“Hello.”“Mister Kloet?”“Yes…”“I want 20 camels!”“Excuse me? Who is this?”“This is Ahmed from Libya! I have your son and his wife. I want 20 camels or I will never let them go… ”“Oh hi Ahmed… black ones?”“Don’t take me for a fool Mr. Kloet, white camels naturally… those pesky black beasts are worthless!”“Ok ok… can I […]
‘You follow…’‘Excuse me?’‘Miss Melody, you follow!’ the Judge repeated, getting exasperated. His lack of comprehensible English would have been funny, if not for our situation.Ahmed tried to ask him in Arabic exactly what he wanted to know, but the Judge would not have it.‘OK Miss Melody, you Ahmed know in Europe yes contact? You follow!’‘But
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“This is not exactly what we had in mind, is it?”Waking up in Ghadames, the difficulty of our situation dawned on us. We would have to leave four nights later. To Egypt, at least two thousand kilometers to the east… and so far in Libya we had only seen the north-western coastline, the western desert
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Archaeological Site of Cyrene Date of Inscription: 1982N32 49 30 E21 51 30 3/5 Cyrene was an ancient Greek colony in present-day Shahhat; Libya, the oldest and most important of the five Greek cities in the region. It gave eastern Libya the classical name Cyrenaica that it has retained to modern times. Cyrene lies
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Al Wasayet – TripoliAll necessary paperwork (and a lot more!) for our Libya cruise was arranged by Ahmed, through Al Wassayet, the Company of Mr. Mohammed. We highly recommend this professional and friendly operator, who also provides air cargo ground handling at Tripoli International Airport. Ahmed El Fazaa – Tripoli0021-8917418049ahmedelfazaa22@hotmail.comAhmed is always willing to render