Day two & three:Shahat(Cyrene) ,Susa ,Ras Elhelal..And the dust storm

I started my walks a little late on the second day,,at noon..I drove to Shahat..I didn't visit the ruins of Cyrene ,,i had visited the archeological site so many times ,i almost memorize every stone there:)....

I took some pictures of the graves (or at least what i believe is gaves) that are situated in the margins of the ancient city...Cyrene is a rich archeological site that still needs a lot of work to bring the cultural treasures out...Originally built by greek colonists and then -centuries later-was taken by the Romans....More details about its history is HERE.
Back to me,leaving the Greek and the Romans to rest.
Here is some of the pictures of the area surrounding Cyrene...

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Then I drove to Susa..Which is about 16Km(10 miles) from Cyrene,and it is located at the mediterranean....I didn't take pictures in the town it self(Whose residents are mainly fishermen),,but I visited some area around it,,and here they are..

These wild berries are well known in the Green Mountain, They called (Shmari) in here ..They usualy ripe in the Winter months.....They become deep red when the do..

Between Susa and Ras Elhelal lie many beutiful beaches,,,I liked this one..Amazing!!!Then i drove up the mountain to the Valley of Ras Elhelal,,I decided to go down the valley-a little risky and rocky-and i decided to follow the stream up....As expected,it is almost a jungle down there,All i need now for the picture to be complete,is a dinasaur to feel like Jurassic Park..Some body wrote this in 1974.I don't think this will qualify the spot to be declared an archeological site...I had to leave Ras Elhelal valley after almost 2 hours when wind got stronger..A gust of dusty wind almost knocked me down in the bottom of the valley....So i drove again up the mountain on the road between Ras Elhelal and Elqubba (القبة) town..It was a very long,almost deserted road,with dangerous curves.So you do have to drive slowly and carefully... I saw these ruins ,apparently a tomb of some kind..PErhapse belongs to the Roman era..Unfortunately i didn't find any writings on it..It is beutiful,,but I was amazed that there was no other ancient structures around it..but few miles after that i saw more ruins,and those were protected with a fence..I didn't take pictures for them.

After that,on my way to Derna City,weather got really ugly..My eyes started to itch and tear..So I called my last day tripping off...Drove back to my hotel-That meant i had to drove 100 Km to go back there....

I got to my hotel after dark,slept..On the next day i was on my way home with good memories and beutiful pictures to show...

I really hope you like them..

Till next time...Be safe.

Regards

Benghazi Citizen