- LIBYA 2 - Coastal Tripolitania, the Jebel Nafusa & Ghadames
MONDAY 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 & Tripoli
Capital: 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 Libya
Peeps
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 border
Well 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 Cyrene
Drought 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