Al-Wahat Hotel Benghazi
Sharia al-Jezayir, Assabri Benghazi, Libya
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... were told it means peace. We were told it is the colour of Islam. We were also told that Qaddafi, furious after President Sadat of Egypt visited and acknowledged the existence of Israel, said the flag must be changed as it was the same as the Egyptian one which had flown beside the Israeli flag. They sat around discussing what the new flag should look like and Qaddafi noticed a piece of green paper on the floor – that's it,he says, plain green.
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Living and working in Benghazi
... buy a bag of bread rolls for 2 dinar.
If you travel 2 or 3 hours out of Benghazi through Jebel Akdar, Green Mountains, you will find Shahat which has some magnificent roman ruins. Make sure on the way you take the side road which takes you down through the mountains where you can see the caves where the Australians were hiding during the war. It is beautiful scenery.
Women are allowed to drive in Libya but it is a long process to ...
Travelling to Benghazi
... Where they met was the new border. The Phoenicians won and got more land and the Greeks complained. So the boys died to protect their honour. Why they were Italian runners I don't know. I guess they thought they would be getting a really big paycheque. Wrong, really wrong. There was a big arch marking where they were buried alive which ...


