Shishabum: What part of Israel?

[mushrat]

Cool we have two folks from Israel on the forum. We've heard from hubble, how about you shisha? It would be interesting to live in a place where the hookah is actually PART of some of the peoples lives and traditions, as opposed to more of a hobbie/bad habit for most of us.

[cypress]

I would think it would be easy to get some good ma'assel there. 

[Molson]

when i was in isreal i think all they smoked was nakla and it was extremly easy and cheap to get a hold of anything there

[MR Bubble]

You'd be amazed how they can make Nakhla taste like candy in that part of the world. After all, as you said before about it being a way of life.
MR Bubble

[sheeshabum]

[quote name='mushrat']Cool we have two folks from Israel on the forum. We've heard from hubble, how about you shisha? It would be interesting to live in a place where the hookah is actually PART of some of the peoples lives and traditions, as opposed to more of a hobbie/bad habit for most of us.[/quote]
Hi, I live in the Upper Galilee and see the whole Lake of Galilee from my window which is due north of that."As the crow flys", its probly 20 minutes, by car 45.
Easily avaible is  "Nakhla" (from Eqypt) and "Sharouri" from Jordan for about $10.00 for 500.00 grams package. Its sold where they sell cigarrettes all over.For single pack, the prices have gone up around 40% in the last year.
You can get sometimes "Saet Safa".
I go to An Arab store which  sells only Hookas, Shisha and equipmwnt 24 hours a day.Its a 40 minute drive from where I live so I don't go that often.The shisha sold locally usually is marked  October 2003 at this time of the year which means its going...lets say, not fresh.
 I personally can't take the strengh of "Nakhla" though the taste isn't bad.I just can't keep it down, so I buy mostly "Al-Fakher" from the U.A.R. in the Middle East, shipped to California, and reshipped to me in Israel in the Middle East. I like its taste and smoothness.
The hookahs are very cheap, plus equipment, hoses, coals, etc.At the big store in a multi-ethnic Arab village, they use quick lighting charcoals.I'm always on the look for natural wood, but rarely find. Many Arabs and Druze put the harcoals on the shisha itself, without aluminium.They sell already cut tin-foil packs, which are separeted foil from foil by  Kotex Tampon wax wrapper pages!(I'm sure its not an advertisement). Anyways, I've tried putting charcoal on "Nakhla" like the Druze do, and not any more. It was smokey and harsh, and hot. Not exactly the right way to vaporize your shisha.
Sheeshabum

[Lakemonster]

[quote]I go to An Arab store which  sells only Hookas, Shisha and equipmwnt 24 hours a day.[/quote]
I have no words......... life will be a pointless wandering till the sweet release of death.
 
J/K
Makes me green with envy.

[ioannisds]

[quote name='Lakemonster'][quote]I go to An Arab store which  sells only Hookas, Shisha and equipmwnt 24 hours a day.[/quote]
I have no words......... life will be a pointless wandering till the sweet release of death.
 
J/K
Makes me green with envy.[/quote]

HAHAHAHAHAHA...  that's how I felt when reading that.  Except no J/K from me .

[mopower84]

A 24 hour a day, 7 days a week, hookah shop........
It really is the promised land, isn't it!!! 

Excuse me gentlmen, I think I need to call my travel agent.