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big damn heroes skip to main skip to sidebar big damn heroes once a blog for uni now a running commentary on ex pat life in tripoli libya cap n tightpants the ambassador blue sun big damn heroes and let s be bad guys are all from tv show firefly and its movie serenity if you were wondering saturday march 01 2008 qas al haj i promised i d post some photos of the most famous berber fortified granary in libya the qasr al haj like the one at nalut i posted photos of last year this qasr was used to store grain and oil for local tribes it housed the stores of over 70 families and was still in use until relatively recently nalut was a rabbit warren whereas qasr al haj is round and fort like from the outside and inside is a wide open space ringed with the little doors into the storage spaces there is also a little display of traditional tools and vessels in the medina i once saw a fantasic 3d wall mural of this qasr taking up an entire wall of a shop one of the interesting sights of libya within a few hours drive of tripoli posted by cap n tightpants at 3 06 pm 5 comments labels libya friday february 22 2008 well boys and girls we ve come to the end of our two year contract i ve still got photos and stories to tell but my internet access has died again so they will have wait to i m set up again somewhere else where is the question of course in the meantime here s a photo or two from my africa tour last year giraffe from a little national park near victoria falls zambia side the national park is so small and the animal populations so limited that these giraffes have paler spots than other populations due to inbreeding did a great walking safari through here and learned more than you ever need to know about dung i can now tell the age and sex of a giraffe from looking at its dung my friends that is quite the in demand talent watch out for dangerous hippos camping has never been so fun not as bad as the serengeti where one girl s tent was attacked by a giant wild pig the expanse of water beyond is not the sea but the parasite filled lake of malawi one of my favourite stops on the tour was zanzibar we had a fantastic tour guide take us around some of spice farms who knew pepper grew on a vine not me he also showed us how one berry could be used as lipstick and another berry could be used as soap yep the suds in his hands are from a berry not actually soap smelt beautiful the whole island did the main town there is a lot like the medina of tripoli except errant breezes brought you whiffs of cinnamon and vanilla rather than garbage and sewerage expect a long absence in the meantime you could check out my writing blog at wendypalmer com au posted by cap n tightpants at 10 49 am no comments labels africa tuesday february 12 2008 the butchers i have a hard time with the butchers i admit because i generally don t really like dealing with meat ex vegetarian who makes the ambassador do all the meat cutting and cooking bits of the evening meal and there it is in your face this of course is why i m not posting pictures just imagine large dead animals hanging in windows sometimes with neck and head still attached to prove its freshness according to our arabic teacher there are no words for cuts of meat you have to ask for meat without bone if you want a steak type thing or you can ask for mince or of course you can point at the fresh carcass hanging from the ceiling to show which bit of the animal you want generally expats have found that the english words fillet and chicken breast are understood i tend to cheat and visit the butcher attached the big expat favoured supermarket once a month or so where everything is just a little bit further away and already cut up and laid out under glass and plastic there s an australian lamb butcher locally in janzour you can tell it s australian lamb because its logo is a map of australia with a lamb in it it s all frozen stuff not great but one of the few places that does hamburger patties that don t shrink to nothing beef is cheaper than camel here which i found out when i was earnestly warned that the camel was expensive but with no warning about the price of beef because beef is seen as an inferior meat i was told which is a nice environmentally friendly way of treating local vs imported meat really posted by cap n tightpants at 3 57 pm no comments labels libya older posts home subscribe to posts atom links mozy online backup free automatic secure documenting life in libya libyan blog with links to other libyan blogs the tripoli post action for australia abc science news labels africa australasia europe libya pre libya uni blog blog archive 2008 7 march 1 qas al haj february 3 january 3 2007 29 december 3 october 4 august 2 july 4 june 4 may 4 april 4 march 2 february 2 2006 44 december 1 november 4 october 4 september 2 august 5 july 4 june 4 may 6 april 4 march 10 2005 32 october 8 september 10 august 14