An-Naher 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 ...

... grasshoppers and chews on all the plants he recently put in) I offcourse said we should keep him because he is just so cute and needs a home. So I cleaned him up, took him to the vet and named him Sydney. And because to get him back to Oz will mean a 6 month stay in France for quarantine. :) He hangs out with me around the house and adores Lance for some reason - maybe because he actually crawls into his doghouse with him!.

... but he was actually taking pictures of an overloaded bus and they just happened to be in the background. luckily after some tense questioning at the police station he was released! note to any other tourists in Libya, be careful your not taking pictures of police or police stations!

... best bit is the censoring/editing. The bleeping of English swearwords is clearly something they try to do but they get a bit bored and only bother about half the time. Then you're watching a film and it gets a bit confusing. You realise they must have cut a HUGE chunk of it out for one reason or another. No thought given to the plotline! My favourite example of this is an advert for toothpaste. It took me quite a few views ...

Kym and I had our first trip away last week - Tripoli, Libya. Austrade has a guy and his wife there so we went to see how it was all going for them. Very interesting experience. The challenges began before we left, as we had no visa - just a promise to be given one when we arrived and a visa number (due to Ramadan and then the Eid celebration the Libyan Consulate wasn't actually able to glue the visa into our passports). Standing at the airport, finally convincing ...

... incase men would ever see them uncovered, shame because they were all really dolled up. At 12.30pm dinner was served which included sheeps testicals covered in glitter - not brave enough to try them but the other food was nice. Aparently the groom arrives at about 3am but we couldn't last that late. It was a fun but noisy night. This was a more modern Libyan wedding I'm hoping I can also get invited to a very traditional one in the future and also find out more about the wedding traditions.

Now for something different. I have this crazy friend, B (B, B , pass me the ball), and he tells the worst jokes you have ever heard (well, not quite as bad as mine which tend to be very long and drawn out and disappointing in that they don't ever really have a punch line). But anyway, back to B (B, pass me the ball). So while we were younger B (B, pass me the ball) had this stupid prawn joke that was his absolute favourite and he was forever telling ...

... difference in there. I walked around on a friday recently and found it very quiet until prayer time then everyone seemed to some out of the walls, and lay their prayer matts down on the paths which literally stopped me in my tracks. Not amazing shopping in there but some interesting ones and lots of friendly children.. and cats. many more picture oportunities in there, this is only the start.

... Mosque here, then the Italians came in to protect the Labs, and they knocked it down and a huge **** off Catholic Church was built in its place. Once the Italians left, the Labs converted it into a Mosque. Inside, it looked like a church that had been converted to a Mosque. We went back outside because our Lab was praying. They even had a Mirab set up outside !!! Whilst waiting for him to finish, an Asian looking guy came up ready to pray. He did his ablutions, then I ...