Libya 2006 best of

Four Seasons hotel, Tripoli Lybia

The Four Seasons hotel had just opened that morning. We were the first guests to be served in that hotel. We were treated very well.

Woodworkers in Tripoli Libya

National Museum on Green Square, Tripoli Libya

National Museum located inside Red Castle (Assai al-Hamra) containing sculptures and mosaics from Leptis, Sabratha, Lepcis Magna plus an ethnographic exhibition, showing the living habits of Libyan people down through the ages.

National Museum on Green Square, Tripoli Libya

National Museum located inside Red Castle (Assai al-Hamra) containing sculptures and mosaics from Leptis, Sabratha, Lepcis Magna plus an ethnographic exhibition, showing the living habits of Libyan people down through the ages.

National Museum on Green Square, Tripoli Libya

National Museum located inside Red Castle (Assai al-Hamra) containing sculptures and mosaics from Leptis, Sabratha, Lepcis Magna plus an ethnographic exhibition, showing the living habits of Libyan people down through the ages.

Brunch at the Clock Tower

Flowers at the CLock Tower in Tripoli, Libya

Mourad, our guide in Tripoli

Mourad was very kind to us, showing us the sights and scenes of Tripoli, Libya

Mosque Chandelier

Chandelier of a mosque in Tripoli, Libya

Carter Roberts

Astronomer, USGS staff member, and friend

Used car graveyard in Libya

Used cars from California are prized in Libya because they usually do not suffer from rust probems

Qasr al-Haj, Libya

Qasr al-Haj, Libya

Qasr al-Haj, Libya

Qasr al-Haj, Libya

Qasr al-Haj, Libya

Traveling from Qasr al-Haj to Nalut, Libya

Nalut Castle, Libya

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Nalut, Libya

Nalut, Libya

Traveling from Nalut to Ghadames, Libya

Traveling from Nalut to Ghadames, Libya

Traveling from Nalut to Ghadames, Libya

Traveling from Nalut to Ghadames, Libya

Ghadames, Libya

Ghadames, Libya

Hotel Hallway in Ghadames, Libya

This Hotel hallway is the modern equivalent of the traditional streets of Ghadames.

A merchant in Ghadames, Libya

Ghadames, Libya

Ghadames, Libya

Ghadames, Libya

Streets of Ghadames, Libya

A shaft of light descends from the level where women walk to the level where men reside when they are in town (Ghadames, Libya).

Ghadames, Libya

Sand dunes outside of Ghadames, Libya

Just over the border inside Tunisia near Ghadames, Libya

The sands of Alergia

Sunset over the dunes near Ghadames, Libya

Sunset over the dunes near Ghadames, Libya

Sunset over the dunes near Ghadames, Libya

Nalut, Libya

This Berber granary and community is in the western end of the Nafusa Mountains in Libya.

A sleepy traveler

The boy's moher wrote: "I remember Landon taking this! It's a photo of our 7-year-old son after dinner the first night of the tour. We'd had four whirlwind days in Egypt with much less sleep than usual, a very late arrival in Tripoli the night before, and then the night this picture was taken, our bus driver got lost several times in the back streets of the city and took over an hour before finally finding the restaurant. So by the time my son finished eating it was after 10pm and he was completely wiped. I kind of wished I could do the same thing, actually."

Mel Pleasant playing the piano

The piano in the lobby of the Al Wahat Hotel, Tripoli

Sabratha, Libya

Sabratha, Libya

Sabratha, Libya

Sabratha, Libya

Sabratha, Libya