So, I am in Israel for the year, which has no lack of technology, let me assure you. But as side trips i have been in Jordan (Petra) and Egypt (Cairo).
Petra, Jordan a little shanty town bedouin encampment they had one little house that had one dialup line connecting about 10 commputed and they called the place a cybercafe. I was almost positive the tourists were the only ones paying. It seemed to be a community area for access to computers and the internet.
In Cairo, Egypt there were a few cybercafes, in much nicer buildings. But that was not what really suprised me. One night when walking around in downtown Cairo a conman who tried to sell me drugs the night before took me through an alley and into a hole to sell me papyrus pictures. When i wasnt interested in paying his prices he offered me internet usage in a little room that looked like a dungeon. They had AOL running on it at the time. A little Egyptian boy was quickly thrown out of the room with a gutteral command.
I Hope my info was appreciated by someone, I really like telling these stories.
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So, I am in Israel for the year, which has no lack of technology, let me assure you. But as side trips i have been in Jordan (Petra) and Egypt (Cairo).
Petra, Jordan a little shanty town bedouin encampment they had one little house that had one dialup line connecting about 10 commputed and they called the place a cybercafe. I was almost positive the tourists were the only ones paying. It seemed to be a community area for access to computers and the internet.
In Cairo, Egypt there were a few cybercafes, in much nicer buildings. But that was not what really suprised me. One night when walking around in downtown Cairo a conman who tried to sell me drugs the night before took me through an alley and into a hole to sell me papyrus pictures. When i wasnt interested in paying his prices he offered me internet usage in a little room that looked like a dungeon. They had AOL running on it at the time. A little Egyptian boy was quickly thrown out of the room with a gutteral command.
I Hope my info was appreciated by someone, I really like telling these stories.