Last night we went to a party to celebrate 100 years of Shell in Egypt at the Dusit Thani Hotel, not far away. Apart from being "dry" it was a super party, well over 1000 people, including ministers etc so lots of security and pleasantries, very good food and nice entertainment. Highlight of the evening was the famous Egyptian singer, Amr Diab and
his band, played for about 1.30hrs. Most expats had never heard of him, but Ahmed the Driver plays his CDs alot in the car so we know him well. Great stuff, even though we could only understand a few words the music was really good and we recognised some of the songs (Egyptian chart CDs are really cheap - 20 EGP, approx 2 english pound So we had a great time. Nearly missed the main course as we sneaked out to the bar in the other part of the hotel and found most of the other expats hiding out there like 6th formers sneaking out for a quick drink! (and Mrs T also took in a bottle of "water" of the Bombay Sapphire variety and seem to order quite a few tonic waters!). Of course the only thing that could out-do Amr Diab as the main attraction was the tombola.....cultural difference eh?
Excellent!
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