Burgers

[malefax]

Just had late night burgers at a random joint in Jerusalem: posting now from the Hotel computers. The burgers were large, and the non-NA-ness was largely limited to having way more sauces available and the fanta being written in Hebrew letters

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[eerie]

Cairo - I suggest visiting the citadel and Old Cairo (al-Hassan/al-Rifai/ibn Tulun mosques). Very nice, quiet places.

Khan-e-Khalili is the main tourist/crap bazaar (plastic pyramids, cheap t-shirts that dissolve after a couple of washes, etc). If you buy anything nice (e.g. caftans, semiprecious stones) put your initial offer at 25% of theirs and tell them you'll leave if they don't drop their price. Leave if you have to, because 50 other wankers are selling the same shit down the street.

Also, everyone in Cairo wants a tip, even if they did dick all for you. Be benevolent if you want (helping the economy blah blah) but after that wears off, fuck em.

[kakitaseigi]

Nice to see you on LJ land. Sounds like an incredible trip. If I make it to a Gencon again, I'm probably going to end up asking you about it. :P

Enjoy! And good luck. It's an interesting time to be vacationing in that region, politically, what with the state of Sharon and the recent change of power in Palestine. Be careful.