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Unannounced Delays
Four weeks later, having backpacked from Benin to Mali, I was back in Tripoli. I had meant to be just changing planes but there was a delay and nobody was telling us why. The huge plasma screens at the airport were no longer showing CNN or BBC World News. The flight delays seemed to be stacking up but then it was announced that a couple of ...
Tripoli : A quelques heures du début de la révolut
Une journée de visite à tripoli. Manque de pot, tu pensais t’être débarrassé de l’inspecteur Gadget mais il reste avec nous toute la journée. Et en plus, on a un gars de l’agence pour nous accompagner qui a 2 de tension. Gentil le gars mais plus habitué à garder ses dromadaires dans le désert. Pendant que les autres prennent leur temps pour se décrasser (et oui, une semaine sans se laver), tu files rapidement sous la douche et tu pars te balader seul à la recherche ...
Ruins, Medinas and Teahouses
... the only Western tourist. I'm sure that there are organised groups that turn up, and a few Westerners over here on business, but few seemed to have realised that independent travel is (largely) possible in Libya. Towards the further, and less crowded, end of the medina, is the Arch of Marcus Aurelius (around 163 AD), the only remains of the Roman city of Oea. Most of the international hotels, along with a few restaurants, and some old European Consulates, are situated ...
Feelass of Power
... will find that they are the only ones.
After a couple of stops at police road blocks - who soon lost interest after a cursory glance at my passport - we soon arrived at a sandy car park at the edge of the ruins. There were a couple of gift shops and a café but no other tourists. A number of 'guides' were sitting around, sipping at mud like Libyan coffee, while hoping for some visitors. Muhammad had already phoned up his friend, the stripy jumpered Jamal, ...
Riots amd Kebabs
I'd wanted to go to Libya for a while but had been put off by what had seemed to be mountains of red tape and the apparently prohibitive expense of having of having to sign up for an escorted group tour. After looking into it a bit more deeply, however, I discovered that it was possible to visit Libya for 48 hours without having to join an expensive package tour. I found that I could combine a longer trip to West Africa - where I could fly into Cotonou in Benin, ...
This boutique hotel was formerly known as: Sara's Modern Guest House


