Is it worth taking some english pounds into egypt?
Hi there! Lucky you, going to Egypt! English pounds are worth about ‘seven’ Egyptian pounds!! I went a few years back, a big tip for you…. Take a lot of pens, Biro type cheap pens! Children with nothing on their feet, poor and hungry will come begging at you, wherever you go! They will chant ‘baksheesh’, this means money/tip. If you give them a pen, they can go to school, because the Egyptian government will not educate them, unless they provide their own pens! So, they ‘will’ get educated, until the ink runs dry!! Sad but true! See their little faces light up, staring at it, when you give them a simple, cheap plastic pen!! By the way, they use the french word for pen, which is stilo!! Hope you have a great trip, please give a ‘big’ kiss, to the Great Pyramid for me, i miss it so much!!