butchers who were caught selling disguised donkey meat

RO (Moustafa Suleiman, AlArabiya.net)

Two Egyptian butchers who were caught selling disguised donkey meat told a court on Monday that they no regrets, as they had managed to put a smile on the faces of the poor.

The two butchers admitted to selling frozen cuts of dead donkey meat to the public as well as to big restaurants and hotels.

"I was doing the poor a huge service," Mohamed Mahmoud Khalifa told the court. "I can't describe how happy they were when they got the meat. Whole families started to eat meat."

Khalifa was caught red-handed on March 3 as he was skinning a dead donkey by a canal in Cairo. He later led police to the place where he stored large quantities of dead animal meat, which he packed and sold to wholesale suppliers, street vendors and well-known hotels and restaurants.

"I started with a dog. I cut off its head, skinned it, and put it in a frozen meat pack after adding lots of spices," Khalifa testified, saying the idea came to him when he noticed animal cadavers in canals and swamps.

Khalifa then recruited the second defendant, Wasfi Sawiris, to start selling the packaged meat.

"I told him I found an excellent source of profit. The business boomed, and the turnout among the poor was very high, especially since at the beginning we sold one kilo for 3 Egyptian Pounds."

Khalifa talked Sawiris into buying a big mincer and the two men began a brisk business selling the cut-price meat. They even managed to recruit someone from a big hotel and starting to supply hotels and restaurants with the tainted meat, he said.

Sawiris, who was arrested after hundreds of customers were seen swarming his store, said he sometimes felt badly about selling dead meat to people, but his intentions were good.

"I didn't want to deprive them from this joy that made them feel they're human," he said.

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even the canals are getting low on water. these are the naughty lazy fishermen they go for the dead fish in the canal.

the ones that die from pollution. they sell cheap to the locals.

not surprising people have dysentery this fish will no doubt end up on the tourists menu..
just like the dead donkey.

election ,Cairo, Egypt (CNN).

Egypt: 'Same Shark Attacks Four Swimmers'

Four Russian tourists have been attacked by a shark while swimming in the Red Sea close to their Egyptian beach hotels.

then the dailymail claims,

A female French tourist was attacked and killed by a shark while diving in a remote site off Egypt's Red Sea coast today.
It was the first fatal shark attack in the Arab country for five years, state media and a French embassy official said.
The woman's leg showed visible bite marks, and medics said she probably bled to death before being lifted to the surface.

A French female tourist has fallen victim to the first fatal shark attack in Egypt for five years. She was diving off the Red Sea coast when it happened (file photo)

French embassy spokesman Jean-Marie Safa said: 'I can confirm that there is one French citizen killed by a shark in the Red Sea south of Marsa Alam.'
Marsa Alam is a remote southern dive spot on the Red Sea coast frequented by tourists hoping to avoid the crowds at more popular sites in the Sinai peninsula, where tourists flock in large numbers for the colourful coral reefs.
'This very rarely happens. It seems that the victim aggravated the shark or presented it with food, which caused a change in the shark's behaviour,' Amr Ali, the president of the Society for the Preservation of the Red Sea Environment, said.
Sharks are common in the area and tourists often take pictures, but attacks are rare.
The last person killed by a shark in Egypt was reportedly attacked while snorkelling near the Sinai resort of Sharm el-Sheikh in 2004.
Egypt's Environment Ministry is looking to set up a natural reserve for the sharks near Marsa Alam, where it already has a similar reserve for dolphins.



Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1190366/Tourist-dies-Egypts-fatal-shark-attack-years.html#ixzz16xLrz3up

and these are not the only sharks that attack the tourists.

go to http://bloodylyingbastards.blogspot.com/.

but because the sea sharks protect their territory a story breaks out.

I hope the person has a good insurance because she is going to get one hefty bill. one helicopter to Cairo plus 1000£ per night in hospital bed fees, its an act of god they will say.

is this true
A man was attacked by a shark just 40 ft from shore at beach resort in Egypt. James Elliott, 26, was having a swim in the waters off the Sharm El Sheikh resort in Egypt when he felt something grab his leg. During the frenzied attack, Elliott, suffered severe injuries, including a severed Achille’s tendon.
He was saved by a passing boat but may never walk properly again.

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Officials in Egypt have tracked down the shark responsible for THREE attacks along its coastline – but will not kill it, it was revealed today.

Authorities in the resort of Nama Bay, Sharm el Sheikh, reported an adult oceanic white tip shark was responsible for injuring three Russian tourists in attacks during the last 24-hours.
The Egyptian Ministry of Tourism released a statement to all anxious British holidaymakers in the region yesterday.
They reported that they had tracked down the shark, but were trying to catch it and release it back into a remote area of the Gulf of Suez.
They added the resort – popular with thousands of Brits each year – had suspended all diving and water sports until Friday.
A statement read: “The MoT has announced that all beaches will be closed to the public and all water sports activities will be suspended until the end of the day tomorrow (2/12) along the whole of the Sharm el Sheikh coast.
“It has been reported that three Russian tourists have been attacked in three separate incidents in the last 24 hours in an area north of Nama Bay.
“The victims, one male and two females, are currently being treated in hospital.
“Officials from the South Sinai National Park have tracked down the shark in question – confirmed to be an adult oceanic white tip shark.
“The South Sinai National Park authority are currently attempting to capture the shark with the aim of releasing it back into the wild in a remote area in the Gulf of Suez.
“The chosen location will be in a safe distance from any tourist resorts in the Red Sea.”
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(AP) An oceanic white tip shark badly mauled four Russian tourists swimming close to their beach hotels in two separate attacks at an Egyptian Red Sea resort, a local conservation official said on Wednesday.

Director of Sinai Conservation Mohammed Salem said the shark attacked two Russians swimming in the Ras Nasrani area near the famed Sharm el-Sheikh resort in the Sinai Peninsula and bit their arms off.

The same shark may also have been involved in an attack on another pair of Russians on Tuesday swimming close to the resort beach, he added.

The shark badly injured a middle-aged woman's legs and back and bit off her hand. She had a heart attack and had to be resucitated at the hospital.

The second victim, a 70-year-old woman was found with her right hand and left leg torn off.

Diving instructor Hassan Salem (no related to Mohammed Salem) said he was on a dive at the same time of the attack and was circled by the same shark before it went after the couple.

"I was able to scare the shark away by blowing bubbles in its face, but then saw it swim to a woman and bite her legs," he told The Associated Press.

Salem said the water turned red with the blood from the attack, and he rushed to take the diver he was training out of the water.

All four victims were flown to Cairo for medical treatment and were in critical condition.

A spokesman for the Russian embassy in Cairo confirmed that two Russians were attacked Tuesday, but he was only aware of a single Ukranian involved in a shark attack the following day. The discrepancy could not be immediately explained.

