Benghazi to Alexandria

It's hopeless!

          Benghazi, Libya: Peace, Day 13           Cyrene, Libya: The Baths of the Virgins of Astarte, Day 14           Apollonia, Libya: Water supply channel in the customs room by the harbour, Day 14           Tobruk, Libya: Lonely silence, so far from home, Day 15           El Alamein, Egypt: Battle flags in the El Alamein Museum, Day 16 Benghazi, Libya: Peace, Day 13

We've obviously had to give up on any pretense of catching up on the day by day account while we're on the road. We're in Sheki in Azerbaijan as I begin to write this and if we're lucky we'll get to post it from Baku, just before we board a ferry to cross the Caspian Sea to Turkmenistan. Obviously, that's a hell of a lot further down the road than Libya!

Since our last post we've passed through Benghazi on the way to the ancient Greek city of Cyrene and its associated port of Apollonia. We've walked in silent reverie amid the headstones of the many who gave their lives in battle for control of the sands of Tobruk, crossed the border into Egypt and done the same at El Alamein.

A picture a day keeps the guilt at bay...