BelieverDE:

I just saw this thread. Your journey must have been a thrilling experience.

Did you just mention the Grand Canyon? You definitely must be a Geoscientist!

I’m a Geography

Funny I have met couple of Nigerians who worked and lived in Syria, the question to the OP is what is he going to do in Syria?There are lots of NGOs job there, I worked with a Syrian mission for about a year and few months but from bases in Amman Jordan and Antakya Turkey(45 mins by road to idleb), I wished I had to opportunity to actually go to Syria while working for the mission. @OP Just forget about going to the States or any other European countries once you have the stamp on your passport . If you go through Antakya no stamp will be on your passport. No go join ISIS ooo, you enemy will just end up in Ahol camp.

Cycling along the famous Rhine river
Bonn

Spent some time in Bonn also, Bonn is like a home to me so I was in Bonn like 70 percent of the total duration during my visit.
I was mostly catching up with friends, I missed cycling so I was doing that every weekend .
Bonn is also a small town but in close proximity to bigger cities like Cologne and Dusseldorf. Bonn is very international lots of international corporations , NGOs HQ, research institute and also one of the best University in Germany and in the world is in Bonn Unibonn.
Bicycle theft is common every where in Germany even with you locking you bicycle the parts might be stolen

Kleve

The university building

Kleve

kleve

Kleve
I really enjoyed running around this park in the evenings

While I was in Germany the covid rules were kind of relaxed you can go out but you must not be more than in groups of twos, also you have to use your facemask in the train, train station , supermarket or public spaces in general.
I was working remotely while in Germany most of my times were spend in Bonn and Kleve.
Kleve is a very small town in the Northwestern part of Germany , it's a border town with Netherland less then 40 mins by bus. Kleve is such a beautiful city, I was able to explore the wow with with brother, he is a student there, was nice visiting him been more that 5 years will spent quality time together.
The town is a host to a University that offers lots of undergraduate and graduate program in English so there are lots of Nigerians and foreign student in the town.The I my turn off about the town is there are little or no jobs available for student you have to travel as far as 1 to 2 hours by train.
Pictures Kleve

Lots of disturbance also with the aisle, Iraq is not that bad in the North compared to the South. It's a beautiful country with amazing landscape, good food the weather can be brutal during summer months went as high as 43°c today, there are snows in the mountains too.

lionlee216:


Hmm maybe for short trips. After my 14hr flight, I'll always do the aisle.

My heart skipped when I saw Iraq

Nice thread

Nothing is impossible, with the right information and skillset. You can start from internships and volunteering .

jizzyjordan:
great job it also my dream to travel round the world.


cc hadampson you go like this kind thread o

Summer 2020 Bonn Germany. wagon, donkey and dogs. Germans don't joke with summer

There was 4 months total lock down when I was away, so came prepared just in case.
Reading in the the order of Prisoner of Geography I would recommend for anyone who is really interested in dynamics of world geopolitics, the books talks about how a country's physical features could be of advantage and disadvantage to her....these are some of the strenght of Russia and the US

Sunset

Window seat always the best.

picture 2
The US force do have a base at the airport

Got back to Iraq after 5 whole months in Germany, currently in isolation for the next 12 days, I'm negative though I did a mandatory test before leaving Germany.
Erbil the capital of Kurdish region of iraq is designed in an encentric way or rings and this rings are roads called circles. first circle is the centre of the town where you have the parliament and the citadel , the circles goes all the way to the 5th circle , the fifth circle is the outskirts of the town or desert area, It really interesting I did a bit of urban planning during my bachelors and I can remember some of the centric urban theories where development reduces the more you go outside if the centre , also interesting to see how the Affluence are concentrate In the 3rd and 4th circle a bit away from the CBD.

