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A marriage ceremony lasts for days, everyone from family members to friends and neighbors would show up. As part of the celebrations a couple of hundred people get together and arranged for horse races. The saddles and the ropes are really impressive - as are the riding skills that these people possess. They rode, at speed, in perfect formation, sometimes standing on the saddles, throwing and catching sticks across the line of riders. I was invited to take part in the races, but my sense of self-preservation prevented me.
By Rogan - France

Pros and cons of hitch-hiking in Libya
by Chick Lewis
Do not worry about transport. Hitch-hiking in Libya is better than anywhere else on the planet. etch hitched across Libya from Tunisia into Egypt in three days, and never had to wait for a ride. As a matter of fact, if I saw a truck coming towards me, I would hide from it, because I knew it would stop, and it was a slower ride than the next passenger car which would also stop and pick me up. I even had cars going the other way stop and see if I had changed my mind and wanted to go back the way I had come. Everyone who picked me up compelled me to have a meal with them, so one day I had four lunches. I got a ride for 400 km in a landrover full of policemen going to a conference ...
I couldn't spend any money in Libya. Then the one time I went into a store to buy a can-opener and some chinese canned apples, the owner gave me everything I put on the counter for free, wouldn't accept payment.
Men who gave me a ride assumed that I must be destitute, and sometimes tried to give me money. I allowed one guy to force a 5 dinar note on me, only because he was so persistent, and wouldn't take no for an answer, telling me I was insulting him by refusing ...

FROM USA - DESTINATION: LIBYA
The curtains part, revealing wonders
A U.S. tour group on a first-ever visit to the North African country encounters a cache of ancient treasures in a difficult, captivating land.
By Susan Spano, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
..... On the other side are such marvels of the ancient world as the ruins of Sabratha and Leptis Magna; the vibrant capital city of Tripoli, poised between dilapidation and rehabilitation; 1,250 miles of Mediterranean coast; oasis towns still visited by camel caravans; and the intelligent, self-sure Libyan people, who met me with eager curiosity on my visit in late April and early May ...... more details

Forbes.com - Travel Feature - By: Christina Valhouli - It's no longer the U.S. Marines who are coming to the shores of Tripoli. In March, President George W. Bush lifted the 23-year-old travel ban and sanctions against Libya Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi, has been actively trying to end Libya's decades of isolation and sanctions by agreeing to dismantle his nuclear, chemical and biological weapons programs.
Now tourists and their dollars are visiting Libya, and the country estimates that 3 million tourists will arrive in the next five years..... more details

Roman ruins in Oya (Tripoli), Sabratha, Leptis Magna. It is at international standards, the visitor will be surprised by this country that is only two or three hours away from Europe; because, in addition to the ruins, it has a Mediterranean weather, tens of miles of coastline and hundreds of miles of white sands. Some of the civilizations built by the Romans were witness to Rome's power and extravagance., these ruins that go back to the first century A.D. near Tripoli - built by the Phoenicians centuries before that. Sabratha is built with sandstone. Its ruins are preserved, including the amphitheater where gladiators fought lions. The group of tourists passed by Janzour on its way back where a well-preserved Roman tomb was lately discovered. British tourists went to Ghadames, about 500 km South-West of the country, on the Tunisian borders. They passed by the Berber castles, where cells to keep the harvest, olive oil and fruits are still preserved; some of them are still in use.
Nigel Richardson - Dar Al Hayat

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