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Leptis Magna, Libya
Friday, Jan 12, 2007

Are They The Best

David Murray
2007-03-04 10:31:57

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been effected by the earthquake of 365, and then covered in sand. Once it had been discovered, both the Turks and the French stole some of the marble columns and used them in buildings in Paris and Istanbul. As we neared the theatre, Muftah started to get restless. He then told me of his desire to pray. We went into the theatre, and it was more impressive than Sabratha so I gave a rendition of The Holy Grail. Not long after, we moved on back towards the carpark, then the world fell over.Muftah told us that we would be having lunch whilst the three of them prayed. Sounded good to us.

Sometimes, you need to urinate, and we both needed to. As we were going in Yousef was coming out. He said hi. We did the business and came out and the three Labs were gone. We had no money, nothing.

We waited

We waited

We waited

After an hour, they came back. They took us to a restaurant, and left us to it. They also told us that once we had finished, they would ring them to come and get us. So we finished lunch, and asked the Labs to ring our Labs. They didn't get it, so we got up and walked out. One Lab came running over and told us to wait five minutes and they would be here. Fuck me, the van was a two minute walk away, so we walked out and two minutes later, we were there. The Labs looked at me and said you should wait, it is dangerous !!! I kind of lost it. I told them how long we had been waiting but all they could say was that they had just received a call. Fuck that. I tried to remain calm, but these are Labs !!!

Lunch was - Soup, Salad, Mixed Grill, Desert. I was now sick of this meal !!!

We drove down the road. So far, other than the arch and the bathhouse, I wouldn't say that these are the premier ruins in the world. Then it happened. I still say they're not the number one site, but they had a coloseum. Smaller than El Jems, but much more complete. It had ...