Libya Travel Blogs
- Day 252- To The Top Of The ContinentLaura wanted to swim and since the entire beach front was occupied with large hotels we went into one and asked could we use their bit of beach; their answer was yes. From there we had to pass Tunis Posted by ibeamish in The Scramble for Africa | Jun 5, 2012
- Day 251 – Early Morning Wake-Up Calls Our call to the land of nod had been speedily answered. Our heads had disappeared into (semi-sweet) scented feather pillows and we had lain snug beneath our open sleeping bags; we slept soundly until the locals began screaming for God Posted by ibeamish in The Scramble for Africa | Jun 5, 2012
- Day 249 – Naphtha or Benzene?The smell from the bakery that backed onto our hotel was too enticing to pass up. We stopped by and bought some baguettes and then began on our way to our next ancient city, Leptis Magna. The Phoenicians had been Posted by ibeamish in The Scramble for Africa | Jun 3, 2012
- Day 248 – In Search of Gadaffi‘s HoleWe woke to the alarm in a daze that we wouldn’t snap out of for an hour or so. We had 1100km to cover through towns that one year ago would have looked like a tight schedule for BBC’s ‘Man Posted by ibeamish in The Scramble for Africa | Jun 2, 2012
- Day 247 – The Hospitality of Gentlemen If the ‘celebratory’ gunfire had unnerved us slightly, the explosion that came after had definitely tingled our nerves. We retired to our sanctuary as happy shouts and excited squeals came from the youngsters enjoying a twilight commune at the harbour Posted by ibeamish in The Scramble for Africa | Jun 2, 2012
- Day 246 – Destination LibyaThe time had come. We remounted the lip that took us from the dirt beside the road to the tar that would accelerate us towards the border. We had advised our Libyan guide that we would be with him between Posted by ibeamish in The Scramble for Africa | May 30, 2012
- Beyond the Western Desert ===Ozac 2011=== [i][b]Our plan, as we left Cairo, was to get to Tripoli in Libya as soon as possible. There we hoped to meet up with our American friend in the oil industry who earlier had assisted us in trying, unsuccessfully, Posted by Ozac in Shoestring Road | Jul 3, 2011
- Blitz Trip to Benghazi (Arabian Spring 2011)Two Players in the Conflict Country <---> ==> [img=http://stat Posted by LuxuryRogue in Gentleman Adventurer | Jun 23, 2011
- LIBYA 2 - Coastal Tripolitania, the Jebel Nafusa & GhadamesMONDAY 12 OCTOBER Left Tripoli in the early morning for the trip to Leptis Magna. It was once the largest and greatest Roman city in north Africa and is seriously impressive. Because it is constructed of limestone it is Posted by skyewilson in Where on earth is Skye? | Oct 17, 2009
- LIBYA 1 - Cyrenaica & TripoliCapital: Tripoli Area – comparative: slightly larger than Alaska Land boundaries: total: 4,348km Border countries: Algeria, Chad, Egypt, Niger, Sudan, Tunisia Population: 6,000,000 give or take [map=199046 lat=30.343347639485 lon=18.0686695278 Posted by skyewilson in Where on earth is Skye? | Oct 12, 2009
- Keeping in touch from LibyaPeeps Just a quick one to let you know that I'm having connectivity issues in Libya. While I'm overseas I have barred incoming calls but allow incoming/outgoing texts. However I'm not getting any coverage in this country so if Posted by skyewilson in Where on earth is Skye? | Oct 8, 2009
- Benghazi to the Egyptian borderWell Benghazi started our five day tour of the North east section of Libya and what a lot of driving we ended up doing. We got greeted at passport control by out guide and driver, after trying to get some money Posted by krissy in Overseas Travel | Apr 24, 2007
- Ancient History: Return to CyreneDrought gripped the Aegean island of Thera in the middle of the seventh century B.C. Desperate, the islanders sent an embassy to Delphi, to ask the oracle of Apollo for advice. The priestess told them to found a colony in Posted by Rapp in Tramp | Jan 5, 2006
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