Except that part about camels, it sounds a lot like Jamaica.
(Q)The one in Boston, or the one in the Caribbean? (A) YES!
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According to articles at his website, Hawass put these restrictions in place mainly to protect the pyramids and the Sphinx, and to make a better atmosphere for the tourists. He claimed the camel riders and vendors were overrunning the place, harassing the tourists for money for every little thing. From what I understand, the camel riders required money from the tourists to take their pictures, and vendors were constantly following the tourists around wanting to sell them souvenirs.
That makes sense to me. And the other protest seems to be that everyone working for the Antiquities Commission wants a big raise in pay.
Where’s that going to come from, if the tourist business has been shut down by all this turmoil? Tourism is just about Egypt’s only source of income.
This guy may be a bit of an eccentric, but I think he’s protecting Egypt’s antiquities as best he can. It’s not his fault if stuff was stolen from the museum. It’s the rioters and the revolutionaries, who were encouraged by Obama and his pals. I presume the reason he didn’t immediately announce that valuable stuff had been stolen was that he didn’t want any more thieves to try their hand at it.
As usual, the Christian Science Monitor gets everything backward.
Except that part about camels, it sounds a lot like Jamaica.
(Q)The one in Boston, or the one in the Caribbean? (A) YES!
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PO Box 300112, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130-0030
“He claimed the camel riders and vendors were overrunning the place, harassing the tourists for money for every little thing.”
I was there in 2000 and those camel jockeys are real crooks!! They harass you until you take a camel ride, and then they try to steal your money. We took the ride with the driver our tour guide recommended. The others will take you out in the desert and not bring you back until you give them money. My husband didn’t let the guy get away with it though, and called the guy some pretty un-PC stuff. He gave us all our change back and took off. One of the policemen noticed my hubby’s loud voice and was starting to come over to see what was going on. I think that’s why the guy took off. The policeman had a machine gun.