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Grand Hyatt Cairo Owner Now Says, "Party On Wayne"

Where: Corniche El Nile, P.O. Box 2288, Garden City, Roda Island, Egypt

Back in June we were stunned to hear that the owner of the Grand Hyatt Cairo committed the biggest party foul EVER by dumping out the remaining bottles of liquor from the hotel, worth nearly $1 million, into the Nile River.

Aside from getting unsuspecting fish drunk, Sheik Abdelaziz al-Brahim also said the hotel would no longer serve alcohol ever again, in accordance with the Islamic ban on alcohol.

Fortunately, someone has woken up and smelled the absinthe. The owner has struck an agreement with Hyatt to serve alcohol in the hotel's restaurant on the 40th floor. This restaurant will actually be a Hyatt enterprise so the sheik doesn't have to be involved in the sale of alcohol. Guests can also order alcohol through room service.

While it's not quite the "Shorty, let me buy you a drank" vibe we were hoping for, getting drunk in a secluded restaurant on the 40th floor or in our private rooms will suffice.

[Photo: Chrispitality]

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The Hairy Lemon is Neither Hairy Nor a Lemon But Just Right

Where: Hairy Lemon Island, Uganda

With a name like Hairy Lemon, this hotel has completely piqued our interest. What is a hairy lemon? Does the hotel serve them here? Not quite.

The Irish owners of this Ugandan retreat along the Nile River outside of Kampala named the place after a favorite pub in Dublin. You'll find birds, monkeys, and kayakers, but no lemons and not that much hair.

If you haven't been, Kampala is hot, dusty, dirty, and busy. Thus the Hairy Lemon might just be the best place within an hour's drive to get away from all that pollution and those con men trying to get away with your money.

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