Enjoying a hot cappuccino and poundcake. Yousuf said that Egyptian and Morrocans used to perform most service jobs in the country up until the revolution when they fled the country, and that now local Libyans had to fill these roles.


And having a chat outside with the piano man, a friend of Yousuf's.


Driving through an upmarket area of Tripoli where there were some very nice houses.


Our next stop was the Commonwealth Tripoli War Cemetery, located in the Mansura district.


During the North African campaign of World War II, Tripoli was an important Axis base until taken by the British in January 1943. It then became a medical centre, and the burials in the war cemetery were almost entirely from the hospitals.


A cross in the middle of the cemetery. There were caretakers making sure the cemetery was kept in immaculate condition and Yousuf half-joked that it was the cleanest place in Tripoli.


As well as United Kingdom there were graves for military personnel from Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and India.


Next door was the now disused Italian Municipal Christian Cemetery and which was unfortunately now in ruins from both neglect and vandalism.