Mohammed Salem said coast guard authorities were hunting for the shark and have issued a warning for swimmers to stay out of the water in Sharm el-Sheikh, a famed scuba diving destination.

He said Egypt sees one to two fatal shark attacks a year and they increase as the number of tourists and swimmers in the water rises.

Saturday, December 4, 2010

election ,Cairo, Egypt (CNN).

Cairo, Egypt (CNN) -- Egypt's largest opposition group, the Muslim Brotherhood, will boycott runoff parliamentary elections scheduled for Sunday, a member of the party said Wednesday.
Mohamed Beltagy, a member of the Muslim Brotherhood and a former legislative candidate, said the boycott is a protest against irregularities in the first round of voting last Sunday.
The party was wiped out Sunday, going from 88 seats in the legislature to zero.
Egypt's ruling National Democratic Party won 217 seats in the first round of voting, the semi-official Al-Ahram newspaper said.
The opposition parties won a mere handful of seats in the 508-seat parliament.
Twenty-seven candidates affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood qualified for runoff elections. Muslim Brotherhood candidates run as independents because the group is illegal under to Egyptian law, which bans parties based on religion.
The runoff will involve 377 candidates from the National Democratic Party of longtime President Hosni Mubarak.
On Tuesday, the administration of U.S. President Barack Obama criticized the elections, saying there had been "numerous reported irregularities" and "restrictions on basic freedoms."
National Security Council spokesman Mike Hammer called the reports "worrying" and said the United States is "disappointed."
Critics had predicted that Sunday's race would be tainted by fraud and intimidation, but the government declared it "a success."
Egypt's official MENA news service reported that 6,000 members of 76 civil groups monitored the elections. The country rejected international monitoring of the vote as interference in its internal affairs.
Egyptian election commission spokesman Sameh al-Kashef said Tuesday that, although the committee had received numerous complaints, irregularities did not affect the results of the election.
The complaints included reports of riots, fraud and forgery, denying citizens their right to vote, and difficulties faced by the media. There were riots in 16 constituencies, he said.
He said voter turnout was 35 percent.

Various opposition groups have accused the ruling National Democratic Party of using its power to suppress voices critical of Mubarak's nearly three-decade rule. The ruling party has dismissed the accusations.

he haw, he haw ,

DID YOU VOTE I ASKED ONE MAN.
NO WHY SHOULD I VOTE FOR THE PRE ELECTED .
WHAT DO YOU MEAN I ASKED.
WITH ANGER IN HIS FACE, HE SAID, WE KNOW WHO WINS!
SOON WE WILL HAVE A NEW KING,
ELECTED BY HIS FATHERS REGIME. AND THAT IS WHAT MOST OF THE PEOPLE HERE IN LUXOR THINK.
YOU ARE A FREE PERSON MR, WOULD YOU STAND UP AGAINST THIS REGIME.
I HAD NO ANSWER. BECAUSE I KNOW HOW CORRUPT THIS COUNTRY IS.
AND TODAY I FOUND OUT WHY THESE PEOPLE HATE AMERICA.
ONE GUY SAID BARAK OBAMAS HEAD IS SO FAR UP HOSNI'S ARSE HIS breath SMELLS OF THE SHIT.
YOU CANT SAY THINGS LIKE THAT, I SAID.

OH YES I CAN , I CAN TELL YOU BUT NO ONE ELSE. AS FEAR GRIPS THIS COUNTRY
THEY WILL HAVE THE ELECTIONS, EACH ONE OF THE REPRESENTATIVES KNOW WHAT SIDE TO STAY ON.
WELL WHO WOULD YOU VOTE FOR? .IF IT WAS A FREE CHOICE!,I ASKED NO ONE WE ARE IN BETWEEN THE DEVIL AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA, ONE IS AS BAD AS THE OTHER, WE ARE IN A NO WIN SITUATION,
THE BROTHERHOOD WILL KILL THIS COUNTRY. AND THE OTHER HAS ALREADY GOT A STRANGLE HOLD ON IT. GOD HELP THE PEOPLE of EGYPT.
THEN ANOTHER MAN SPOKE OUT.
WHAT I WANT TO KNOW IS WHAT THE FUCK ARE THEY SPENDING ON, BILLIONS OF DOLLARS COME TO EGYPT THROUGH THE TOURIST AND MONEY HELP.( WHAT THEY CALL AID)
AND I LEFT IT AT THAT. AS I HEADED FOR HOME ONE GUY CAME AND WALKED WITH ME. AND HIS FEAR WAS. WE ARE HEADING FOR A REVOLUTION.

Posted by A LOOK AT EGYPT FROM ME AND MY CAMERA

election ,Cairo, Egypt (CNN).

Egypt: 'Same Shark Attacks Four Swimmers'

Four Russian tourists have been attacked by a shark while swimming in the Red Sea close to their Egyptian beach hotels.

then the dailymail claims,

A female French tourist was attacked and killed by a shark while diving in a remote site off Egypt's Red Sea coast today.
It was the first fatal shark attack in the Arab country for five years, state media and a French embassy official said.
The woman's leg showed visible bite marks, and medics said she probably bled to death before being lifted to the surface.

A French female tourist has fallen victim to the first fatal shark attack in Egypt for five years. She was diving off the Red Sea coast when it happened (file photo)

French embassy spokesman Jean-Marie Safa said: 'I can confirm that there is one French citizen killed by a shark in the Red Sea south of Marsa Alam.'
Marsa Alam is a remote southern dive spot on the Red Sea coast frequented by tourists hoping to avoid the crowds at more popular sites in the Sinai peninsula, where tourists flock in large numbers for the colourful coral reefs.
'This very rarely happens. It seems that the victim aggravated the shark or presented it with food, which caused a change in the shark's behaviour,' Amr Ali, the president of the Society for the Preservation of the Red Sea Environment, said.
Sharks are common in the area and tourists often take pictures, but attacks are rare.
The last person killed by a shark in Egypt was reportedly attacked while snorkelling near the Sinai resort of Sharm el-Sheikh in 2004.
Egypt's Environment Ministry is looking to set up a natural reserve for the sharks near Marsa Alam, where it already has a similar reserve for dolphins.



Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1190366/Tourist-dies-Egypts-fatal-shark-attack-years.html#ixzz16xLrz3up

and these are not the only sharks that attack the tourists.

go to http://bloodylyingbastards.blogspot.com/.

but because the sea sharks protect their territory a story breaks out.

I hope the person has a good insurance because she is going to get one hefty bill. one helicopter to Cairo plus 1000£ per night in hospital bed fees, its an act of god they will say.

is this true
A man was attacked by a shark just 40 ft from shore at beach resort in Egypt. James Elliott, 26, was having a swim in the waters off the Sharm El Sheikh resort in Egypt when he felt something grab his leg. During the frenzied attack, Elliott, suffered severe injuries, including a severed Achille’s tendon.
He was saved by a passing boat but may never walk properly again.

