"David Horne, _the_ chancellor of the royal duchy of city south and
deansgate" wrote in message
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> Dave Frightens Me wrote:
>
> > On Mon, 27 Nov 2006 13:28:29 +0100, Frank Hucklenbroich
> > wrote:
> >
> > >Am Sun, 26 Nov 2006 20:15:07 +0000 schrieb
> > >this_address_is_for_spam@yahoo.co.uk:
> > >
> > >> I was in Egypt during Ramadan, and it was easy to find places serving
> > >> alcohol, at least to tourists.
> > >
> > >Yes, no problem at all. I remember sitting down in a little cafe in
Cairo
> > >ordering a beer (it was a damn hot day in July), and they did even send
> > >someone to get me a can of beer, as they normally didn't serve any
alcohol.
> > >5 Minutes after I ordered they arrived with a can of ice-cold beer that
> > >they did get in some other shop ;-)
> >
> > In my experience places like that can be very expensive for boozing. I
> > recall the price of beer in India compared to that of London.
>
> I didn't find the beer expensive there, and I ate in lots of places in
> Cairo which were more or less the domain of tourists. Even the revolving
> restaurant with the amazing views from the top of Cairo Tower wasn't
> that expensive. I didn't try one, but I did notice that McDonald's was
> consistently packed with locals, and not tourists! :)
>
The McDonald in Luxor was always empty - a hamburger cost about three times
a local meal!
Surreyman
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