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#11

In article <d9b6f42e-88f9-4091-a83e-a65c233be574
@o36g2000vbl.googlegroups.com>, spammeifyoulikebutiwontreadit (AT) gmail (DOT) com
says...

Quote:

Ah yeah but Sharm isn't Egypt, it's somewhere to go and get some sun
and sand but nothing more. Bit like Northern Goa in that respect (ie
rip off tourists to the max but you're promised the "culture" is out
there somewhere) but a much shorter flight and you don't have to get a
visa in advance.

I only went for the sun, but the prices were so much more than I

expected, even by tourist standard though it was pricey.

I had planned to do a couple of evenings in the bars, seems to have shot
up during the last year. Some of the popular bars were charging close to
scandinavian prices. In the end, decided to drink the hotel AI, because
I knew one night out would blow all I taken in egyption if I went for
it, then I would be looking at either credit carding, or debit carding
more forex and getting stung either way.

Did get mugged by a shop keeper for 450egyptian for an oil burner and
two bottle of scented oils as a gift, until I showed them to one of the
other guests, but she said that last time she haggled for that type of
stuff if cost her 390 egyptian just for one bottle of oil that size so I
had done well. He started at 900egyptian based on him tapping random
numbers into his calculator, and as he had his assistant lock the door
after I went in, I was pretty screwed what ever happened, and it was
going to cost me. I've faced pushy sellers in Turkey and Morocco,
sometimes having to get quite verbally forceful to get through the door
to get out, but it is first time I've heard a door lock behind me and
the key get taken out.
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#12

Elder <carl.robson (AT) bouncing-czechs (DOT) com> wrote:

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Week in Sharm, lightly browned,

Just remind me, who the fuck are you?

#13

Elder wrote:

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Week in Sharm, lightly browned, not cheap in the town, but went AI so
not bothered, stayed at the hotel. Didn't go near Pachaa as even the
Camel Bar was about 110 egyptian (about £12-13 for a couple of drinks).

Those who got fed up of the AI buffet and visited Maccy's claimed you
could get two large meals for about £6 GBP and they were the proper
triple burgers with footlong fries and a bargain bucket sized soft
drink, and you didn't need to eat for the rest of the day. And get this,
BK, Maccy's and KFC and Pizza Hut delivered free if you spent over a
certain ammount.

Nothing special car wise to report, mostly saw Hyundai and and
occasionally "Chevrolet" taxis, and a couple of Mitsu private cars, all
the trucks vans and busses were Toyota or Mitsu. Sadly no mental
drifters or oddly modified vehicles like you see in those videos that
come over from the Emirates.

Manager of the hotel had some kind of big maybe 70's maybe 80's boxy
yank (hard to tell with an arabic plate, and sun flattened paint but not
a hint of rust) that made a nice noise but that was it.

Result then, other than the cars...

KFC doing delivery? I'd have had a heart attack by now if they did that
over here lol

#14

In article <hbsqal$ms0$1 (AT) news (DOT) albasani.net>, no (AT) spam (DOT) thanks says...

Quote:

KFC doing delivery? I'd have had a heart attack by now if they did that
over here lol

KFC were running this advert on Dubai one (english and Arabic versions

of the same add).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTbX5m4uKRM

Haven't been to a KFC for years. Do we have these yet?
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#15

"Elder" <carl.robson (AT) bouncing-czechs (DOT) com> wrote

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In article <hbsqal$ms0$1 (AT) news (DOT) albasani.net>, no (AT) spam (DOT) thanks says...
KFC doing delivery? I'd have had a heart attack by now if they did that
over here lol

KFC were running this advert on Dubai one (english and Arabic versions
of the same add).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTbX5m4uKRM

Haven't been to a KFC for years. Do we have these yet?

Nope. Is that an advert for quality ford suspension?

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#16

fishman wrote:

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On 23 Oct, 14:18, Elder <carl.rob... (AT) bouncing-czechs (DOT) com> wrote:

Those who got fed up of the AI buffet and visited Maccy's claimed you
could get two large meals for about £6 GBP and they were the proper
triple burgers with footlong fries and a bargain bucket sized soft
drink, and you didn't need to eat for the rest of the day. And get this,
BK, Maccy's and KFC and Pizza Hut delivered free if you spent over a
certain ammount.

LOL a good class of tourist writes back from foreign climes about how
good the American international chain fast food junk outlets are

I remember asking a bloke who'd just come back from Tasmania what it
was like. The response "It was alright, had a McDonalds and a KFC"

I've eaten McDonalds in Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan, Australia and Fiji.
I'm not sure I ate for the entire time we were in Malaysia and we had
Wendy's in the USA.

(c:

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#17

In article <7kekrgF39ikcjU1 (AT) mid (DOT) individual.net>, douggie (AT) cheerful (DOT) com
says...

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I'm not sure I ate for the entire time we were in Malaysia and we had
Wendy's in the USA.

I ate in a Wendies in London, at the time the Homefries were fantastic.

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#18

Douglas Payne wrote:

Quote:

fishman wrote:
On 23 Oct, 14:18, Elder <carl.rob... (AT) bouncing-czechs (DOT) com> wrote:

Those who got fed up of the AI buffet and visited Maccy's claimed you
could get two large meals for about £6 GBP and they were the proper
triple burgers with footlong fries and a bargain bucket sized soft
drink, and you didn't need to eat for the rest of the day. And get this,
BK, Maccy's and KFC and Pizza Hut delivered free if you spent over a
certain ammount.

LOL a good class of tourist writes back from foreign climes about how
good the American international chain fast food junk outlets are

I remember asking a bloke who'd just come back from Tasmania what it
was like. The response "It was alright, had a McDonalds and a KFC"

I've eaten McDonalds in Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan, Australia and Fiji.
I'm not sure I ate for the entire time we were in Malaysia and we had
Wendy's in the USA.

(c:

Mmmm Wendy's. I had one of their triple-deck squareburger things when I
left Daytona at about 12:30am. Calorie overload...

I had a smoked turkey leg in Daytona while watching the NASCAR, wearing
a NASCAR pit shirt and cap. I felt like a redneck until I saw a guy with
a mullet, topless, couple of front teeth missing and he was draped in a
Rebel flag. *that* was a redneck lol

#19

Elder wrote:

Quote:

In article <hbsqal$ms0$1 (AT) news (DOT) albasani.net>, no (AT) spam (DOT) thanks says...
KFC doing delivery? I'd have had a heart attack by now if they did that
over here lol

KFC were running this advert on Dubai one (english and Arabic versions
of the same add).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTbX5m4uKRM

Haven't been to a KFC for years. Do we have these yet?

Foot long KFC? Probably banned under some European health ruling