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Officials in Egypt have tracked down the shark responsible for THREE attacks along its coastline – but will not kill it, it was revealed today.

Authorities in the resort of Nama Bay, Sharm el Sheikh, reported an adult oceanic white tip shark was responsible for injuring three Russian tourists in attacks during the last 24-hours.
The Egyptian Ministry of Tourism released a statement to all anxious British holidaymakers in the region yesterday.
They reported that they had tracked down the shark, but were trying to catch it and release it back into a remote area of the Gulf of Suez.
They added the resort – popular with thousands of Brits each year – had suspended all diving and water sports until Friday.
A statement read: “The MoT has announced that all beaches will be closed to the public and all water sports activities will be suspended until the end of the day tomorrow (2/12) along the whole of the Sharm el Sheikh coast.
“It has been reported that three Russian tourists have been attacked in three separate incidents in the last 24 hours in an area north of Nama Bay.
“The victims, one male and two females, are currently being treated in hospital.
“Officials from the South Sinai National Park have tracked down the shark in question – confirmed to be an adult oceanic white tip shark.
“The South Sinai National Park authority are currently attempting to capture the shark with the aim of releasing it back into the wild in a remote area in the Gulf of Suez.
“The chosen location will be in a safe distance from any tourist resorts in the Red Sea.”
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
(AP) An oceanic white tip shark badly mauled four Russian tourists swimming close to their beach hotels in two separate attacks at an Egyptian Red Sea resort, a local conservation official said on Wednesday.

Director of Sinai Conservation Mohammed Salem said the shark attacked two Russians swimming in the Ras Nasrani area near the famed Sharm el-Sheikh resort in the Sinai Peninsula and bit their arms off.

The same shark may also have been involved in an attack on another pair of Russians on Tuesday swimming close to the resort beach, he added.

The shark badly injured a middle-aged woman's legs and back and bit off her hand. She had a heart attack and had to be resucitated at the hospital.

The second victim, a 70-year-old woman was found with her right hand and left leg torn off.

Diving instructor Hassan Salem (no related to Mohammed Salem) said he was on a dive at the same time of the attack and was circled by the same shark before it went after the couple.

"I was able to scare the shark away by blowing bubbles in its face, but then saw it swim to a woman and bite her legs," he told The Associated Press.

Salem said the water turned red with the blood from the attack, and he rushed to take the diver he was training out of the water.

All four victims were flown to Cairo for medical treatment and were in critical condition.

A spokesman for the Russian embassy in Cairo confirmed that two Russians were attacked Tuesday, but he was only aware of a single Ukranian involved in a shark attack the following day. The discrepancy could not be immediately explained.

Mohammed Salem said coast guard authorities were hunting for the shark and have issued a warning for swimmers to stay out of the water in Sharm el-Sheikh, a famed scuba diving destination.

He said Egypt sees one to two fatal shark attacks a year and they increase as the number of tourists and swimmers in the water rises.

Saturday, December 4, 2010

election ,Cairo, Egypt (CNN).

Cairo, Egypt (CNN) -- Egypt's largest opposition group, the Muslim Brotherhood, will boycott runoff parliamentary elections scheduled for Sunday, a member of the party said Wednesday.
Mohamed Beltagy, a member of the Muslim Brotherhood and a former legislative candidate, said the boycott is a protest against irregularities in the first round of voting last Sunday.
The party was wiped out Sunday, going from 88 seats in the legislature to zero.
Egypt's ruling National Democratic Party won 217 seats in the first round of voting, the semi-official Al-Ahram newspaper said.
The opposition parties won a mere handful of seats in the 508-seat parliament.
Twenty-seven candidates affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood qualified for runoff elections. Muslim Brotherhood candidates run as independents because the group is illegal under to Egyptian law, which bans parties based on religion.
The runoff will involve 377 candidates from the National Democratic Party of longtime President Hosni Mubarak.
On Tuesday, the administration of U.S. President Barack Obama criticized the elections, saying there had been "numerous reported irregularities" and "restrictions on basic freedoms."
National Security Council spokesman Mike Hammer called the reports "worrying" and said the United States is "disappointed."
Critics had predicted that Sunday's race would be tainted by fraud and intimidation, but the government declared it "a success."
Egypt's official MENA news service reported that 6,000 members of 76 civil groups monitored the elections. The country rejected international monitoring of the vote as interference in its internal affairs.
Egyptian election commission spokesman Sameh al-Kashef said Tuesday that, although the committee had received numerous complaints, irregularities did not affect the results of the election.
The complaints included reports of riots, fraud and forgery, denying citizens their right to vote, and difficulties faced by the media. There were riots in 16 constituencies, he said.
He said voter turnout was 35 percent.

Various opposition groups have accused the ruling National Democratic Party of using its power to suppress voices critical of Mubarak's nearly three-decade rule. The ruling party has dismissed the accusations.

he haw, he haw ,

DID YOU VOTE I ASKED ONE MAN.
NO WHY SHOULD I VOTE FOR THE PRE ELECTED .
WHAT DO YOU MEAN I ASKED.
WITH ANGER IN HIS FACE, HE SAID, WE KNOW WHO WINS!
SOON WE WILL HAVE A NEW KING,
ELECTED BY HIS FATHERS REGIME. AND THAT IS WHAT MOST OF THE PEOPLE HERE IN LUXOR THINK.
YOU ARE A FREE PERSON MR, WOULD YOU STAND UP AGAINST THIS REGIME.
I HAD NO ANSWER. BECAUSE I KNOW HOW CORRUPT THIS COUNTRY IS.
AND TODAY I FOUND OUT WHY THESE PEOPLE HATE AMERICA.
ONE GUY SAID BARAK OBAMAS HEAD IS SO FAR UP HOSNI'S ARSE HIS breath SMELLS OF THE SHIT.
YOU CANT SAY THINGS LIKE THAT, I SAID.

OH YES I CAN , I CAN TELL YOU BUT NO ONE ELSE. AS FEAR GRIPS THIS COUNTRY
THEY WILL HAVE THE ELECTIONS, EACH ONE OF THE REPRESENTATIVES KNOW WHAT SIDE TO STAY ON.
WELL WHO WOULD YOU VOTE FOR? .IF IT WAS A FREE CHOICE!,I ASKED NO ONE WE ARE IN BETWEEN THE DEVIL AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA, ONE IS AS BAD AS THE OTHER, WE ARE IN A NO WIN SITUATION,
THE BROTHERHOOD WILL KILL THIS COUNTRY. AND THE OTHER HAS ALREADY GOT A STRANGLE HOLD ON IT. GOD HELP THE PEOPLE of EGYPT.
THEN ANOTHER MAN SPOKE OUT.
WHAT I WANT TO KNOW IS WHAT THE FUCK ARE THEY SPENDING ON, BILLIONS OF DOLLARS COME TO EGYPT THROUGH THE TOURIST AND MONEY HELP.( WHAT THEY CALL AID)
AND I LEFT IT AT THAT. AS I HEADED FOR HOME ONE GUY CAME AND WALKED WITH ME. AND HIS FEAR WAS. WE ARE HEADING FOR A REVOLUTION.

