I talked to a chap who lived out there and he said that for drink they had to get by on regular visits to the British Embassy and making their own wine from kits of grape extract.
Nothing's worth that. :-(
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bóllocks to living anywhere like that imo...
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Or - failing 'decent' - just very, very strong. This stuff was so disgusting even teenagers wouldn't drink it, but by Christ it got you where you needed to go.
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Horrible climate but otherwise a great place. Hang around some of the more, shall we say, seasoned members of the British press corps. and plenty of decent drink was always to be had. Exceptional hound stock there too.
And all dollies love doing the whole Laura-Ashley-of-Arabia thing, especially if one was foolish enough to use the lure of all that free money to get them there in the first place :-\
You're just genetically pre-disposed to avoid adventure, I reckon.
Yes, but r - and I say this with great fondness - you’re a psychopath and thus largely amoral. You’d happily be stationed at Auschwitz if there were good hounds, fillies and drink to hand.
I’m not saying any of that makes you a bad chap, of course, but it does give context. :-)