While doing a bit of research on Tripoli for my “Tripoli Through My Lens” Toastmasters Speech #9 for Saturday, I read (and I quote) that “Tripoli was founded by the Phoenicians in 1500 BC”. A couple of days after that, I got a text message from The Safadi Cultural Center that A Phoenician Ship was coming to El Mina!
From El Mina’s Tourism Information Website: “El Mina Municipality welcomes the Phoenician Ship Expedition which is attempting to recreate the first circumnavigation of Africa, accomplished by Phoenician mariners in 600BC, in a replica Phoenician/Mediterranean vessel.”
Indeed, this morning, The Phoenician Ship reached El Mina at 9:00 AM and docked across El Mina Municipality on the Cornish. I didn’t have a chance to attend the welcoming celebrations, but at the end of the day at around 7:00 PM before I drove back home I decided to check it out. It was dark by then, and the ship was barely lit and barely visible in the night so the few pictures that I took with my iPhone were all blurry…
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