My First Meal in IRAQ Wasn’t What I Was Expecting

🇮🇶 Watch - Iraq Street Food Tour in Baghdad: https://youtu.be/YnmDz7NaQkU 👉 SUBSCRIBE for more: https://www.youtube.com/@MarkWiensAbroad I finally made it to Iraq, and this is Day 1 in Basra, Iraq! I was expecting kebabs and lamb... but first meal was an amazing Iraqi seafood feast! After landing I dropped off my bags at the hotel and we went straight to eat my first ever meal in Iraq. Basra is the only major city in Iraq near the Persian Gulf (Arabian Gulf), and so it’s the best city in Iraq to eat seafood, and they have a big seafood culture… so that’s why this meal was unexpected, and it would be the only seafood meal we will have on our Iraq food tour across the country. After lunch we explored Basra, the local fish market, the waterfront at Shatt al-Arab river with an amazing sunset, and finally, my first taste of Iraqi style shawarma called gus. What are my first impressions and thoughts of Iraq? A huge thank you Aya from https://enliltravels.com/ for arranging my trip to Iraq. Follow on Social Media: ►YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@MarkAbroad ►Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/markwiensfoodvideos ►Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/migrationology/ ►Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@markwiens 👕 T-shirts: https://store.migrationology.com/ 🌶 Ghost Chili: https://amzn.to/3PNTvNQ 🎥 Camera gear I use: https://amzn.to/3FVdBUd (some of these are affiliate links and I will make a small commission from any sales)