Belongings in Tripoli

I heard that my neighbour's house (French expa) in Regatta was opened.

Yes I also came to know that houses belong to French, Italian and Britian in regatta have been looted and occupied by..........

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I am not sure how many expats are back here reading this blog anymore.. I feel very sad and sentimental and do not have any friends to really share this: My husband decided that it is time we let go our rented house off Gargaresh. It is the right decision, given the fact that the landlord was bugging us (what? does he have new foreigners ready to pay that excess amount of rent he has been charging us? of course not. we tried to tell him that we would be very happy to come back when things calm down, but 'twas no use.)
Anyway, it was a beautiful house, with a perfect garden and two lemon trees and one orange tree. I loved the sunshine, the jasmine, the honeysuckle... the stray cats who dropped by every now and then.
I loved the huge corridors that did not make much sense to our family's organization of domestic space, I loved the sunlit kitchen, the view of the garden from my desk... I loved the way my husband had clumsily furnished the place before we arrived. I loved the way I had re-arranged the furniture.
Now it is all gone... I know expats are kind'a people who have the ability to detach themselves from a location. And I know natives of Libya are going through much serious hardships right now. I know I am being silly, but I miss my lemon trees and this blog is the only place where there may be a one or two people who can relate to this sentiment.
I guess most of the expats moved on, so did we, I guess. It is just that this image of my sunlit garden keeps haunting me... and the idea that it will never be ...
I hope one of the regulars read this note and drops a note saying, yea we miss our corner of tripoli as well. That's all I need.
fk.

Hmmm... Just i will say " Tears In Eyes"

@fatmakumru
. you are not silly all of us have good and lovely memories in Libya and i feel sad more than you and i lost my job my money ,my stuff i stayed there for two years and i refudef to relocate in ddubai or qatar but noew days i have to look for job in dubai or in gilf area plus my money blocked in bank and we evuacted by private jet to instabul then we flow to our home but i think u lucky coz u dont were under heavy sootinf for 1 our anyhow we have to forget our nice and good life in libya and we  have to relocate soon coz situation in libya very complicated and we wish peace fulill world wide and libya be safe like before

You are not the only one that feels this way.  I miss my house, pool, furniture we bought.  This whole thing has really been hard on me.  I miss the stuff I bought from my travels and my doggie who passed away 2 weeks ago in Libya.

Especially when you look at photos that had been taken during our stay in Libya, I feel really bad.

Hope and Pray for the best future of Libya guys....

Dear Guys,
It's been nice to see ur posts again after I finally decided to leave Libya and get out.
I am totally sure and very optimistic that things will get much better in Libya in the near future, and I hope to see you all back in Libya helping Libyans in rebuilding and shifting it to become a better civilized country and society.

Well, here I am, joining you in your sadness about the life we left there... And about the country. Things will definitely not go back to how they were. And now I fear we'll not go back there, especially with kids, illogically I hope and believe, but the reason tells me it will not be safe. My little car was left there, the suits of my husband, tons of toys and 10 kg books of the baby. The latter I lament most, for the girl loved them. She misses her school and asks about her friends every day. In her new kindy my 3-year old tells stories about her home in Africa, her school friends and teachers there and about soldiers with guns (the latter gathered from TV and our talks - we never dwelled on it with her).
Still little by little we build our new life at home country, looking forward to new expat adventures in future.

Cheers and good luck to all,
and a big hello to europeans don't be too sentimental missing the people, the TV says you'll have them around in the nearest future

Hello everyone
Just to add my feelings to the mix - I lived in Tripoli for 16 months, before being evacuated by the South African government on 27 Feb.  I still feel such intense pain at what I left behind, because even in that short time, Libya became my home. Not so much the things (I had to leave 99% of my stuff behind in my flat - was only allowed to take 1 pc of hand luggage @10kg with me), but the many local friends I have there, who are now in the middle of the fighting.  I miss them soooo much it is a physical pain in my heart.  Even though I still call a few of them about once a week, we cannot have a real conversation, because of the danger.  And even though we keep reassuring each other of our love and concern, and that we will soon see each other again - we all know that is a dream we all cling to, because the alternative is too terrible to contemplate.  Then I look at the photographs taken during my time there - and I long for them all over again.  When i see pics of Tripoli, I remember being able to walk freely through the streets at night - something I cant do in my own country.  I remember having coffe with a friend at Cafe casa - or dinner at Al Attar.  And it pains me sooo much that that lifestyle is gone - maybe forever.  I long to go back - even though i know it is not safe right now - but the longing wont go away.

Sorry - i'm rambling.  But thank you for starting this forum - it helps to see that others feel as i do, and that i am not alone!!!

God Bless you all.
Jenni

@ Jenni Red .my feelings te same i have now only photos and i feel so sad about these lovely memories and i miss libya and my friends there and i left all my stuff there and i lost too much and we suffer in evuacted but unfortunalety our compnay fired us coz unrest situation in libya so i wait for 3 month now and war in libya still active so i think i will relocate in country i dont like so may be i will move to dubai or to Qatar i will miss libya so much

thx

Hilton wrote:

@ Jenni Red .my feelings te same i have now only photos and i feel so sad about these lovely memories and i miss libya and my friends there and i left all my stuff there and i lost too much and we suffer in evuacted but unfortunalety our compnay fired us coz unrest situation in libya so i wait for 3 month now and war in libya still active so i think i will relocate in country i dont like so may be i will move to dubai or to Qatar i will miss libya so much

thx

Yeah I havent heard from my company either for almost 3 months - havent been paid either of course!!!  I am investigating going to Tunisia or Malta to work, until i can get back to Libya.  All the best for finding a job in the Gulf - hope you are successful.
I'm also missing Libya so much.....

i still waiting for my feb salary till now i dont receieive it and dont pay any more,it is like they left uas in streets to slove our troubles by our selves anyhow i hate to work to in gulf it is heat and expenisve and not nice countries like libya anyhow i wish peace fullfil all the world wide.
P.S tunisia in hell now so try to work in Malta it is better for you.

Tx

Anyone needing stuff packed up, PM me, I know a company that is packing houses and transferring stuff out by sea,
OB