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November 13th 2013
Published: November 13th 2013
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Never ones to run away from adventure, we leapt at the chance to come to Libya for a 5 week work contract. It's been an interesting start to say the least! We had to fly from Barcelona to Gatwick, stay overnight, and then from Gatwick to Tripoli. We were even upgraded on the flight which made it a very pleasant experience! That's probably because our boss was travelling with us though. At... Read Full Entry



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Russ Pearce
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Russ and Trish are still in Spain 7 years on and loving it! Take a look at www.anythingbutpaella.com to see more about what we have been doing there. Wow, it's this long since we left the UK to change our lives! For those who want to see all about what we did before May 2006, follow these links: Sept 2005 - April 2006 Peru, Bolivia and Argentina June - Sept 2004 Bolivia [url=ht... full info
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Octopus saladOctopus salad
Octopus salad
Breaking a jar of fishBreaking a jar of fish
Breaking a jar of fish
Delicious traditional Libyan food (cooked by an Egyptian chef!)
GraffitiGraffiti
Graffiti
GraffitiGraffiti
Graffiti
GraffitiGraffiti
Graffiti
Wrecked carWrecked car
Wrecked car
Did NATO do this?Did NATO do this?
Did NATO do this?
Coppersmith in the medinaCoppersmith in the medina
Coppersmith in the medina



13th November 2013

Kristina
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wow
Scared and amazed at the same time!
13th November 2013

rrruss
Russ Pearce

Don't be scared
Don't be scared, but please do be amazed!
13th November 2013

D MJ Binkley
Dave and Merry Jo Binkley

Tripoli
Sounds like a tough situation and an experience of a lifetime. Hopefully, this will stay as calm as possible and predictable. Sounds like you are exploring as much as you can. Sorry the students are not as you had hoped. Lovely blog
13th November 2013

rrruss
Russ Pearce

Thanks.
Actually, the students we have are really nice and hard working. We just expected more of them!
13th November 2013

Jackie
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Wow!
t was so interesting to read your blog. what an experience altho I know I wouldn't t want to do it. X jackie
14th November 2013
Commonwealth War Graves

taracloud
Tara Cloud

Great adventure!
Palms, grass--it looks as if the cemetery is the nicest place in the city. Great that your students are wonderful, and you're finding little restaurants and salad to supplement that horrid classic of meat, white rice and fries (the standard here in South America), too. The gunfire adds a bit of spice and always makes for a great travel story. Hope it stays far away!
14th November 2013
Commonwealth War Graves

rrruss
Russ Pearce

Thanks
Thanks Tara. I have been really enjoying your blog but the Internet connection here isn't good enough to see your photos most of the time. I will have a nice long catch up when I get back to Spain.

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