Second picture are American /joint force Fighter chopper (reminds me of SIx movie series). Doesn't look like the US will be leaving soon, there has been I reader attack in the south since Trump said he is pulling out.
Hopefully I will be able so add more pictures before I end my self quarantine

you can also try GWU seems they have small funding

Shuayb0:
Hello Everyone

This is an amazing forum with lots of people using their precious time to assist others. Kudos

Any one with info on a school with a non expensive Ms Data Science or Analytics program or one with a good prospect for graduate assistantship (I’m already applying to Minnesota state and Austin Peay State). I have a computer science degree, 3.94/5.0. Thanks

A friend of a friend did that and worked, but it was his first semester in Germany.

stephanie94:
Hello guys, I am currently a student in Germany and I would like to know what my chances are of getting my student visa approved for USA. Is it a red flag applying for another student visa for USA. Please guys I need your help and don’t wanna make any mistakes.
I anticipate your response.

Can you please share the book.
You can have a look at https://www.kaggle.com they have some cool data science competition with cool rewards and remote job openings too on data science.

saheedniyi22:
Automate the boring stuff by AI swegart.

There are lots of opportunities online.
kaggle from google offers a wide range of data science courses and also lots of opportunities on the platform ranging from remote-jobs, competitions

https://www.kaggle.com/learn/overview

Citadel Erbil

21.09.2019
Went to downtown Erbil, I visited the citadel but I wasn't really impressed compared to the citadel in Jordan, there is a big Bazaar opposite the citadel which is now converted to market, the market is huge I spend 2 hours just walking around feeding my eyes.


The Erbil Citadel, also known as the Hawler Castle, is UNESCO-designated world heritage site in Erbil, the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan.

History of the Erbil Citadel
The Erbil Citadel dates back thousands of years, to the first settlers of Erbil. Over the millenia, the Erbil Citadel has taken shape, each generation building new structures on top of those of the previous generation. The resulting shape is a large, oval hill, and is referred properly to as a “tell” which means a large mound created by many generations building on top of one another.

Early on, houses and structures on the Erbil Citadel were constructed with mud bricks, which crumbled and collapsed easily in the sun and rain. The rebuilding of these mud brick structures on top of one another, over thousands of years, has resulted in the citadel rising over 100 feet from the ground level.

Erbil Citadel: A Home for All
Many religions, ethnicities, empires and people have inhabited Erbil since the earliest evidence of settlement, dating back to 5000 BC. The Erbil Citadel passed through Sumerian, Assyrian, Sassanid, Mongol, Christian and Ottoman hands.

During its long history, the Erbil Citadel has been home to mosques, churches, synagogues, schools and homes. In the most recent census (1995), the Erbil Citadel was home to 1,631 people, inhabiting 247 homes.

https://thekurdishproject.org/history-and-culture/kurdish-history/historical-sites-in-kurdistan/erbil-citadel/

I am Christian but I fancy nice architectural designs.
Mosque in Erbil
September 2019

The walkway where I saw the baby lion

Erbil Iraq

Erbil Iraq.

I Have been here and there lately and I have some nice pictures from Antakya in Turkey, Manchester in the UK, Bonn Germany, Abuja and New York.
I only arrived Iraq this month and it's actually nicer that I envisage.
will be here ti the end of the year and I entend exploring the region as much as I can. I am currently in the Kurdish autonomous region which is and was free free from ISIS during the war.
Erbil is really fasinating in just a week that I have spent here I have seen more guns that I had even seen in my entire existence.
I saw someone walking a cub in the ground floor of my apartment.
I met a cool Nigerian couple who had been living here for 5 years randomly on the street during my first week.
it's extremely hot here 40 degrees averagely since I arrived and I had it went as high as 50 few weeks back, will fall to as low as -2 by November and some snows in the mountains and high altitude.
Both the Iraq diner and USD are acceptable to buy things here if you pay in USD you will get your change in Iraq dinar.
if you are might mistake some places in Erbil for new York (skyscrapers apartments).

New adventure.
Erbil Iraq.

Big congratulations, okay I will respond

alaafyn:
Bro, i sent you an Email just now. could you give me your personal email? I got admitted for the UNS/Bonn University joint degree. Could you give me some advice?

Interlude: beautiful sunset 14.01.2019
Amman Jordan