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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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Sometimes you think to yourself, what the fuck did I get out of bed for today, and today it felt like it was one of those days.

We had to drive around two hours we were told by Walid the Lab to get to Leptis Magna, supposedly the best Roman ruins in the world, so after breakfast, we hit the road, complete with another Lab called Yousef because Walid wasn't driving. Around thirty minutes into the journey, I had one of those fuckwit moments I have in life. Now, I am not the normal digi photographer. I do not have one maybe two cards. I have shitloads because Lucy and I shoot loads of photos, but I left them all behind, so after I yelled fuck it, Yousef chucked a u-turn, and back we went. Luckily for us, it is Friday, the prayer day for Muslims, and the roads were empty, so back we went. Lucy ran up, grabbed the cards, and away we went again. I decided that as I am no longer drinking coffee of any sort, that I would sleep, and I dropped off straight away.

Upon arrival, we were greeted by another Lab called Muftah. We had been given him because the other two Labs wanted to prayer at around 13:30, the desired praying time for the dedicated Muslim. Once the camera ticket was purchased, in we went and straight to the Arch of Severus Septimus. We have seen arches dedicated to him before at Dougga and Rome, we were impressed. If it was this good at the start, it could only get better. We arrived at the bathhouses, and they were impressive. There was still marble on the walls and floor, also mosaics as well. The size was great and the mount of terracotta pipes left in the wall for the sauna and hot water was amazing. We moved on out to the other sites, and it went downhill a little. In the new forum, there were some good columns with some capitols with awesome carvings. Apparently, there use to be heads of Medusa and Neptune all over the Forum. The byzantine church was ok, and we made our way down to the sea to see the old houses. This site had also ...