Climbing the dunes
28.1.2004 | Akakus,Libya - Ljubljana, Slovenia
The travelers managed to dig out the car and are OK. In the afternoon they were already 190 km from the Niger border climbing the dunes with the car. "Incredibly beautiful! " says Tilen ;-) (by Rok)
Pasta, Pepsi, flies and sand, also with pasta and Pepsi
26.1.2004 | Ghadames, Libya
Peter's migraine passed last night; maybe the wet air that pushed him from a romantic spot under the stars, to me inside the Ebrspaecher heated car early in the morning, helped him. The night was ass from a fairy-tale, but we haven't enogh place to describe it in detail here. Come to the Great Jamahiriya by yourself!
Migraine by the campfire
25.1.2004 | West Libya - Ljubljana, Slovenia
Our travelers are in the desert 50 meters from the Algerian border having great time and preparing their dinner on the fire beneath the clear sky. During the day they entered Algeria, also got stuck in the sand but no problems there. Their guide Hakim is great, Tilen is enjoying total silence and observing Orion on the sky and Peter… he has a migraine. (by Rok)
Hail, wind and green security
24.1.2004 | Tripoli, Libya
We were woken up in the morning (on a flat airbed, of course) by tremendous wind that was beating Partner's windows and roof with huge raindrops, followed by hail. But Tripoli skies cleared up soon and with Salah we visited the Great Jamahiriya Museum. Fantastic! Antiquity is especially well covered and presented (what hasn't been looted is here now), as well as prehistory with wall paintings from Akakus mountains in deep Libyan Desert (where we're going to be in a couple of days). The guide was nicely escorting us up and down Tripoli downtown, during our "free time" he was taking care that nothing unpleasant occurs to us… But we could still visit one place all by ourselves!
African beauty
23.1.2004 | Tripoli, Libya
Libya is fantastically beautiful! Today we visited the Greco-roman city of Leptis Magna, to where we made a "short excursion" only 130 kilometres from Tarabulus. I have already seen many roman ruins but none of them can compete in beauty, splendour, expansion and preservation of Leptis Magna. Simply enchanting. I am sure that even those not interested in antiquity would be touched by it. It by far overwhelms even the sites of Cyrene and Appolonia in eastern Libya, but even more promising seems to be the site of Sabratha, west of Tripoli, which is waiting for us at the end of our visit to Libya.