Thursday, May 25, 2006
Gaza Strip Not As Exotic As It Sounds, Student Says
Gaza, P.A. (FN) - If you are looking for an exotic, fun-filled holiday, stay away from the Gaza Strip. That's the advice of a Seattle-area student who discovered that some destinations are not as good as they sound.
Kevin Pembroke, a marketing student at Washington State University, spent his spring break in the war-torn region. Pembroke says he was under the faulty impression that the Gaza Strip featured casinos, nightclubs and exotic dancing.
"There are like a million examples of 'the strip' being used in a positive way: the Las Vegas Strip, Sunset Strip. Even Daytona Beach has a nightclub zone called 'the strip'. I don't know what these guys are trying to pull," said Pembroke.
The 20-year-old's problems started soon after he got off the plane at Gaza International Airport. Within minutes of leaving the airport in this traditionally Muslim territory, Pembroke approached the first woman he saw and offered to give her a string of plastic beads if she gave him directions to the nearest bar and showed him her breasts.
Pembroke was immediately arrested by Palestinian police and detained in a local holding cell for nearly a month until U.S. Embassy officials could straighten the matter out. Pembroke claimed he was subjected to dead-of-night interrogations, fed only rancid meat and subjected to repeated gang-rapes by large groups of Muslim men.
"I won't say it was the worst vacation I've ever had, but it's right up there. I tell ya, those guys really need to learn a thing or two about marketing. They would flunk right out if they were in my class," Pembroke said.
posted by Mentok @ 10:23 a.m.,
4 Comments:
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At 2:54 p.m.,
Bathroom Hippo said...
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Hah! Put this in the best of Mentok!
I once spent a night in a Mexican prison...the atrocities were unspeakable... they fed me...corn...with the green leafies still on it. Bastards! -
At 3:01 p.m.,
jamwall said...
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the same thing happened to me when i visited the las vegas strip. except in that case i woke up naked, covered in grape jelly and crackers and my wallet was missing.
what the fuck! -
At 5:07 p.m.,
NL-ExPatriate said...
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Dang you guys need new tour operators.
Worse I ever encountered was a game of Dungeons and Dragons in Downtown Van.
Messed with my head or maybe it was that BC Bud. -
At 7:58 a.m.,
A. B. Chairiet said...
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Hi Mr. Mentok,
Hope you're doing well. :)
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I've got to agree with Hippo: This is your silliness at its best! :)
Loved the student's quotes, and the "repeated gang-rapes by large groups of Muslim men."
Wow, what an image there, huh? ;)
Speaking of image, that student's pretty hot. Always nice to see. :)
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Sorry I've been dead again.
Truly hope you're doing well.
Happy Monday!
Great post,
~ Ash
