Corinthia Bab Africa Tripoli

After 4 hours at the border, finally managed to make my way into Libya only to have some jerk go through the contents of my bag and then ask me for money for the pleasure! Libya is such a surprise. The people are so friendly and reserved (unlike Egypt!) and there is so much to see here. I first went to Tobruk and visited the war memorials there. It is so sad to see all the Aussie graves there - such ...

... 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 ...

Hair: Primed for Hallowe'en Beard: Completes The Costume Distance Driven: 11,627km Frame of Mind: Rested A random number n: on the way to Tripoli I saw much commotion on a quayside. Some fishermen were trying to catch a whale. I decided I didn't want to see a whale getting butchered but eventually curiosity got the better of me and I sauntered over by which time there was no sight of said beastie. My Arabic being a little limited I ...

... 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 ...

Our Arabic teacher invited me and 2 other ladies to his daughters wedding. The wedding was interesting experience. The other ladies had been to one before and had advised me to really really dress up, the more sparkles and frills the better so I had fun dress shopping and got the blue one - in the pics. The invite said 8pm, we turned up at 8.30 and no-one else turned up till after 10. It was a bit daunting attending a party where not only do you not speak the launguage much but there is also ...

... out that this particular shark isn't going to eat them, so they start ignoring him. Johnny gets angry and (disturbed prawn that he is) starts eating them. At last, there is only Christian left, and Johnny wants to play with him. He goes to Christian's rock and says, "Christian, come out and play with me!" "Nononono, you're a big shark, you're going to eat me!" "No, I won't eat you, please come and play with me." "Nononono, you're a great big shark ...

... involved in the preservation of historical sights in the Mdina and written a book on it's history. The best part of the tour was looking inside the Mosques, each quite different in design and history, the main thing that struck me about the mosques were that they were all very colourful.

Sabratha... I have to admit, coming to Libya I had NO idea what to expect. It was a more Middle Eastern country than an African country, but you could see a larger population of black people there than in Egypt. But the food, people, religion, customs were generally Middle Eastern and yumm...the couscous and falafels were good! I know, i tend to define the places now more by the food then anything else!! anyway, the main thing during my one day stay in ...