Al-Kendi Hotel
Travel Blogs from Tripoli
Unannounced Delays
... would now be leaving. I rushed to catch my flight to London, and escape the grimly overcrowded airport.
Only a few hours after leaving Tripoli, I was glad to find that everything was safe and secure and as it should be in my flat. Even the plants had survived. I turned on the television and tuned into the news only to find that ...
Tripoli : A quelques heures du début de la révolut
... 2 heures avant, tu t’es baladé seul...mais bon, comme tu veux pas poser de problèmes au guide, tu restes zen. Par contre, Pinot te dit que tu pourras te balader seul dans le souk car il n’y a rien à craindre.
Bon retour à la place verte et à ce moment tu te casses du groupe avec la bénédiction du Colombo. De temps en temps tu te retournes pour voir si l’inspecteur Harry te suit pas…et tu retournes où ? dans la vieille ville…où bien sûr les ...
Ruins, Medinas and Teahouses
I walked away from the news of the uprisings being shown on the large flat screened television, during the hotels' buffet breakfast, and set out towards the heart of historic Tripoli. The Sarah Guardian Hotel was far better value than anywhere else that I could have booked through the internet, but it was a bit of a walk to get into the historic old town. There didn't seem to be any buses around and hardly anybody else seemed to be walking. It seemed like everybody ...
Feelass of Power
... for him to meet us. Jamal sat us down at a table, bought us coffee, and proceeded to make polite conversation. It seemed to have been assumed that he was going to be my guide. Knowing that the guides charged so much, I thought I'd better bring up the subject of money before we began and rather foolishly agreed to his lowest rate without bargaining harder (they will often make out that it is compulsory to have a guide in Libya when this isn't always true).
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Riots amd Kebabs
... had also taken to the streets in Egypt, Algeria, Yemen, Syria and Bahrain. Nothing like that had happened in Libya. Ali assured me that Libya was a very safe country. Everything was fine.
The Sarah Guardian Hotel was comfortable enough, had satellite television in the rooms, and had free drinks, snacks, breakfast and internet. I had originally booked the smallest and cheapest room at around thirty Euros a night but they had already booked this out. ...