Traveling to Apollonia and Cyrene Remains of Italian small gage railroad. More about our trip east in early June: After getting settled into a Benghazi guesthouse, we made arrangements for a driver to take us to the ancient Greek cities of Apollonia and Cyrene, which were some distance east of Benghazi. However, we managed to …
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A Brief History of Benghazi
We spent almost a week in Benghazi for Sherri’s work, and while there we tried to learn and see as much as we could. Benghazi is the largest city in Cyrenaica (the eastern part of Libya) with a population of over 600,000 people. The origins of the city are in doubt but it is believed …
Traveling to Benghazi
Traveling to other cities inside Libya can be done in one of two ways, either by car or by plane. We decided to fly because of the distance (just under 1,000 km), but getting through the Tripoli Airport can be a challenge. To begin with, the parking area is a random mass of vehicles, and …
The Old City (Medina) of Tripoli
A Brief History of Tripoli One of the most interesting aspects of Tripoli is the old city that sits at the northern point of the larger metropolitan area. The term “medina” generally refers to the old or central part of the downtown area. Here in Tripoli, it is the original, once-walled part of the city. …