Posted by A LOOK AT EGYPT FROM ME AND MY CAMERA

its a game of chance.

One of the reasons I have taken down all related posts to my being swindled here in Egypt. is written in this book. surprise !!!!surprise!!! its happened to others before me, a crime of this sort is reported every 2 minutes in Egypt.
If this book had been written prior to my coming to Egypt in 2002. I would never have come here to live. its a must read for anyone thinking of coming to live in Egypt. I am talking investing in Egypt, ie buying here. I love Living here in Egypt its just a shame I got caught up in its corruption.
http://www.amazon.com/Inside-Egypt-Pharaohs-Brink-Revolution/dp/1403984778#reader_1403984778egypt">
on visiting the Sheihks home last night , I also met another swindler its seems it is the West bank of Luxor is a nest for snakes and vipers who say they are lawyers,
AH well" leave them to it. not my game now the sheik has won my case.

sent e mail to Professor Dr. Ahmed El Tayeb , Al-Azhar University

Professor Dr. Ahmed El Tayeb

Position:

Rector, Al-Azhar University

Who is this man Alaa Ateia??? من هو هذا الرجل علاء عطيه؟؟

And why was he acting in your court on behalf of the bad Lawyer Mustafa Ateia and Awad.وكان السبب في انه يتصرف في المحكمة الخاص بالنيابة عن المحامي مصطفى عطية سيئة ومحمد عوض.
He brought the corruption from the Luxor court into your house, ووجه الفساد من المحكمة الأقصر في منزلك

who is the victim Me or .?
الذي وقع ضحية لي أو محمد عوض.؟

I am sorry I have had to send this mail,.. twice they have refused to let me see you while the deal was being made saying you are too busy.أنا آسف لقد كان لإرسال هذه الرسالة ،.. مرتين ورفضوا السماح لي أراك في حين تبذل الصفقة قائلا كنت مشغولا للغاية.
http://bloodylyingbastards.blogspot.com/2010/08/alaa-ateiasheikh-ahmed-el-tayeb.html, this web site is about the evil and corruption in Egypt but alaa ateia has forced my hand to put your house on here, i obeyed his contract and took all the sites down http//westbankhotel.blogspot.com and my story on being swindled by mohamed awad and mustafa ateia, http://justliars.blogspot.com

Maybe you can get someone to translate this page on scams in Egypt. and as I promised you when I came to see you in your cairo office one year ago if you solve my problem I will take all the websites down. but not on the word of MR Alaa teia. the web site is the only way I could fight here in Egypt. Your first words to me 3 years ago was---. Be strong.-- I think I have been, but enough is enough. especially now they bring the bad into your house. you 4 times have asked that they finish my problem they 4 times as soon as you'r behind them do the opposite.
Sheik mohamed told Awad to pay back 40.000 the next night they blackmailed me saying that they had put more assault charges in , and unless I take the new deal of 30,000. plus last weeks deal ,taking all the charges against Mustafa Ateia from luxor court the deal with you is off and I will not get anything. the papers in the court had already been signed that morning, then they changed the deal. what kind of a deal is that???

Alaa Ateia,,Sheikh Ahmed El-Tayeb.

I see you have deleted your comments, too late Alaa already cut and pasted on a saved draft.
so you cannot say not me wrote that! its also saved in the computors history,

This blog (all of it) is to make people aware of the cons and scams in Egypt. Luxor is getting to be known as mafia city. not just the West bank. some stories are on the website www.liarscheatsandbastards (find it for yourself Alaa) as I am sure the german has got your friend mentioned on it along with your relative the lawyer. Jurgen Engels got stuffed by you know who 4 years ago over two pharaonic pieces, wrote some pretty bad things on there, made me laugh though. a black marketeer taking another as bad, just for dealing behind his back.
after all that the pieces got sold to Saudi behind your pals back , boy was he mad ranting like he did in the Islamic Court.
money along with dope and alcohol is this mans God not Allah,

Well well well. not only does Mustafa have relatives in the corrupt Luxor Court. the forgery office in Quena, , here we have the head of Islam in Egypt trying his best for me: the victim: and Mustafa also has a relative working for him and his swindler pal. nice one Alaa. ATEIA. ( its me not getting names right mustafa Atheia is, mustafa ateia) is it a coincidence Alaa has the same surname as the corrupt lawyer, and was acting on his relatives behalf, thus bringing corruption into the Sunni court of Sheikh Ahmed El-Tayeb.
now mr Alaa is enforcing his terms of the contract he set out on behalf of mustafa, Alaa you go show this to the Sheihk as per your threat on the comment. I am sure the sheik will be pleased to know that you are making things bad for his Islamic Court.
This lyingbloodybastards blog is about the cons in Egypt. not the hotel or guy in question and if the court of Islam falls in this category by incompetence of people acting on behalf of the Shehk
so be it, it will get a mention on here, not forgetting you made the deal with Moshin, not the sheihk.
You Alaa put a comment on here saying all about the swindler the terms are no names or hotel name . not my problem if the lawyer tries to break the agreement. ( writes on a comment) lets mr swindler off from paying the next 15 k.
I will be showing this incompetence on behalf of the lawyer, to Sheik tyeb,
What if lets say the guy who had his laptop and camera stolen from the hotel, he has every right to mention the thief and the hotels name, save any one else coming into harms way.
and what about the two thousand sterling he took from Mr Allan Jones. for the house that has come down, what if he decides to make a comment . am I also too be blamed for that.
( its people like you who make it bad for the other law abiding muslims in Egypt and make it hard for us to get Justice)


Just like the man said ,""I made him bad by coming here with my money""poor demented fool,
what a strange head he has on his shoulders, only have to look at his performance the other Night 3 times grabbing, His money and running down the road, ( couple of screws missing me thinks) any one would think he did not want to give me back my money, mobile and sim card . not forgetting after he beat me up semi conscious robbed me of my possessions. then telling the police and the sheik he did not take my things, no wonder he tried to take them back, ooh la la. makes me so happy I can tell some one of this man. after forcing me to take down my story, its called blackmail. threatening with 3 years Jail or carry on for 20 years in this corrupt court. so please mister Alaa whoever you are???? nothing on your blog, is your blog going to be about people who come to Egypt making things bad for the thieves.


