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The Libya that most people do not get to see: The Archaeological Site of Cyrene, an ancient Greek and later Roman city near Shahhat in eastern Libya. Considered to the oldest and most important of the five ancient Greek cities in North Africa, Cyrene is in the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Libya.
The Libya that most people do not get to see: The Jamal Abdul Nasser Mosque, formerly the Tripoli Cathedral, at Piazza Algeria in downtown Tripoli. #northafrica #maghreb #mosques #cathedrals #churches #iphonephotography
Magandang umaga, Tripoli!
Good morning, Tripoli!
The Libya that most people do not get to see: Downtown Benghazi as seen from the port area of Libya’s second most populous city located in Cyrenaica in the eastern part of the country.
The Libya that most people do not get to see: View near a freshwater pond close to what Filipinos refer to as the Blue Lagoon located in the eastern Libyan town of Umm Ar Rizam near the Mediterranean.
The Libya that most people do not get to see: The Wadi El Kouf Bridge, in the Green Mountain Region west of Bayda in eastern Libya, is the second highest bridge in Africa.
The Libya that most people do not get to see: The Archaeological Ruins of Leptis Magna in the port city of Khoms east of Tripoli along the road to Misrata. It is one of several UNESCO World Heritage Sites located in Libya.
The Libya that most people do not get to see: Filipinos in the eastern part of Libya refer to this portion of the Mediterranean as the Blue Lagoon. It is located near the town of Umm Ar Rizam.
Good morning, Tripoli!
The Libya that most people do not get to see: The seaside district of Gargaresh where the Philippine Embassy in Tripoli used to be located.
The new attack dogs of the Philippine Embazoo in Tripoli, Libya. @phinlibya #puppies #embassy #dogs
There goes our Thanksgiving dinner! Our pet peacocks at the Philippine Embazoo in Tripoli. #philippines #peacocks #libya #northafrica #embassy #tripoli
The view from my window: One of @phinlibya’s pet peafowls at its embazoo in Tripoli
The view from my window: Surprised to see we still have these karitelas selling native crafts in Angeles City
The view from my window: 30 minutes away from Doha. #qatarairways
Goodbye, New York. Until we meet again.
Chasing autumn: Middle Village, New York #newyork
The view from my window: Manhattan as seen from Maspeth, Queens. #newyork
The view from my window: The Empire State Building as seen from Queens. #newyork
Elmer G. Cato

Elmer G. Cato

Elmer G. Cato is a Filipino journalist-diplomat. He started his journalism career as a 16-year-old cub reporter for Ang Pahayagang Malaya in 1983. From there, he went on to report for various news organizations such as the Manila Chronicle, Reuters News Agency, Kyodo News Agency, GMA 7, Philippine News and Features, and Saudi Gazette. He served as Nation Editor of the Philippine Daily Globe and Today before joining the Indonesian Observer in Jakarta as Executive Editor. He joined the Department of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of the Philippines in 1998 and has served in Manila, San Fernando, Angeles, New York, Washington, D.C., Baghdad, and Tripoli. He is presently the Consul General of the Philippines in New York.

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