Leptis Hotel (Funduq Lebda) Al Khums

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 ...

... pearls as possible. I didn't wear it for long, it was actually painful the weight of gold on my head. The necklace I was wearing was apparently worth about 30,000AUD, it was very heavy. Lance said next time they dress me up like that to run away :) So sorry all the pics are of me but I wasn't allowed to take any of the women. I hope you can appreciate though how beautiful the traditional dress is.

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 ...

Hair: Fit To House a Family of Sparrows Beard: The Extended Family Distance Driven: 11,580km Frame of Mind: Weary I am writing this on a Arabic keyboard and the screen is running from right to left so it is a bit difficult, a little like writing your name in a mirror without being able to see your hand. I have changed my mind about Libya, but only about the rubbish. The Libyans are just as bad as anyone. I was temporarily deceived by the fact that they ...

... in Libya. But they were all making the best of it and supporting each other, and the Dutch couple were on their 2nd stint in Tripoli and 20 years in the region. Next morning Cynthia and I set off in rain with a driver as the boys headed to the office and a round of appointments - Kym was very jealous. There was a lot of flooding in the streets, rain not being a particularly regular occurrence in this part of the world, and of course plenty of traffic accidents ...

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 ...

... you're going to eat me!" So Johnny swims off to see Cod. "Cod, I'm bored! All my friends are dead, and Christian won't play with me. Please turn me back into a prawn again." Cod says "OK, I think you've learned your lesson," waves his magic fin and Johnny is a prawn again. He swims off to see Christian. "Come out and play with me," he calls. "Nonono, you're a shark, you're going to eat me!" "No, it's OK! I've spoken to Cod, I'm a prawn again Christian!"

Sometimes you think to yourself, what the **** did I get out of bed for today, and today it felt like it was one of those days. We had to drive around two hours we were told by Walid the Lab to get to Leptis Magna, supposedly the best Roman ruins in the world, so after breakfast, we hit the road, complete with another Lab called Yousef because Walid wasn't driving. Around thirty minutes into the journey, I had one of those ****wit moments I have in life. Now, I am not the normal ...