My 1st day in Tripoli

ibngabal Active member

45POSTS

16 years ago

It聮s 1:30 PM, the captain announced that we reached Tripoli and the temperature was 16o C. The weather is cloudy. The seen from up is 70% green land. I felt a flavor of a European country. However the Airplane landed in a very small Airport and the runway is not that much. By the tube we entered the Airport. We found a long queue for passport check. The things that I noticed: some people are smoking inside the terminal, there was no enough police in the counters and they are not fast in checking and stamping the passports, we waited for about 30-45 minutes. They are not smiling.
I get out with the driver to drive me to the Hotel. There is some construction undergoing for the road to the city. The barriers and the lanes are not adjusted well, i.e. the lanes widths are not similar, and some drivers coming in overlap lanes. After, we entered to a big roundabout the police standing in the roundabout rather than controlling the approaching roads to the roundabout. The police is not wearing reflective vest!. My first impression that the country is looking very normal compared to the sophistication and type of life that I lived in UAE before.

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mp_garcia ViP

256POSTS

16 years ago

Be preparde for more... ;-)

Welcome to Tripoli!

Expat Joe Active member

59POSTS

16 years ago

Welcome to Tripoli.....

This is only a snapshot !! Watch out for more ;-)

Clansman Serial expat

554POSTS

16 years ago

Expat Joe wrote:
Welcome to Tripoli.....

This is only a snapshot !! Watch out for more ;-)

Good introduction though Joe, gives you a 'ah no' feeling and then it just gets better (driving aside). I suppose it also depends on where you stay, and what company you work for.

ibngabal Active member

45POSTS

16 years ago

Do you think than I can adapt to this. My company is Int. and I think it's good...

Samakauk ViP

276POSTS

16 years ago

ibngabal wrote:
Do you think than I can adapt to this. My company is Int. and I think it's good...

I think u can adapt to this as u were living in Sudan.... all in the same pot

Sandman6 ViP

1863POSTS

16 years ago

ibngabal wrote:
Do you think than I can adapt to this. My company is Int. and I think it's good...

But you've been in Libya for over a month already...go figure

ibngabal Active member

45POSTS

16 years ago

Yeeeeeeeeeah. But the problem I was in UAE for 12 years.
I add it's a good idea and step move if I am prepared to go back to my country after 1 year and leave expat. life. But till now my plan to spend 5 years outside. Ultimately, I can adapt according to the nature of my job, Construction works.

ibngabal Active member

45POSTS

16 years ago

Sandman 6: How are u?
I am only two weeks now. I registered here before coming to Libya

Sandman6 ViP

1863POSTS

16 years ago

#10

ibngabal wrote:
Sandman 6: How are u?
I am only two weeks now. I registered here before coming to Libya

I'm just fine thank you, and congratulations on surviving your first two weeks.

On Thursday I will be even finer, since I will be in Lagos. I will be drinking ice cold Gulder beer, feasting at Churrasco's Brazilian BBQ and getting into all sorts of wahala.

ibngabal Active member

45POSTS

16 years ago

#11

Thanks Sandman6 for your encouragement and wish you happy Easter.
I need to take more tours and know the country well.

Clansman Serial expat

554POSTS

16 years ago

#12

ibngabal wrote:
Yeeeeeeeeeah. But the problem I was in UAE for 12 years.
I add it's a good idea and step move if I am prepared to go back to my country after 1 year and leave expat. life. But till now my plan to spend 5 years outside. Ultimately, I can adapt according to the nature of my job, Construction works.

You will be fine mate, I was (am) the most impatient aggressive person you could meet, but since coming to Libya (4 months now) I have learned to chill out and relax a bit more. Patience is the key, 'prepare for the worst, and hope for the best', that will keep you going. I still lose it at least once a week and want to drop someone, but at the start it was a daily occurrence

ibngabal Active member

45POSTS

16 years ago

#13

Thanks mate, you made me feel more comfort.They need to be more responsive to act effecient.
I think Libyan locals are kind people in their nature. They welcome people but their attitude need to be changed a bit to more polite and respectful ways.

Sandman6 ViP

1863POSTS

16 years ago

#14

ibngabal wrote:
They welcome people but their attitude need to be changed a bit to more polite and respectful ways.

No kidding....my Nigerian wife is spitting bullets over the totally irresponsible comments made about her country

Imagine Libya's response if some other country made these suggestions about Libya?

ibngabal Active member

45POSTS

16 years ago

#15

I said they are kind people, but there are some acts need to be changed, for example I was standing for a test blood queue and some people are jumping and not respect the queue,smoking in closed areas, driving in the street I feel sometimes they are not repecting the lane markings, driving speed limits, etc.

tomkatt Member

1POSTS

15 years ago

#16

Sandman6 wrote:
ibngabal wrote:
They welcome people but their attitude need to be changed a bit to more polite and respectful ways.

No kidding....my Nigerian wife is spitting bullets over the totally irresponsible comments made about her country

Imagine Libya's response if some other country made these suggestions about Libya?

I am Libyan and would like to say I would not spit on such "opinions" coz I think every one has thier own point of views and type of culture that no one else could could understand 100%.

skyliner New member

3POSTS

15 years ago

#17

hi, welcome to libya, libya is a really uniqe experinse....and i do agree with clansman when he said "'prepare for the worst, and hope for the best'"...

for me as libyan that traveld abroad and as an open minded person , i do understand how foirgners feel when they get here...and i beleive that libyans are a bit hard to live with compared to some other countries...libya is not prepared to deal with outsiders in the way it sould be....it will tke some time ....