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- Tripoli
- Capital
- Libyan Dinar (LYD)
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- 5,240,599
- Population
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Travel Blogs from Libya
Not taking a chance today...
We have made another stop in Libya. Once again the police and authorities boarded our ship, some planting themselves for the day. There was a huge delay again. Gilles and I made the decision to stay on the ship today. It was nice ...
On ne peut pas tous être l’inspecteur Harry
Mémorable. On reprend les voitures pour aller maintenant dans la région de l’Akakus. On doit passer par la ville d’Ubari, histoire de faire un peu de shopping… Il y a la voiture cuisine avec notre matos et notre mini van avec ...
Mokema Xmas
Happy Holidays to all and bestwishes from Lesotho! I apologize for the length in between entries and want to take this time to remind everyone that the best means of communication are letters, snail mail- remember the stuff in envelopes and ...
ghadames desert
... about the roman history and Turkish and Phenician as well. Such as Sabratha, Leptis, Magna, Tripoli, Apolonia and Cyrinica ghadames desert. That’s only small things about Libya just to open you eyes on the country and to start get more about it. ...
Tarabulus
Any insight onto the Libyan government's regulations for travelers? I imagine they're quite stringent but please shed some light onto ...
As moving is so nice, ...
... I moved today from my old office, to the office of our structural engineer, to work closer with him, as the finishing work will start soon. The other architect, which desk I occupy now, will move to my desk, to work closer to the architect, with whom ...
1st day
... , had 3 beers in one hour, and felt happy. We had 30 minutes delay, because the plane arrived late from Amsterdam, but I didn't care. The flight was smooth, also the immegration. On the pictures you can see my first immpressions from Libya. Enjoy ...
Ancient Ruins of Lepcis Magna and on to Torbruk...
... tonight and stay at the ruins. The temperature into the 30s degrees! After staying in the amazing ruined city, it was on with the journey, heading for the Egyptian border at Tobruk, near Libya's eastern Mediterranean coast, near the border with ...
Algérie - Tassili N'Ajjer
Ca y est, j'ai refait mon sac à dos, cette fois direction l'Algérie et plus particulièrement Djanet, dans le sud est Algérien pas très loin de la frontière Libyenne. Objectif : trek de 8 jours avec chameaux (pas pour nous porter mais porter ...
Pastis et Saucisson
Nous voilà enfin à Djanet. A l'arrivée 2 jeunes maliens me demandent de remplir leur fiche d'arrivée, beaucoup d'entre eux essayent de s'en sortir en venant en Algérie, espérons qu'ils auront de la chance. En attendant de rejoindre l'équipe ...
Yes....we really are in Libya!
... have to get our passports translated into Arabic. I am traveling with my Canadian passport as Americans are not allowed into Libya. In reality, because I was born in the US, I am not supposed to enter Libya at all. Needless to ...
3rd move
Yesterday evening I started my third move. Only 100 meteres, within the camp site, as before me and Catalin joined a house, but now each of us got his own flat. It was renovated completely with new floor tiles, new A/C, new bothroom, new kitchen, new ...
Thursday evening party
Today we've been invited from an architecture company, to join a party. The employees were from China, Germany, Turkey, ..., so it was a good mix from people all over the world, and we had a quite good time. Next to some drinks, there was a well sorted ...
Feelass of Power
... of them were interested in visiting other parts of Africa. They seemed to think of the rest of Africa as being a bit uncivilised. Libya was different. Muhammad drove us a kilometre or two up the road, to see the circus and the amphitheatre in the second ...
Ruins, Medinas and Teahouses
... the army jeep that he triumphantly drove into Tripoli on in 1969, along with a number of ostentatiously large portraits of Libya's 'Brother Leader'. Having walked through the walls of the old city, you find yourself in a typically bustling North African ...
Palm city
Today evening, we thought about checking for some new flats, cause the house rental contract, expieres middle of September. Sooner or later, we need something new. We searched in the area of our project, and found close by an expat housing, which is ...
Troglodyte
On the last of the three days off, after Ramadan, Cati and me wend to Gharyan, cause their is a housing for some families, digged ~ 10m beyond soil/sand level. It was a very nice, but unexcited and unspectacular ride. Just look and relax and enjoy. At ...
Trip to Kiklah
Yesterday we had beautiful weather and sunshine, after Thursday has been hot (28° C), because a dessert wind blow all that hot sand from Sahara. So we had a ride in the mountains to Kuklah area. Unfortunatelly there was still a lot of sand dust in the ...
Ville de Sebha, aux portes du désert de l’Ub
T’as encore des jours de congés, le désert mauritanien avait un goût de trop peu, donc c’est décidé, encore un peu de désert. 5 ans sans y avoir mis les pieds, ça génère un manque. Aucun Tour Operator ne va dans le sud algérien, ...
Steel erection party
Today they started with erecting the steel structure. For this reason, they slaughtered three sheep to sacrifice them and held a party after, which was catered from a local restaurant. What should I say, the food was good (soup and salad as starter, ...
Marcus Aurelius
Again, we've been out dining with the company. Three new colleagues joined. Eva and Klaus from Germany and Yavus, a turkish architect. Mike was in Germany, Younis stayed at home, but Ramadan and Amira (joined by her mother) also have been with us. We ...
MONTEZUMA TO TRIPOLI, TJ TO TP
Pictures from Hypertravel: 100 Countries in 2 Years (Backpackers' Guide to the World and the Soul) by Hardie Karges ...
Check out housing.
Tonight We where at Regatta, as our house rental contract expires mid September, to get an impression of new properties, we had a look at Regatta this night. Palm city is nice, but not in the budget. Regatta is also beautiful, and on Saturday our PM has ...
Pax Romana
Today was the last day for one member of the expedition, so I thought I tell you about him. Heading back to his school class was Janne. His colourful finnish swedish gave the first section of our trip a bit more character. Never settling for a subdued ...
The scorpion kings
... , and went on forever and forever. And we were still on a normal road. Soon we would arrive to what was considered one of Libya's most boring roads. We wondered what could be more boring than the flat road we were on at the moment. Around lunchtime we saw ...