By the way I do know who you are, the guy who said I am not on anyones side,
you are only on one side!! Mustafa's.

well of course you are not. how silly of me to believe other wise.
The translator told me what happened 3 weeks ago with the snake Moshin.
being sold out was the terms he used. ah well there is no fool like an old fool.

And I do hope that Achmed kebab gets treated better in Scotland than what I get treated here.
what town does he live in?? I will also be sending him this post. must not go behind his back .

Dear Mr Alaa taie

we can keep this story going on here very nicely I was wondering how to set about being cheated yet again, and not by the unjust court but by u know who. open the door wider as the saying goes let it all out. you sir are to clever for words fancy writing on a blogpost be on here forever, why did you not phone me. oops sorry ! silly me, he messed my phone up after stealing it, didn't he.
but u could have phone your pall Mr nasser, he has my lawyers no and he could phone me.
or is that too complicated for you. you also remember this. 3 years ago I was promised an end too this the grand mufti passed judgement against him not me he is the one that turned his back and walked away. after making a deal. without his lawyer, the lawyer during the 15 days he had while in Cairo tried to set the judges on getting me out of the country (save face) how do you think the little man is going to get his next instalment 15 thousand, Do not answer that You know and I know. and here you are looking for loopholes for him. once a cheat always a cheat once a lyer etc etc and for him another etc,


And if you do not have the sense to see that passing a ruling for me to get my money back.
whether mr clever clogs decides to pay or not. has made the court hearings up to date a farce,
and mustafa has been using the court for his own gain. getting 6 of them to eat in my home. without payment. etc etc. I was called in the Judges office and questioned on this matter only a few weeks ago while mr lawyer was in Cairo I believe he wanted a way out of signing for both parties me and mr cleverclogs, ( My power of attorney signed the day he made the illegal rent papers said they were papers for beer licence) . I also believe he went to see his pal Judge shaddy on this matter, why was he mentioned in the conversation by judge Achmed. he also reads my blogs.
as per request what other blogs do you write Mr Tony. all very nice and cosy little chat. smile you are on film we want you out of Egypt. talking about us being corrupt, mustafa has made out the court is corrupt.. when he brought these 6 judges to my home to eat why tell me they are Judges??? made a big fuss about them being men who can put people in jail,

Think about this also Mr Alaa,, why did the lawyer bring 6 judges to eat in my restarant
never mind about what he said, they come to see if your hotel and restaurant good for Licence.
then why did one of them sign a rent agreement. why was he acting for both parties.
you also remember this mr Alaa. the first thing mr cleverclogs told Sheihk Tyeb. was this Mr Tony supposed to have one and a half million , as per deal that fell through with uncle hamdy habasherie and M ohamed Gamal, go away I said finding out sobic papyrus is coming down.
but Mr da, thought I was going to spend a lot more than i did. he also hates the idea I ate in the hotel for 6 months while he was renting on a signed contract,, he forgets I fed the whole of his large family for 2 years. while I was pouring money into his habits and building what I thought was my home. I can write the whole of the story on here if thats the way you want without mentioning the names. just like a book. with fictitious names.
so you tell your pall no more games I have played his and his lawyers game for as long as I intend to, and you can meet me tonight in the sheihks where I will be airing my greivances against you. and whover conducted the second and third hearing. none of what the sheihk agreed.

Alaa Taie the last post

Would you also like me to delete the comment you made on the first post. you sir have mentioned his name not I. he will also be told of making deals after the court signing.
I hope you enjoyed reading my blog. I have put the post down but will be back up after I see the sheik .
You can also tell mamma to take my website off his hotel wall. and stop distributing my website in his hotel bumph. I already had a complaint about this hotel on my website.
seeing you are so good at making none existant blogspots no Comments .
I will be keeping you on your toes, I will also be mentioning to the Sheihk how you blackmailed me into signing for less money, sign or I get 3 years in Jail. or keep the proceeds going for another twenty years, he will also be pleased to know you Alaa Taie. made deals behind his back. and that I get less money than he offered 3 years ago. people like Moshin Lawyer are the scurge of luxor Court along with your freind whom I think the Sheihk abru nassar knew you are protecting?? Sheihk Ahmed wants to keep this out of the blogs making it bad for Islam as he said. you and your friends make it impossible to keep out of the web, corruption is not a nice thing when it helps the swindlers. type in the word of your pal that I cannot mention there are several references to M A not M A M M A.
will do it for you seeing you like to read my blogs on bloody lying bastards.
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Missing Van gogh. could be a fake.

Most people who come to Egypt will want to buy one of the following. with the money they have saved for this very special once in a lifetime vacation, some will take out a loan to get away from stressful jobs, and will be paying the money back over the following 3/10 years. thus doubling the amount spent on your vacation.
and what will you buy as gifts/ presents. Some the corny ones will buy a tee shirt. with a camel or I love Egypt , made from genuine Egyptian cotton, the best cotton in the world. but not actually made in Egypt most are cheap imports from China.

or how about a camel plenty on offer in the Souks, where they will offer camels for the gorgeous lady you are with whether its a girlfriend ,wife or mother , mother being the one they will play on . and at 70years old she is going to faint at all the attention the young men give her. and after you drop her off in her granny flat or old peoples home after the hols, she is going to come back on her own to grab one of these young men, Believe me it happens. time and time again.

Or are you going to opt for a seesha pipe, hubbly bubbly, photos on this page, where you can also purchase a whole different flavored tobacco to go with it ,

apple being the favorite flavour,

be warned if you do not unwrap your purchase and try it out first before you leave the shores of Egypt all that piece of rubbish is good for is an object to put on the mantelpiece as a reminder of how gullible you was on your expensive holiday in Egypt:- but it looks nice! only when shinning new once you get it home and its exposed to the humidity it soon starts to rust or the copper starts to show through and you will get the flavour in the water, I often wonder how many pipes are actually used that is if you know about how the pipe works. one little pin hole of air in the suction part of the pipe renders it useless. and unfit to smoke, then there is the charcoal I have seen people buy a whole box of the tablets, these are for use with camp fires made up of chemicals that burn to enough heat to boil a kettle for tea or cooking not a heat a b b q. and here is this guy going to smoke the nice easy fire for the sisha. ah well not my problem the guy packed up smoking 10 years ago. now he wants to smoke 10 cigarettes in one pipe plus a load of chemicals.the best pipes are made in Turkey and called hooka, some very few are made in Dahab a village on the red sea coast they are made of stainless steel and are quite expensive so most egyptians smoke cigarettes, or go to coffee shops to smoke the sisha, most of the tourist pipes and coves are made in China. then there is the papyrus ;;; a big con in egypt.


