Eating...Egyptian style

[Wigsie]

I lived in egypt for a while and I know what the local food can be like, you just need to be a resident for at least 2-3 months before you can stomach eating anywhere other than a touristy hoteA!

although you could eat like a king in a local restaurant (usually with a couple of rats for company) for around 50p ish. But your right about the cost of calls, I had to break up with my girlfriend as it was costing me to much to have her calling me on my mobile from the UK.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

I had to break up with my girlfriend as it was costing me to much to have her calling me on my mobile from the UK.

You know how to treat a lady right, wigsie, you old smoothie - no expense incurred!

 

[threebikesmcginty]

I had to break up with my girlfriend as it was costing me to much to have her calling me on my mobile from the UK.

You know how to treat a lady right, wigsie, you old smoothie - no expense incurred!

 

[longers]

I lived in egypt for a while and I know what the local food can be like, you just need to be a resident for at least 2-3 months before you can stomach eating anywhere other than a touristy hoteA!

Two of us were in Cairo during Ramadan and were treat really well by very kind strangers at sunset time. They shared their tea on the street corner and/or we got given chocolate and cigarettes as they wouldn't take no for an answer.

It was when tour buses were getting shot at. We were on our own itinerary ie clueless with a book in hand and didn't get any grief. Most of the time we ate pitta and oranges till then with the occasional corn on the cob. We were only sick when we left so did ok for a month.

 

[longers]

I lived in egypt for a while and I know what the local food can be like, you just need to be a resident for at least 2-3 months before you can stomach eating anywhere other than a touristy hoteA!

Two of us were in Cairo during Ramadan and were treat really well by very kind strangers at sunset time. They shared their tea on the street corner and/or we got given chocolate and cigarettes as they wouldn't take no for an answer.

It was when tour buses were getting shot at. We were on our own itinerary ie clueless with a book in hand and didn't get any grief. Most of the time we ate pitta and oranges till then with the occasional corn on the cob. We were only sick when we left so did ok for a month.

 

[Fab Foodie]

You know how to treat a lady right, wigsie, you old smoothie - no expense incurred!

He should've married her. When I'm away, calls to the wife are never more than a few mins long!

 

[Fab Foodie]

You know how to treat a lady right, wigsie, you old smoothie - no expense incurred!

He should've married her. When I'm away, calls to the wife are never more than a few mins long!

 

[Wigsie]

You know how to treat a lady right, wigsie, you old smoothie - no expense incurred!

She did talk too much!

Two of us were in Cairo during Ramadan and were treat really well by very kind strangers at sunset time. They shared their tea on the street corner and/or we got given chocolate and cigarettes as they wouldn't take no for an answer.

I found the Egyptian locals to be some of the friendliest and most generous I have ever met, love the place.

 

[Wigsie]

You know how to treat a lady right, wigsie, you old smoothie - no expense incurred!

She did talk too much!

Two of us were in Cairo during Ramadan and were treat really well by very kind strangers at sunset time. They shared their tea on the street corner and/or we got given chocolate and cigarettes as they wouldn't take no for an answer.

I found the Egyptian locals to be some of the friendliest and most generous I have ever met, love the place.

 

[Globalti]

Arab hospitality is second to none, the food is usually excellent and healthy, which is fine if you're there to work or holiday but I completely sympathise with the poor OP who is stuck in a shithole with nothing to relieve the boredom. You can walk around cities like Amman and Damascus in complete safety and be welcomed wherever you go, but who wants to walk around a smelly industrial town where everybody is related? Burnley is bad enough but forin is much worse.

I spent 5 months as English Assistant in a Spanish poly in the back of beyond with awful food and I hated every second of it.

 

[Globalti]

Arab hospitality is second to none, the food is usually excellent and healthy, which is fine if you're there to work or holiday but I completely sympathise with the poor OP who is stuck in a shithole with nothing to relieve the boredom. You can walk around cities like Amman and Damascus in complete safety and be welcomed wherever you go, but who wants to walk around a smelly industrial town where everybody is related? Burnley is bad enough but forin is much worse.

I spent 5 months as English Assistant in a Spanish poly in the back of beyond with awful food and I hated every second of it.

 

[longers]

I found the Egyptian locals to be some of the friendliest and most generous I have ever met, love the place.

Hard to open up sometimes as you're trying to be a bit cautious but we met some really lovely people.

Were you diving? We snorkelled in the Red Sea off Dahab and Sharm El Sheik and that was good enough. When the bombs went off a couple of years ago I was surprised at how big it had become.

 

[longers]

I found the Egyptian locals to be some of the friendliest and most generous I have ever met, love the place.

Hard to open up sometimes as you're trying to be a bit cautious but we met some really lovely people.

Were you diving? We snorkelled in the Red Sea off Dahab and Sharm El Sheik and that was good enough. When the bombs went off a couple of years ago I was surprised at how big it had become.

 

[Wigsie]

Were you diving? We snorkelled in the Red Sea off Dahab and Sharm El Sheik and that was good enough. When the bombs went off a couple of years ago I was surprised at how big it had become.

Yes, worked as a guide for a year, in Hurghada and Marsa Alam used to take me an hour and a half to walk 1/2 a mile as all the shopkeepers/cafe owners always wanted to chat, have a coffee and smoke sheesha....

Finished a research diving contract with the EEAA in Marsa Alam a bit early and at the time there wasn't much there so hitch hiked back up to Hurghada, didnt have much choice but felt very safe. Hitchiking in the outback was far nervier!

 

[Wigsie]

Were you diving? We snorkelled in the Red Sea off Dahab and Sharm El Sheik and that was good enough. When the bombs went off a couple of years ago I was surprised at how big it had become.

Yes, worked as a guide for a year, in Hurghada and Marsa Alam used to take me an hour and a half to walk 1/2 a mile as all the shopkeepers/cafe owners always wanted to chat, have a coffee and smoke sheesha....

Finished a research diving contract with the EEAA in Marsa Alam a bit early and at the time there wasn't much there so hitch hiked back up to Hurghada, didnt have much choice but felt very safe. Hitchiking in the outback was far nervier!