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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Posted on 02/14/2011 6:59:00 PM PST by Pan_Yan
Except that part about camels, it sounds a lot like Jamaica.
(Q)The one in Boston, or the one in the Caribbean? (A) YES!
COMMUNITY ARTS ADVOCATES, INC.
PO Box 300112, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130-0030
The Tariq Aziz of Egypt.
Remember the window washers that would clean car windshields when people were stopped in traffic? They also got out of hand, and Rudy Giuliani put them out of business not long after he became Mayor of NY City.
Also the guys with baseball bats that would break said windshields if you didn't give them money. San Francisco courts and politicos termed it “aggressive panhandling”, and “protected speech”.
I also remember (late 50’s through mid 70s) every 5-12 YO boy in Mexico descending on tourists in flocks yelling, “Cheeck-lets? Cheeck-lets? Chclets, cinco centavos!”
He kind of reminds me of Jacques Cousteau and the things they said about him.
Well, the thing is when a regime is toppled the archaelogy departments funds might well dry up.
“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.
I’d heard they were bad. You experienced it first hand. Thanks for sharing.
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