So you want a real papyrus painting, first you will not get real papyrus from street vendors and its hard to get from the stalls on the Souk's (markets) all these guys want is to sell you a fake, sometimes getting as much as a real piece, there are outlets that sell real hand made pieces , but if you go with a guide or taxi /bus driver be prepared to pay up to 70% more for your real papyrus. a papyrus takes at least one week to make depending on size, and of course with today's high volume of tourist who all want a papyrus to take home as a gift. ( better than a Camel) the real thing is hard to find, and most are prints made in China. so how does one know they have not bought a piece that is not a piece of shit.
Never buy one wrapped in plastic its important to feel the paper, then its a question of is it made from papyrus or dried and stripped banana or palm leaves or maybe sugar cane:- that is the other part to the feel of the paper, if it feels smooth. its not real, 9 months after you hang this in a place of pride on getting home all the paint will end up either on the floor or if its been framed the paint will be in a nice tidy pile on the bottom of the painting. the feel of papyrus is like embossed paper. and artists people who paint for a living do not use banana leaves to paint on?
these next two pieces are hung in one of the old coffee shops in Luxor these are all hand made made in 1964 . just one look at these and I knew they were genuine hand made pieces, most of the outlets display the real pieces but be wary after choosing the one you want . the seller will have a stack of the same painting and will say I have this one under the counter. say no I want the one I chose the real one.
Now look at it like this , say your local artist has hired a venue to display his paintings art work or whatever.
A painting you like is 56 ooo.ooo$ Like the van Gogh popppy vase or flower vase, so you have a word and it turns out they also made 100 prints or copies. and you can buy the print for 200$, but now you want the genuine piece, after the display is finished you get your masterpiece home. and find it to be a copy. I think someone is going to be charged with forgery.
Here in Egypt there is no comeback on anything they sell, first its sold knowing full well you are not going to be seen in that outlet again once you get home, its going to cost you more in airfare to make your point known.
and if you did happen to find out its a fake or you are not happy with it before you leave Egypt . You are going to have to prove this sales person knowingly sold you a fake. or you will get Ah" we no sell this piece now because its not real?
And at the end of the day, you get what you pay for, if you pay peanuts you get monkeys, and loads of them here. hear no evil see no evil and the ones who scam the tourists.


Your Nice tourist guide and his scams,

Most of the day trip buses are from Hurgada (Red Sea area) On arrival in Luxor at about 6.00 after a 3 hour drive across the desert and mountainous region between luxor and Quena. Where its been dark so cannot see anything

You get to travel along the Nile for 45 kilometers Quena to Luxor where its still dark so you miss the Nile scenery. You first come to Karnak Temple. 30 minutes stop. (Buy your own entrance ticket 50) this is the largest of all the temples see myegypt blog this temple really you need at least 4 hours to see the site alone. Then you are taken to a place for breakfast where you will have paid 45 to the tour company this will cost the guide 15.

Then you will need to cross the Nile the guide stops the bus and asks anyone want to go across on a boat ar stay on the bus it will take 1 hour for the bus to go the 25 kilometers over the new bridge, this trip across the nile has a very low price because the guide does not want any one left on the bus they have another bus waiting on the other side after the 5 minute crossing so has a charge of 2 $ the boat owner gets 2$ for the boat load of 25 person, guide making a nice profit of 46$ . first stop colossi of Memnon free. first visit top an alabaster factory browse as long as it takes here the guide will make up to 70% on your purchase, depends on the deal he has with the factory owner. Valley of the kings pay your own ticket but be back on the bus in 1/12 hours . on the way to Hatshepsut if its on your itinerary you will get to visit a rubbish papyrus shop. The guide knows this, but its all in the plan after Hatshepsut or one of the other temple visits . you get to see a good papyrus outlet with genuine pieces on the walls. The owner also owns the rubbish shop. That same rubbish he has under the counter. The guide is now brought into play earn your commission . so the tourist will ask the trusted guide what you think. And he will go through all the notions of being knowledgeable in papyrus. Not this not this this is good etc etc, but this guide would not know a piece of toilet paper from papyrus all he wants is his sale commission.

This happens in the gold shops the alabaster wherever he is paid to take the tourist. Then its lunch time siesta or whatever here the tourist will have already paid 15$ for the running buffet, the owner of the restaurant gets 5$ per head he does ok maybe a thousand head will pass through his restaurant during the course of daylight hours.

Our guide with the 50 person makes 10$ per head then there is the long wait outside Luxor Temple ½ hour in the temple tourist pay there own ticket once they are out of the temple they want to go to the souk we take you by carriage they are then taken at 5$ per head around luxor ½ hour and dropped off the one end of the souk where the guide is waiting to take them hassle free through the souk. At the end of this and before boarding the bus back to wherever they came from the will need refreshments and be sat in one of the many street cafes. And charged another fortune for drinks trying the bubble pipe. And of course the end of the day for the tour Guide so he says my treat for the seesha if you like to try. , isn’t that a nice tour guide he is going to pay for our seesha. Big clap all round . the seesha is 1egp to the guide that’s what I pay. And away go the fleeced tourist. And a very happy tour guide, with his bum bag bulging with dollars. At least 1500$ some he will not see until his next visit tomorrow to the factories. Because most tourist pay by plastic.

May 15 /2010 The last story will not happen to the next lot of people.

Seems we have some foreign diplomats who want to visit the Pharaonic Tombs and Temples.

Not one tourist about in this usually busy temple its busy from 6.00 in the morning until 9.00 in the evening, its about 50c and 2.30 in the afternoon sensible people are either having siesta or in the shade taking lunch, but for these diplomats the police say its a good time of day , because they have control of the area and that is a rare occurrence, but they must show these officials how nice and hassle free Luxor is so they can go home and say, Oh what a lovely time we had in Egypt. isn't it a pity no one goes to Egypt we must make adverts on tv for everyone to see what a nice place for a holiday, and that is the game they play on the diplomats. even when the egyptian president comes to luxor the streets are cleared even of tourists, http://nilelife2.blogspot.com/2009/12/president-hosni-mubarek_07.html
but the truth of who runs this area is on here! certainly not the police

another blogspot is about a guy in a wheelchair being hassled outside the Luxor Temple and cops watching.

