The road to the Sahara. Libya is the 4th largest country in Africa, and, apart from the narrow Mediterranean coastal strip where nearly all of the cities and people are concentrated, most of it is desert.
Downtown Tripoli.
Leptis Magna. Libya has some of the finet Classical Roman and Greek archaeological sites in the world. But, controls on visas and independent travel have limited tourism.
Freedom Square, Benghazi These old Italian colonial buildings have deliberately been left to decay by Gaddafi but they haven't been replaced by any new development so the country has been in limbo.
The Green Book Centre, Benghazi. This is one of the few modern buildings. It houses a library devoted to Gaddafi's Green Book. The street in front of it is notorious as one of the smelliest in the world. There has been little or no investement in infrastructure in Benghazi. Rubbish piles high in the streets and sewage oveflows.
The Gaddafi balcony, Green Square, Tripoli. This is the balcony from which Gaddafi gave his speeches.
A typical Benghazi apartment block with its obligatory Gaddafi poster. These posters have all been burnt in the past few days.
Benghazi airport.I haven't included pictures of Libyan people, because I'd already posted them here:
I think I understand - and see now - why this country is in rags. Can I say that?
ReplyDeleteThanks for this interesting post!
yes thanks! it seems pretty obvious the libyans are deserving of real change. sadly at least in the states, because they are so associated with their leader, they have so far attracted less sympathy than did the egyptians despite the much higher price they have paid already for their acts of courage.
ReplyDeleteThey will have their change I am sure! I hope they will also manage to stay in control of this change.
ReplyDeleteWhat great pictures! I'd love to travel there someday. Hopefully in the near future, the Libyan people will have reached their liberty. Thanks for sharing this.
ReplyDeleteBefore Italians (of only 32 yrs management), our Ottoman Empire managed Libya for 360 years (1551 - 1911)! Ottoman regency also could not help this country than giving many important Islamic mosques and monuments there.
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