Day one:The Valley of Caves

I started my trip early Monday's morning,I reached the VAlley of Caves(Wadi Elkouf) after 3 hours of slow driving.I met this small fellow apparently in a suicidal mood.It was cruising across the road and almost got ran over by at least 2 speeding cars before I took it away with a little advice:Roads are dangerous,little one..Besides,you are an endangered species...I reached the valley and i saw this nice,apparently very old tree with a hole across its trunk....I liked it.....

Next thing ,i decided to walk through some passages in the bottom of the valley.My goal was to reached the area b eneath Elkouf's Bridge..It was more difficult than i thought..and you will know why.. I walked through these trees,the deeper i went,the denser the bushes became..In a stage it felt like a jungle down there..This huge rock is more than 2.5 meters in height...It laid on the bottom of the valley with others which are even bigger..

Ok,after a 45 minutes walk,i reached this...SWAMP!!!!!! I couldn't find a way around it,the trees were very close together and the rocks on the either sides made it even worse...

I tried to go around,to climb up some smooth rocks ,or even to go under some thick branches,,but useless


I kept expecting a crocodile eyes to appear on the surface of the water,,the picture would be complete with a crocodile in it,don't you think?(Any way,in case you wandered,,these reptiles are not a habitant of Libyan wildness)

The ugly part started when -unaware of it-I got really close to the banks of the swamp..It was nasty,i slipped three times trying to get my self out..I fell on my back and face..I was quite helpless and I used the tree branches to get me out(Reminded me of some thing i reade about dinasaurs and how are the best reserved remnants were found near some tar swamp banks,,well,,i really wasn't interested in the idea of digging my skeleton out thousands of years later,so i got my self out)....The picture tells how did i look after getting out,But believe me,,it was worse than the picture,,my whole back and both of my hands were covered in MUD...

So I looked up with sorrow,this was the nearest i could get to the bridge from below....I climbed my way back,,thanking God that I didn't turn to a museum material for the future..

That was Day One of my trip to the east.....Hoping you like the simple pictures,which unfortunately don't reflect the real beuty of the area....

See you next time ,with more to come..

Regards

Benghazi Citizen

The Trip.....

I'm back...The 48 hours trip turned to 96 hours trip...I had a really good time,and i did congratulate my self for the wise decision of tripping in the middle of the week,,,no much traffic,,,,no crazy campers(U know,hose who think enjoying nature is being by cooking,shouting ,driving like crazy...etc)

I drove fo 850 Km(a little more than 500 miles) in different directions..

I climbed some rocky mountain sides,,and walked down some valleys ,and went through a lot of bushes..

I got many scratches all over my body,a cut wound in my wrist(Very small one actually), strained back and right thigh,and some bruses,,,but it was GREAT.......

Very relaxing,and indeed very interesting.....

I will post the pictures in the next posts in timely order order,unfortunately they were taken by my cell phone,,so they are not very good...

But the trip was....SPECTACULAR....

Time out.....

Thing's being crazy lately...

Tired...

preoccupied most of the time...

Nervous...

The people who knows me well will say:Well,that's you man..it's been always like this for you...

I think they are right...But what i need is some time out...My own time

To get away from work ,from the little small things you see on daily basis,the dreadful morning rush hour with all the polite drivers to make it even better....

I'm just tired of the daily life

After such introduction some may think that I'm planning to get to some exotic island,,or I'm setting my self for a soul-search quest or some thing,,,Nah..

I'm just taking 48 hours off work(i arranged this with a colleague ,so i had to take 36hours straight,)I'm heading east,all by m self to the Green Mountain..It is only a 3 hours trip by car...

My family are busy,,my friends are either busy,or just too far away to be able to make it...

Last year it was me and Dr.Sho going there,the year before that,it was the whole gang...and now it's me:)

48 hours in some hotel ,and with hikes in the mountains,,

Well,,i will have only my self to talk to,,,that sounds promising,,don't u think?