this is the scene 1/2 an hour after the well looked after people left,

Even the coptics get to swindle

This is a true story on another kind of con that goes on here in Egypt, Ok for the millionaires who need tax evasion, but they do not get caught in this kind of swindle.
On the 24/7/2010 The Sheik Mohamed Tayeb put an end to the swindle case,
so here I was in a taxi 2.00 in the morning with a a lawyer I did not like but as needs must I had
to have a lawyer with me to sign forms Etc, the guys name was Moshin a Coptic and a cause for a bit of trust, only to find out 2 days later, this guy is worse than the crooks he reprisents and should be in Jail
he is another cause of corruption here in Luxor, A money talks Lawyer, especially
police bribery,but I was stuck with my Translator" Emat's" Lawyer or so he told me
when I told him of my dilemma as my Lawyer was out of town I need a lawyer in 2 hours,
first he told me. you need a good lawyer make sure the papers are what they say, he spoke good English and he is like a fox. and he has his own car to take you to see the Sheik.
the only truth that was told was the fox bit, should have said he was a snake.
anyway the deal was over and I was to get my money back from the
swindler (cannot name the bastard or he will have reason to stop payments) and his Lawyer, Take it or get nothing blackmail was the order of the day ( they had put another 3 assault charges in that day and said if I do not do the deal I was looking at 3 years in Jail or 20 years fighting the case again )
On our way back Emat who had to be with us because the Snake lawyer could not speak
a word of English unless it was about money.
How about you rent the Teba Star,
I knew there was something brewing between Moshin and Emat the word feluse (money$£)came up all the time in the conversations as we where travelling back to Luxor,
they also thought I know nothing in the Arabic language, and that's the way I like it,

So here we were passing the Teba Star.Disco floating Restaurant,
This is an old cruise boat that was converted rather shabbily and hasty into a floating restaurant
back in the 90s. and is or was one of the smaller passenger vessels on the Nile.

Play the game Tony!
How much to rent this I asked. .. to which there was no answer,
So I said if you do not know then how I say maybe I have an interest. then all of a sudden
Moshin can speak English broken but he spoke my native tongue.
And Just as suddenly I said, forget it, but it will be such a good deal for you,
you rent the boat Yes? maybe I will go see it tomorrow, on leaving the taxi outside my home ,
If you need my service again . call me I will be here until 27. I go to Alexandria.
as he took my thousand pound egp. fee for doing Nothing. as the deal was one thousand
and I am not a Squelchier, I stand by my deals,

Emat got out of the Taxi when he saw I was heading for a much needed sisha and coffee,
and He said I see you tomorrow? even though it was already tomorrow, 2.30 in the morning is another day,
Emat had already talked to my Lawyer Shaib. and he made arrangements for 9.00 to see him.
as he wanted to make the court arrangements for the signing of the papers, to Release mohamed Awad
from the swindle charges.
6 hours later as I was going to see my lawyer who did I see and more to the point who was waiting
for me bright eyed and bushy tailed but the little fox Emat,
I just come from the Tiba Star, it will be such a good deal for you to rent looks very nice Inside,
Will not say what I said but it started with an f. Here I was sleep in my eyes with the bed marks
still on my back being asked to make a deal. see you later I said As I went to see my lawyer,
no sign of My lawyer Mr Shaib so I waited for half an hour before phoning him,
Egyptian time You know what's its like here, on phoning Shaib not in luxor today. we meet at 9.00 tonight
and we have court at 11.00 tomorrow morning. ,, why you tell emat 9.00 today.
I was already angry with my lawyer after three years he could not come with me to see the sheik,
could not close office for one evening.
get another lawyer he said, and look who I got I had no time to vet a new lawyer, so was at the mercy of the sharks,
but no he said I tell Emat 9.00 the same time as always to come to my office.
So now I know why the fox was waiting for me I had to pass the coffee shop to get to Shaibs office.
and here was this angry Welshman walking back to the coffee shop to give the fox some buckshot up his rear.
when I got to the coffee shop I was told Emat wait in the Internet as he pointed to the sign Lotus Internet.
two days before I was sitting in the coffee shop with Emat and his Pal Milad Another Tour Guide, Just like Emat I am not sure whether they are in one company, one of the things that came up was the way the English speakers have all manner of women they skype, all the I love you miss you so much and that nonsense,
cannot believe how many women get caught up with these guys. he said. while in the net cafe showing Milad how to make a blog . I noticed he had a whole list of people on his skype list. business he said,
and of course the first thing I thought of was monkey business. anyway i thought better of the idea of making this Milad a blog , I do not like being used especially for there gain. and I am sure he knows how to make a blog he had a website not a good one what happens is this Egyptians living and have a bank visa card cannot buy web sites, there has been so many cons here with cards they put a stop to any purchasing on the Internet IE. my Egyptian visa cards I can go to any atm worldwide and draw money out, if There is money in . but I cannot pay my website accounts, my wife pays with our account in England,
what the Egyptians tried was to purchase off the Internet after the purchase, take all the money out of the bank. and a week later put it back in. this I was told by the bank manager as to why I cannot pay my bills on the net.
so these people get caught up with web masters here on hols. oh yes I can make you a website
no problem whats your name? Milad great!!! miladtours.com hows that cost you 1200egp. 1hour later the site is made, no prices or anything but greedy Milad has a website. the webmaster is back in his own country after leaving a none existent E- mail address. so now the guy wants me to update his site . how do I do that I need the passwords I need to know the host. and of Course I need to get away from this milad tour guide.
I give him a load of web jargon he does not have a clue what I am on about And I say you wanted a free blog , If you want a website I can make one with you but do you have money first.
but you are Friend . not I am not and I left.
Sunday night after seeing my lawyer I called in the net cafe because I saw Emat going in. First I had a coffee in the cafe next door. then decided to confront this little fox after finding out he and his Lawyer Moshin sold me out the night before. where was the fox, on skype, had some English grandmother rubbing her tits on the screen. . very nice too I said too Emat. Hi granny those real , as emat hurriedly switched off. Just a bit of fun he said. as he rushed out of the cafe to follow me.
You think about the Tiba Star? no why? such a good deal they give me for you. and what is this deal.
Problem is with these Pratt's is! if a question is asked they get all excited thinking there is a deal on.
so out comes all the planning he and Moshin have thought up. you hire the boat, you make it work then hire it out to a company, you will make lots of money!!!! Ok so if its such a good deal why do you need me,

on the 1st of August, I decided as I had nothing to do I would go for a walk and take a look at this fantastic Nile boat Restaurant, First thing as I entered the compound the gates where lock, with two police sitting outside not guarding the compound they are always there supposed to be a police presence wherever tourist walk, and here it was the last steps that get people on the walk to the cruise boats or the beer and food outlets on the Nile, so I asked the cop if its open not now. maybe he come in one hour, Just as I was walking away the cop shouted to come back. the boat guard had arrived, and unlocked the gate,
This guy spoke rather good English, Late turning up for work I said, No not really I usually come in at 11.30. new time I said. remembering Emat said he went on board between 7.00 and 8.00,
No no need for any body to be here the tiba has been standing here for almost 3 years since the engine stopped. what do you mean stopped? capput new engine cost a lot of money. what else I asked seeing the guy had no interest in selling me the boat. what you do Here he asked . had to come up with a feasible story now, and said!! long time ago I came on this boat and had a meal as we floated up the Nile just thought I would take some photos of it that's all. I gave him 10 egp . help yourself not all rooms open he said,

The boat is actually still floating I thought no engine to drive the bilge pumps. wrong As I boarded the boat I could feel the vibration of an electric pump. then started to inspect the hull that was full of rust painted over a few times but the rust was clearly visible above the waterline of the hull,

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I will go into costing on valuation of this rust bucket Later.

as I entered the foyer or first room on the boat A smell of what I can only describe as fungi growing in materials. stale nicotine smoke filled my nostrils. everything had a thick layer of dust covering it,And this was the only room that was open

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two toilets and a glass door (locked) that entered a smallish what would have been the disco and dining area.

