Diplomatic Hotel Tripoli

... waste and a sad part of our history. Then on the bus to Cyrene, the site of an ancient Roman city on the coast. The ruins are spectacular there. We visited the temple of Zuess and then the city. The following day I went to Appolonia wich was just as amazing. A 12 hour bus ride took me from Benghazi to Zliten and the following day I went to another ancient city Leptis Magna. - Amazing! The best part ...

On the weekend I was very lucky to be invited to a local wedding (the female gatherings) and also to be dressed in traditional bridal dress complete with gold everything! It was my friend Faisels brothers wedding and the most extravagant one I have been to. On Thursday night my friends (who I was told to invite as it was "my brothers wedding") and I drove across town to a beautiful ball set up ...

... 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!

... made out to be. There's the pretty palm lined boulevards, the seafront promenade, the little cafe-filled squares, the patisseries etc. but it's not quite there. Don't get me wrong, it's a nice city but it ain't the uber-chic place that the guide books tout it as. It's like a 12 year old girl who is going out on her first date and is getting all tarted up. From a distance she look all grown up by up close you can see that the ...

... to discover it was alcohol free. We had a lovely meal in the Asian restaurant in the hotel, accompanied by iced tea and felt the better for it next day (well I did). Cynthia picked me up again next morning and we headed to the museum, which has wonderful statues, artifacts and mosaics from Leptis Magna, which added to the detail of the place. It is a shame that there are only 2 statues on the site that we saw, but there is virtually no security and the ...

... they laughed at us, tried to show us and meanwhile the singer was shouting AUSTRALIA!!! AUSTRALIA!!! AUSTRALIA!!! we felt like the novelty entertainment for the night. The beautiful bride looked like a perfect disney style snow white with heavy makeup, fake eyelashes and full white gown. She sat the whole evening on the chair (in the picture) having her photo taken by the professional photographer and guests lined up to congratulate her. Unfortunatly noone else was allowed to take ...

... my mate B's (B, pass me the ball) joke. Enjoy A little boy called comes into the kitchen one day and says to his mum, "Granny's got a prawn!" The mother says, "What on earth do you mean?!" The boy takes his Mother into the front room and shows him Granny, stark naked asleep on the sofa. He points to Grandmas protruding clitoris and says, "Granny's got a prawn! "His mother whispers, "That's your Grandmother's clitoris son!" To which The little boy ...

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 ...

Here are some pictures from the Medina. I have a different experience in the medina every time I go in as I get lost in a different part, sort of feels like it takes you in then spits you out when it feels like it. There is a map you can get, which would be best to use if you only had a short time to visit the city but i'm enjoying exploring by chance. Weather and day of the week also makes ...