...continues.
february 15, and no definitive word on our libyan visas. the latest updates all point to all systems go, but as i've learned all too well over the past three months, nothing is for certain in the middle east until you flash your passport at the border.
most recent news says libya is enforcing a $117 "eclipse tax" on all travelers in the country during the time of the total eclipse (which is passing directly through southern libya), regardless of whether you're in the line of solar fire or not (we'll be about 150 miles or so off its path). while this blows for the people who have to pay it, i'm looking at the positive: that they're banking -- literally -- on letting tourists in their country. good news for us.
fingers toes and nose still crossed!
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