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Libya Discovering the embargoed neighbor Dec 2003/Jan2004

photos +comments from my trip to Tripoli,Benghazi,Sabrata,LeptisMagna,Tocra,Ptolemais (Tolmeita),Cyrene,Apollonia,Nalut,Ghadames

Libya1 ,antiquities + buildings (57pics) Libya2,random images (50pics)

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dusk in Gerba/Tunisia the day before entering Libya

early morning in the neutral zone between Tunisian/Libyan border just before entering Libya (and who the boss is out there is obvious from the very beginning).Back pic,road cleaner on the Tunisian side.

poster in Tunis advertising the common Tunisian/Libyan biding for the World Soccer Championships in 2010...

poster downtownTripoli/Libya advertising travels to Mecca...

Front pic,coach in front of Tripoli castle in Green Square.Back pic,pots in the row awaiting clients at tea shop close to Green Square

road scene in Tripoli

souk road in old Tripoli

Front pic,shopping in souk of old Tripoli and Back pic, women's wear modern shop.Recently there has been a change towards a free economy model and small shops are opening in many places along with 50/50 private/state bigger joint ventures ,giving a touch of westernization mainly in Tripoli and Benghazi

a good man.Most Libyans look friendly and are talkative if they speak some english and find a chance with a foreigner.On the other hand oposite to many other countries of M.East and Africa there are not beggars in the streets or road vendors pushing foreigners to buy something

Front pic,cafe and ,back pic,road stores on the way from Benghazi to Al Beida

chatting in neighborhood of Benghazi

a curious guy in Benghazi

Dusk view from Ouzou hotel 17th floor mirroring on Benghazi's swampy and smelly waters

Store in Albeida,a provincial town about 200km east to Benghazi a convenient intermediate stop point for one overnight on the way to Cyrene and Apollonia

Libya's national hero and resistance leader against Italian occupation,Omar al Mukhtar's portrait on the fake bridge in a canyon near Benghazi.The bridge was constructed for the needs of cinefilm "The lion of desert" with Antony Queen playing the main role.Mukhtar fought for long till his 80ies before he was finally caught and hanged by Italians in Benghazi

depressive dwellings+garbage in cloudy weather near Albeida

dried upsilon on the gloomy background of Ptolemais

rainbow in Ptolemais

central road of Nalut a small provincial town in the middle of the way from Tripolis to Ghadames

kids of Ghadames

at reception of Alwaha motel in Ghadames

women at short talk on a road of Ghadames

road scene in modern Ghadames

painting in progress at the entrance of Sabratha site

store in modern town of Ghadames

Front pic,traditional Twareg cloths,and back pic,Twareg/Arabic aphabet matching board (Ghadames museum)

road scenes with locals on the way from Tripoli to Ghadames.

Mother and kids somewhere in central Sahara on the way from Tripoli to Ghadames

Break for a pray and a cup of tea at sandhills near Ghadames

at sandhills near Ghadames

at salty lake near Ghadames

sunset in the sandhills

driving back to Ghadames in the Saharian night....to be continued after my next trip soon i hope...click here to return on Libya1

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