Al Waddan Hotel Tripoli

... all of the ancient sites is that there are hadly any tourists here. Libya is unspoiled and the spring time is such a nice time to visit because all of the flowers are out and it is very pretty watching the colourful hills roll by. I am in Tripoli now, the capital of Libya. Here for a couple of days and then heading to Tunisia. Having a fabulous time and sad to be leaving such a wonderful country.

... a huge white western style wedding dress, sparkly jewellery, tiara, veil and again thick makeup so she looked like a doll. She took her place at the front on the bridal chair while everyone continued to dance and she posed for pictures. The groom arrived around midnight and sat next to the bride for more pictures. The following evening was the tradition female gathering held in a tent ...

So here are some pics of our new house and new dog!! Sorry Meg for this taking me so long to upload. New house was due to a giant mosque which now overshadows our old one and the new dog is because the poor thing was dumped on the farm. Mohammed found him and brought him to us covered in tics and fleas and starving. He said we should keep him as having a dog will keep away the rats and mice - (much to Mohammed's disgust he only ...

Mum and Dad came to visit in November last year for 2 weeks. We kept them busy with trips to Leptus Magna, Sabratha, markets and our kind Libyan friend organised a 2 day tour of the medina! We also had an unfortunate incident with the police, they thought dad was taking pictures of ...

... I understood what was going on - well, I wasn't payng too much attention, it's an advert. The storyboard: man and woman carrying sofa up stairs to a room. Man's hands full, woman take the key from round his neck with her teeth. He opens the door with the key in his teeth. What's missing? Of course, she must pass it to him mouth-to-mouth, hence the need for fresh breath and to use this toothpaste. So much is cut that it is ...

... before, but not absolutely everywhere - the place could do with a recycling industry at the very least! Plastic is such a curse. There were some interesting touches, like the 2 semi-submerged fishing boats in the harbour - left there as a reminder of the American bombing of Gadaffi's palace, and banners everywhere celebrating his 38 years delivering freedom and happiness to the oppressed (he has just begun a program to build housing for the poor, he must have had a ...

... alcohol! everyone gets high on sugar... not really my style but i gave it a go. At about 10.30 we were served macaroons and sweet camel milk that had a marzipan flavour which really helped get us in a party mood. There were about 250 ladies attending - no men at all and me the only blonde. There was a very noisy arabic singer, she was so loud my ears hurt and the water glasses vibrated. All the girls got up to do their shakira dancing and then got us up and stood around us clapping while we ...

... you're going to eat me!" So Johnny swims off to see Cod. "Cod, I'm bored! All my friends are dead, and Christian won't play with me. Please turn me back into a prawn again." Cod says "OK, I think you've learned your lesson," waves his magic fin and Johnny is a prawn again. He swims off to see Christian. "Come out and play with me," he calls. "Nonono, you're a shark, you're going to eat me!" "No, it's OK! I've spoken to Cod, I'm a prawn again Christian!"

We recently did a series of cultural seminars which ended in a historic tour of the Medina. This was very interesting and valuable getting an insight into Libyan life, culture and religion. Our teacher and guide were both excellent, one a lecturere at the university and our guide had ...

... of Labyas history, until we came to the part of our glorious leader, Gadaffi himself. What a Lab. When I stop being a ****wit, I want to be as big a Lab as him !!! We moved on and then exited out the door that said exit, well I think it said exit as it was written in Arabic as all signs in this country are. Into the Souqs we went. The carpet souq was up first and there were some ok pieces, but they were way over priced. We were given a price in Arabic, we amazed all ...