Libya 2006

Every trip has its stories. Here are a selection of ours, though we promise not to bore you too much!


The drivers of these big trucks spend their time cris-crossing the desert, from north to south, selling their wares. What a life! Photo: Chris O'Byrne	Petrol was 0.150 Libyan Dinar per litre - that worked out at about 9 euro cent per litre! Photo: Chris O'Byrne	The windscreen on this truck broke the night before - not to worry, our Libyan hosts went into town, got a new windscreen, and fit it right there and then. Photo: Chris O'Byrne

On the left - Chris O'Byrne of the ecliptomaniacs. On the right - Dan Lynch of South Dublin Astronomical Society. The last time I met Dan was at Dublin airport, and that was for the annular eclipse in Spain last October! And here I met him again in Tmissa, Libya. Photo: Chris O'Byrne	Lunch. Same lunch as we had the day before, and the same as we were going to have the following day. But it was perfect for the conditions and environment that we found ourselves in. Photo: Chris O'Byrne	Milad - one of our drivers - trying to take milk from a mother camel, to give people a taste of it. I don't know if anyone tried it. Photo: Chris O'Byrne

The desert is a harsh environment that takes its toll on vehicles. We have a couple of photos of our trucks with their hoods up. Our drivers and guides were brilliant, though - they pulled at least one all-nighter fixing broken trucks. Photo: Jim Lynch	We drove something like 3,000 miles during our holiday... Photo: Jim Lynch	A natural water cooler. Photo: Barry Cooke

Libya 2006 - stories