There are many things in Egypt that are cheaper than things in America, for example a bottle of water is around 2 Egyptian pounds which equals less than a dime.
1 dollar is equal to 10 Egyptian pounds. Most food items are cheap not passing 10 pounds. A small chocolate bar is usually around 5 pounds and a huge bag of bread is also around that. As you can see many food items are cheap, but when you consider the average salary of a Egyptian everything is very expensive. A teacher at a school doesn't get more than 1500 pounds a month. This is barely enough money for housing, running water, gas, food and family expenses. We may see price of a chocolate bar at 50 cents while they see it at 5 dollars, but this is not it. Electronics are the same price as in America. Imagine buying a new smartphone for 10.000 dollars, that's what it's like.
Once we went to a restaurant in new Cairo. When I usually get a meal from outside it doesn’t cost more than 15 pounds. We went to this restaurant and the dish I got was 90 pounds. It was really cheap compared to prices in America but so expensive compared to other meals.
Everyone in Egypt keeps telling me the same thing, not Egyptians but other people older than me. They say “there are 2 things that goes fast while your in Egypt, those 2 things are money and time.” In my 7 months of living in Egypt I've come to a conclusion that this is true. Money runs out really fast and time goes by really fast.
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