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Unannounced Delays
... now Libya that was making the headlines. The uprising had already started while I was in the airport and my flight back to London had been amongst the very last to leave. Only a few hours later and I'd have been in Libya for rather longer than a short break.
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Tripoli : A quelques heures du début de la révolut
... de monde, les voitures arrivent à toutes vitesses vers la place et font des freins à main. La police laisse faire.
Pas trop d’ambiance dans le groupe, certainement toujours cette histoire de tente. Donc couché tôt. Dommage.
Dimanche matin très tôt, départ sur Paris. C’est dans l’après-midi que ça commencera à péter dans Tripoli. Et dans les jours qui suivent les français seront rapatriés.
Une fois de plus, t’es pas passé loin de l’action…
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Ruins, Medinas and Teahouses
... 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
... by circuses, chariot races and gladiatorial combat. Criminals would be torn apart by wild animals for the entertainment of the masses, and gladiators would hack each other to death in front of the baying crowds. It seemed difficult to imagine that anything so violent and brutal could have been allowed to happen in such a centre of civilisation. It made you feel glad to be alive today.
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Riots amd Kebabs
... were likely to see billboards featuring the apparently melting Gaddafi, and the more likely you were to see them depicting what the people really desired.
Having walked around in the dark for long enough, I bought a Snickers bar at a friendly corner shop, and went back to my room to watch CSI Miami. They were still showing the riots on CNN but I'd seen enough of that kind of thing.
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