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Fancy a Weekend Break in Libya?
Blog: The View from Fez - 19 November 2011
Royal Air Maroc Resumes Flights to LibyaThose of you who have been hanging out for a weekend get away in Libya will be pleased to hear that Tripoli is now back on the tourist map. Royal Air Maroc will its resume flights to Libya on November 21st.On Thursday, Royal Air Maroc (RAM),announced it would resume its flights from Casablanca to Libya. This comes after the reopening of the Tripoli International Airport.
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Understanding Libya
Blog: A Traveler's Library - 4 April 2011
A Book for the Middle East in Troubled Times Destination: Libya Book: In the Country of Men (2006) by Hisham Matar It has been difficult for me to comprehend the arrogant statements of the dictator of Libya, Muammar Gaddafi. When he asserts, “The people LOVE me!” in the face of thousands of ill-armed, desperate rebels trying to [...]This content is a post from: A Traveler's Library To comment on this post or search for related information, click on the link to A Traveler's Library.
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Travelling in Turkey – More Greek and Roman Ruins than Italy and Greece!
Blog: Vagobond.com - 29 July 2010
Again, not a lot of time to write, but we are having a wonderful time in Turkey. From cruising the Bosporus to marveling at the Iskander Kebap in Bursa, this trip has been filed with adventures stretching across the Black Sea, the Marmara Sea, and soon the Aegean Sea, and of course a bit of [...]
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The Worst Day in Africa... Ever! (Part 2)
Blog: Africa Attraction - 19 December 2009
According to their website, the good people at the Libya Tourist Board are hoping to attract over 1.5 million tourists in 2010. Or something along these lines – I’m not really one for fact checking. This is all very well, there’s some good stuff to see in Libya, but 1.5 million tourists is a rather ambitious target considering that it is such a pain in the scrotum to get into the damn country.
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The Worst Day in Africa... Ever! (Part 1)
Blog: Africa Attraction - 17 December 2009
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LIBYA 2 - Coastal Tripolitania, the Jebel Nafusa & Ghadames
Blog: Where on earth is Skye? - 22 October 2009
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 better preserved than some of the other ruins we’ve seen. Our guide, Mohammed, was very knowledgeable and quite theatrical. Leptis Magna is known to be the archeological highlight of Libya. It is huge and consists of what ...
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LIBYA 1 - Cyrenaica & Tripoli
Blog: Where on earth is Skye? - 22 October 2009
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=18.068669527897 zoom=20.97] 7 OCTOBER Today we crossed the border in to Libya. Up at 5am for a 6am brekky and 7am departure. It was a 3 hour drive from Marsa Matruh to the border and then a very long and drawn out wait for the formalities. It was actually harder to ...
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Some of the Gear. Still Not Much of an Idea
Blog: Africa Attraction - 16 September 2009
Out of bed at 8.30am. Coffee. Toast. Shower. Go to Africa.That’s the plan today. So how do I feel?Nervous?Excited?
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