Tag: Baksheesh

• Americans in Iran 2011: Planning, applying and waiting…

  It’s May 2011 and our next trip will be to Iran. Ignoring the propaganda and the fact that it could take months to get a visa we begin the visa application process and the trip research. It was now or never and we’re going for it. The trip will be at least 14 days which […]

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  November 3, 2011

  Iran, Travel Preparation

  Adventure Travel, Americans in Iran, Backpacking, Baksheesh, Budget Travel, Iran, Off the Beaten Path, Overseas Travel, Pars Travel, Rick Steves, Shiraz, Taj Mahal, The Middle East, Travel Preparation, Trip Prep, Vacation Planning, Visas

• Egypt’s baksheesh industry..will it survive?

  The people who are benefiting the least Mubarak leaving office sooner than later are his police forces and political allies.  They are the ones who ask for the baksheesh even if they don’t do anything helpful or even help someone cross the street safely in Downtown Cairo. Some took to the streets and were taking […]

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  February 3, 2011

  Egypt Travel

  Abu Simbel, Anderson Cooper, Baksheesh, Budget Travel, Cairo, Cairo Traffic, CNN, Egypt, Egypt Tourist Police, GDP, Giza, Pro-Mubarak, Reuters, Suez Canal, Travel

• Cairo and it’s baksheesh and sheesha

  It’s hot and almost too hot, smoggy and as always, the streets are filled with cars, horse and buggies and motorbikes.   Taking the camera out and trying to capture what it’s like to walk around Cairo is the last thing I think about doing.  Just want to get around without loosing a body part […]

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  January 29, 2011

  Egypt Travel

  6th of October Bridge, Adventure Travel, Baksheesh, Cairo, Cairo Traffic, Egypt, Obama, Sheesha, Travel