The good part when you take a vacation, is not the vacation itself, but the preparation. Those days when you decide, when to go, where to go and how much is going to be.
I always underestimate the cost. Unusually when I am back, I am broke because I did not calculate that I have to rent a camel if I want to see the pyramids. And you are going to be surprise by the prices. Well, prices vary. They fluctuate according to one and only one factor: Your face.
Those camel rentals in the sands of Egypt detect who is a tourist from two miles of distance. They make a quick calculation base on the following formula: Multiply how profusely you sweat by how big is your camera, divided by the color of your pants and add the result to the number of your children. Add a little manipulation in the forms of scary characters, one nun and a camel, and that gives you the price to pay for your camel' rent. . I will assure you that it is cheaper to buy the camel than to rent it for three hours.
Another factor I always miscalculated is the airport. Is common knowledge that thieves love airports because everybody have money in their pockets. So the following report, is a true and painful story that happen to me last summer.
It was July. 6:00 in the morning. I was the first in line to buy a ticket to Athens. how come I was the first in line? Because I spend the night waiting to buy a ticket. At any price.
Big mistake, because British Airways was ready to sell me a ticket at the greater price possible. The camel rentals of Egypt look innocent and candid compare with this lady that smiling all the time took my $1,399 for a ticket to Athens. One way. And something else. I was the first customer. She did not have change, so I gave her a $1 dollar tip. As a gesture of friendship, that lady mark my passport as "suspect" so I was double and triple check at the security post.
Yes, Thieves uses uniform too.
How much is the fair fare of that trip? I would say around $200 to $300 dollars. So I overpaid and in the process I have to fight an unfair match.
But, Revenge is sweet.
well, not really. I have done nothing in revenge. But I want to go to Europe again. So this time I am prepare and again I will be the first in line but this time I am prepare. Matter of fact, is going to be another unfair match but this time in my favor.
Because now, I know how to buy an airline ticket for the lowest price. And when I mean lowest, I mean that I am going to have enough money to buy a camel when I arrive to Cairo. I will never pay $1,400 for an one way ticket. How am I going to do that? Preparation and knowledge. And remember something, British Airways declare the war and I just refuse to be another victim.
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