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2023-12-28
You have arrived at Saddam Hussein’s house 🏁.
Not a message we’d ever have expected to see on our navigation system.
This former palace, shown in the last picture, is called the bird’s nest because of its location at the top of Gara mountain. At 2000 meters elevation this is the highest point in the direct surroundings, and the wide views in all direction are epic.