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Four Seasons 2 Tripoli

Omar El Mokhtar Str. Tripoli, 00218, Libya

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Unannounced Delays

A travel blog entry by tomcoote

Four weeks later, having backpacked from Benin to Mali, I was back in Tripoli. I had meant to be just changing planes but there was a delay and nobody was telling us why. The huge plasma screens at the airport were no longer showing CNN or BBC World News. The flight delays seemed to be stacking up but then it was announced that a couple of ...

Ruins, Medinas and Teahouses

A travel blog entry by tomcoote

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... the two stories of rooms that overlooked the fountain in the central courtyard.

After meandering through narrow lanes of blacksmiths, bakers and artisans, I found myself back under the clock tower in the square between the Red Castle and Medina, where the popular Magha as-Sa'a traditional teahouse is located. It's actually more of a posh coffee shop, now, than a traditional teahouse, with excellent cappuccinos, and large plasma screens hung across the ...

Feelass of Power

A travel blog entry by tomcoote

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... paying the small official entrance fee, we walked past the closed museum and down towards the huge lump of ornately carved stone that is the Arch of Septimus Severus. The monument can't be dated precisely, but it seems that it was erected soon after the Emperors defeat of the Parthians. The grand arch covered the crossroads on the main street of the city and each of its corners points to the four corners of the compass. It clearly marked the point at which all ...

Riots amd Kebabs

A travel blog entry by tomcoote

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... seemed to take much notice of me. They were far more interested in getting their dinner than in what a foreigner was doing in there.

The buildings in this part of Tripoli looked grey, cheap and poorly constructed. After oil was discovered in Libya in 1959 and rural migrants began to flood into the capital in search of this new found wealth, the rapid expansion of Tripoli was poorly planned and chaotic. Consequently, most of the building and ...

Oburoni Bye Bye

A travel blog entry by tonyinghana

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... the beach.
Spent one day taking Reuben, Randolf and Gabriel to the Accra mall. I don't believe the two younger ones have ever gone anywhere outside of their neighborhood so the look on their face was priceless entering this westernized and foreign world. Before we left, I went with them to their house to ask permission to take them on a field trip of sorts. After granting me permission, their father insisted they take a bath and put on their best clothes. All three of ...

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