Cycling Turkey, Kurdistan & Kuwait in 47°C Heat: Daragh Cronin

About this episode

Daragh Cronin shares his experiences cycling through Turkey, Iraqi Kurdistan, and Kuwait amidst extreme heat and border crossing challenges.

Daragh Cronin is back with a wild update from his Cork to Everest Base Camp ride. This time he shares with us the extraordinary hospitality of Turkey and Iraqi Kurdistan. Then every bike travellers nightmare, a flat refusal at the Federal Iraq border crossing derailing his plans for his route. This led Daragh to have to re-route through Dubai and Kuwait City where the intensity of the trip got turned to the max when he found himself trying to cycle through the desert in extreme he...

People in this episode

Host: Bella Molloy

Guest: Daragh Cronin

Topics covered

• cycling
• travel
• hospitality
• border crossing
• desert
• extreme heat

Keywords

• cycling
• Turkey
• Kurdistan
• Kuwait
• border crossing
• hospitality
• desert heat
• travel

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Turkey, Iraqi Kurdistan, Federal Iraq, Dubai, Kuwait City, Cork, Everest Base Camp

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