The Nice Way to Alexandria

Sometimes the Internet is just too much fun. I came across a piece titled “Alexandria, Egypt. Some Nice Travel Experiences” and, since it was on useless-knowledge.com I had a hunch it somehow would pay off, one way or the other, to have a quick glance.

Incidentally, if you can find the right cook, camel meat is first-rate—not great, but fine. Because I ate it out of a restaurant, and it was very dry, and his wife was a fine cook, restored my faith in the camel.

You see what I mean? Fair enough, my English isn’t worth applauses either at times. Scrolling down the page, I find links to books on Amazon.com by the same author. My God, what is the age of self-publishing doing to us? It turns out the guy has published some 30 books! I find a review which is overly positive. How is that possible? It’s signed Rosa. In the next section I’m told the guy lives in Peru with his wife – Rosa! Next, the readers’ comments:

Well, Dennis' wife loved this stuff, but it is incomprehensible and unreadable to the rest of us. Amazon tells us that about 5 copies of this book are for sale used. Those must be all 5 sold.

So what does his wife do? Post another comment with a five star rating.

Can’t blame them for trying but I wish some people would just stay in the blogsphere where shitty writing and mediocre analysis is the norm anyway.

On another note: this travel piece by two Hindis love of Sharm El-Sheik wondering what will happen next did at least provide a personal touch.