to the middle where some rocks were bulging out, and we met a few more guys just hanging out in the middle of a waterfall.

Iran is just over that mountain, and yes, this is the waterfall where the hikers, who were arrested in Iran, were hiking (we were safe the whole time). These mountains are beautiful.

Pic-Nicing is serious business here. People take hospitality and food to a new level here. This is most of the PLC team here in Iraq plus few guys that came down for the week.