Any way,,,i will tell u how it was when i come back (don't worry,it's not like i'm going to face cannibalist tribes or anything,it's just me,my car,and some sights checking in th valley of the caves(Wadi Elkouf)

My own time,,,,that is all

Just let's hope that there will be no psycho serial killer on the loose there

Regards

Benghazi Citizen

Hello ,Security Council!!!!

Well,,Libya made the whole way to a seat in the United Nations Security Council...

If some body told me that 5 years ago ,I wouldn't even bother discussing the Possibility...

But times change ,and the enemies of yesterday are the (Council Buddies) today..

Libya crossed the whole 9 yards as it comes to its international relations ,this is a good thing ,i think....

So ,what will tomorrow bring to us?I certainly can't tell,but I'm sure there will be more surprises,I'm just holding my breath praying they will be for the best of Libya..

So i say again:

Hellow Security Council ,the Libyans are here,so have no fear...

Regards

Benghazi Citizen

فقط لو جعلوها أصغر

من الطبيعي -اذا ما قررت أن تشتري ملابس جديدة-أن تقيس تلك الملابس,فقط لتتأكد أنك على الأقل لم تكتسب بضع سنتيمترات اضافية,,لكن الغير طبيعي أن تضطر لقياس..........حافظة نقودك؟؟؟؟؟؟

منذ تم اصدار البطاقات الشخصية الجديدة و أنا أعاني هذه المشكلة,فقياسات البطاقات الجديدة مبالغ فيها قليلا(10 سنتيمترات طولا في 7 سنتيمترات عرضا)ء.في البداية اضطررت أن استغني عن حافظتي القديمة لأن بطاقتي الجديدة لا يوجد متسع لها هناك,ثم عندما قررت تغيير الحافظة مرة أخرى,واجهتني نفس المشكلة,,أشعرانه من السخيف أن أخرج بطاقتي في المحل و أبدأ بقياس تشكيلة الحافظات لأجد حافظة مناسبة.....أعلم أنها ليست بمشكلة حقيقية(المشكلة الحقيقية كانت عندما أتممت مغامرة انهاء اجراءات البطاقة التي استغرقت 3 أسابيع كاملة ببساطة لأنني أعمل صباحا حتى الثانية و المسؤول عن اصدارات البطاقات ينصرف قبل الثانية عشرة ظهرا),لكنها حقا مزعجة ,في كل مرة أضطر فيها لاخراج البطاقة يأخذ مني الأمر وقتا لابأس به لأنها,محشورة....اعذروني,لكنه حقا أمر مثير للأعصاب

فقط,لو جعلوها أصغر

So touching...

I like this song...It's quite simple and touching...
I listen to it when i miss my friends,,those who left the country to start a new life..
I listen to it when i get so over whelmed with work just to consider..
Dr. Adel Elmushity(عادل المشيطي) wrote the words ,composed the music, and sang it himself...
Quite impressive...
Watch it HERE
And watch the original video clip he shot with the help of his friend HERE
Regards
Benghazi Citizen

عيدكم مبروك....

مضى رمضان و استقبلنا عيد الفطر المبارك...كل عام و الجميع بخير

أقبل العيد بالنقاش التقليدي(زعمه ليبيا صيامها اللي كان صح و الا لا؟؟)ء

أظن أنه من الواجب على الأقل محاولة توحيد الاعلان عن رمضان و عيد الفطر على امتداد الأمة,طالما أن السوق المشتركة و الغاء الحدود و توحيد الموقف السياسي باتت شطحات خيال لا أمل في تحقيقها,ليس في أعمارنا على الأقل

لست أدري مارأيكم بموضوع الحسابات الفلكية لتحديد بداية الأشهر القمرية...شخصيا أظنها طريقة جيدة طالما العلم يمنحنا الأدوات لتحقيق هذا ,ولا أظن أن في ديننا الحنيف ما يمنع

أظنه أمرا لا بأس به على الطلاق,و على الأقل سيوحد رأي المسلمين بشكل لا لبس فيه....

ماذا تظنون أنتم؟أتوافقونني الرأي أم تخالفونه؟؟؟

من جديد ,كل عام و أنتم بخير

Regards

Benghazi Citizen