Inside the Wild, 4-Hour Trek to Smuggle KFC Into Gaza

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They say everybody needs a little KFC, and it seems they're right. Gaza residents don't have access to a local branch—so they're willing to pay more than twice the going price to get it delivered from Egypt in a highly complex process that takes some four hours. Sure, it's a little less than fresh when it arrives, but for Khalil Efrangi's customers, it's worth it. The New York Times details a recent delivery, which started once a Facebook page run by the 31-year-old got enough order requests—typically about 30, though in this particular instance, just 15.

Efrangi then got the ball rolling by wiring money to the KFC branch in El Arish, Egypt (located just south of Gaza). A taxi driver grabbed the orders and took them to the border; a Palestinian cab driver—whom border guards call "the Kentucky guy"—was waiting at a Hamas checkpoint on the other side. He called the Egyptian driver to tell him which illegal border tunnel had been officially cleared for the transaction. Two Egyptian boys met the "Kentucky guy" in the middle of the tunnel; he then drove the food to Gaza City, where motorcyclists delivered it to the customers. Efrangi, for his part, makes about $6 profit per meal, which is restricted to orders of chicken pieces, fries, coleslaw, and apple pie to simplify the process. "It’s our right to enjoy that taste the other people all over the world enjoy," says Efrangi, who has only been running his service for a few weeks.

Inside the Wild, 4-Hour Trek to Smuggle KFC Into Gaza - Locals pay big sums to get it brought in from Egypt

FULL STORY (NYT):
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/16/w...e.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss&

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[Julius Skrrvin]

imagine if they had Popeye's

 

[Type Username Here]

imagine if they had Popeye's

Or Publix friend chicken.

You don't know about that one do you?

Sweet heavenly heart attack.

 

[Domingo Halliburton]

I want some dirty rice. do they have bojangles up north?

edit: this story is ridiculous. they can't get any other food? they travel 4 hours and risk their lives for some damn KFC.

 

[BlvdBrawler]

Would it be in bad taste to cross reference a chicken joke with a "sand-******" joke? Double-entendre anyone?

 

[ThatTruth777]

 

[Julius Skrrvin]

@Type Username Here we got Lees up in the Lou breh
@Nefflum nikka can vouch

 

[MeachTheMonster]

Would it be in bad taste to cross reference a chicken joke with a "sand-******" joke? Double-entendre anyone?

 

[Lakers Offseason]

Or Publix friend chicken.

You don't know about that one do you?

Sweet heavenly heart attack.

One of the things I miss most about living in Florida.

Whenever I go visit FL, hitting Publix for some freshly fried chicken is high in the priority list.

 

[Bud Bundy]

Didn't read but 4 hours that shyt was cold.

 

[Nefflum nigga]

@Type Username Here we got Lees up in the Lou breh
@Nefflum nikka can vouch

Lee's sweet tea by the gallon

 

[Mr. Somebody]

 

[newworldafro]

imagine if they had Popeye's

Breaking bread over Bojangles' biscuits would probably solve the whole Middle East conflict.....

 

[blackzeus]

Or Publix friend chicken.

You don't know about that one do you?

Sweet heavenly heart attack.

Supermarket fresh fried homestyle chicken >>>>.... Publix in MIA and Jewel's in Chicago

 

[Nefflum nigga]

Bojangles biscuits would probably solve the whole Middle East conflict.....

where is bojangles at bruh?