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and went to look for the main dining room first I went on the top deck Most of the tiles in the pool need replacing the deck had a layer of spongy material or rather rotted contyboard that needed replacing and afraid of going through the board to the lower deck I refrained from walking on this deck.

to the end of this deck one looked down on what one might call the open dining area of the boat,

seen enough i thought as I tripped over the thread bare carpets that seemed to adorn the rest of the decks I could see without forcing doors open I would have liked to see the kitchen area but that was locked with steel grid on the doors, the same kind of grid as to the external crew deck

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and from what I could see on my curiosity tour of the Tiba Star floating disco and restaurant

the only thing that did not need replacing or renewing was this picture of an old Sandal boat,

These boats today have been turned into small cruise boats 8/ 12 people.

That can be rented for a trip down the Nile from Esna to Aswan.

These boats where built to haul sand and stone from the Quarries near Aswan up the nile as far as Alexandria.

But Like the felluca sail boat. can only sail on the Nile and where built just to sail on the Niles calm water.

( not sea worthy)

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Now lets go into the pro's and cons of hiring the tiba Star, con being the opperative word .

First the boat has a berth right and has done for the past twenty or so years,

over the next 3 years the Promenade is due to be lowered by 3 meters, all the cruise ships/boats are being moved to new berths down river 3 kilometres from here. all fuel sewage and any other pipes feed the boats will be taken up so there will be no service pipes for the tiba and there fore will loose its mooring (berth rights) the boat its Ie hull and structure needs renewing ( will have to be taken to a dry dock, and while its there the whole of the interior will need refurbishing. total cost would be in excess of one million sterling.

A boat that caught fire here same size as the tiba cost the insurance 2.5 million to refurbish. now the insurance companies do not accept claims on boats over 30 years old so the tiba is not worth a secret arson,

Now I have spent a million on my new Tiba Star, how do I get my investment back.

Simple I can not, even if I ran the boat myself,

I need ( talking sterling) 1000 for the health and safety inspection each year,

A pilot or as they are called here a Captain fully qualified in the running channels of the Nile.

1000 per month,

a crew who will act as cleaners waiters porters etc. for the daily running of the boat

that can be anywhere from 2000/4000 per month.

will need 5 chefs cost another 2000/4000 per month,

then I will need at least 50 person per dining cruise.

I could fill the boat every trip if I use the tour companies

problem there is I would only get 30% of the money a tourist pays for the diner/cruise/

so that means if Iwas to get my money back charging the tourist 250£ per trip it would take me forever to see any profit.

and as the little fox said I could hire my investment out,

I could if I wanted Hire a fully functional Nile area cafe /restaurant for 6000 per month.

so why would one hire my investment for more.6000 divide into one million, as I say I would never see any interest on my investment,

So to you Mr Emat the fox and Moshin the snake lawyer find some one else to make a deal with

and you had better hurry before they move the boat or it sinks to the bottom of the Nile.

Crooks running for office

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As I was walking about Luxor today I was quite surprised to see a poster of a man I knew from my days of running the hotel on the west bank of Luxor. unable to read Arabic, first I thought it was a wanted poster

so I asked why he had these posters stuck all over the city,

running for government I was told. well not surprised really he comes with all the ingredients to make a good MP, corruption being the number one ingredient, he does not have much chance I was told, Mafia, said another, well I thought the people are standing up, why you say this about such A nice man as Methat:- bad man we have enough bad people in this council without him.

and at that My thoughts went back to 2005. when Methat and his sidekick Mohamed came to my restaurant with , we need a word with you Mr Tony, do not talk to the tourist, why these people are in my restaurant,

But you say of our business, and what is that I asked, selling property stay out of our business or we close the hotel. these are the guys that sell property and get lawyers to make false papers. the gays where taken photos of talking to young boys, and false accusations were made . forcing them to leave Egypt. Its all about money, so Mr Methat I hope your money including some of mine buys you a post in office.

I did not like being threatened by you or your mafia gang. not mentioning your business RAMHA tours such a large fleet you have what is it now ?? 50 buses ,20 mini bus 20 limosine cars. not doing bad from the pharaonic pieces you sold on the black market to Saudi. strange the police do not investigate where you got your fortune . since in 2005 you had to sell your Jeep to build your home??????

He was all part of me being swindled out of my home.

serving a purpose

Every day the poilice chief comes and everyday there is not one person hassling the tourist , so who is complaining, the Luxor Temple police situated at the exit of the temple. oo. the boss on the phone must go now and thats it for the days visit.

Well might as well go no touts around no one begging says the chief to one of the special secret police

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This photo is from a few days ago of one of the kids that plaque the area , oh" I am so hungry can you give me, they do not want egp they ask for euro or dollars.

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I need food

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please leave the area; we are on a family outing look all my kids are looking smart, so you go away.

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That told him .

now look at this beggars kids notice the well dressed family, also notice the girl in pink this is the beggar from a few days ago looks real hungry does she not. and big fat momma does look as if she could do with a good meal. the cop walks away before the whole family attack him,

click on this photo to enlarge. on the happy family

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now look son no point in you telling my family to leave . we run this place see. you must be new here so this is how it works

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see me, me, I pay the workers all these guys work with me so you go tell your chief

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and again the cop puts his hands in the air, what can I do my boss says they must go what can I do.

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You tell them mr secret police man. they do not listen to me.

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this is where they run to when the chief comes .photo taken bellow my balcony

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And this is not papyrus one reason for the plastic cover is for the feel paper is smooth papyrus is rough to the touch they pay 1 egp for one piece and sell for a minimum of 10. they ask 100 and you have to barter them down. thinking you are getting a good deal he will then offer several pieces for less money again.

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26.4.10 update2 it seemed the blogspot worked today there was a larger police presence outside the Temple. all the touts where lined up trying to sell on karnak street
that is the main road that leads to the temple, all looking very pissed off. including the beggars the spice sellers and the water touts. so I hope the cops keep up the show of force in stopping this hassle and hopefully they will dissapear to where they came from and leave the selling to the stall owners who pay a hefty rate for the stall to Luxor council.

26/4/10 the police where running it,

Lets all move to Karnak street

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The younger sister of the beggar girl is on duty today.

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This Seller Looking rather pissed off at all the police precence and having to trade on the main Karnak rd

18.00 and still police on duty.