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Hello all.. i am new to this forum but have been following some topics for 2years now. in 5days i will be coming to Alexandria to be with a man i have known for 2 wonderful years via email and oh so many long phone calls Hes originally from jordan but is living and working in ALexandria! im a bit nervous and curious on how much money i will be able to live off he has assured thats nothing for me to be concerned about...we plan to marry and stay in alexandria. any advice anyone can give just in general about staying in alexandria would be helpful! thanks!
gentle_giant Member # 10863
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Did you go through the love and marriage section? If you're fat, does he know it?
But seriously, accomodation aside, you can live on 20LE a day by eating boring stuff and doing little, or live comfortably on 150LE a day (and get drunk). Can you speak Arabic? Do you have any other friends there? Honestly, I'm a bit worried for you.
majnoona Member # 11805
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gentle giant he knows exactly what he has whats this le is that european and i do have a friend that lives in cairo i myself am from sunny california......
Queasier Member # 6244
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quote:Originally posted by majnoona: gentle giant he knows exactly what he has whats this le is that european and i do have a friend that lives in cairo i myself am from sunny california......
LE is Egyptian pounds. Roughly 6 pounds to 1 US dollar. Your standard of living depends on whether you want something very close to American or not.
Albino_Eskimo Member # 11479
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quote:Originally posted by gentle_giant: Did you go through the love and marriage section? If you're fat, does he know it?
But seriously, accomodation aside, you can live on 20LE a day by eating boring stuff and doing little, or live comfortably on 150LE a day (and get drunk). Can you speak Arabic? Do you have any other friends there? Honestly, I'm a bit worried for you.
Ha ha, so funny.
Cripes things have gotten expensive in Egypt so quickly.
Underwear for my ex-husband was 1.5LE a few years ago is now 9LE.
My tunics I bought in Al agami were 90LE each, down from 100LE each (I guess I was cute enough to get a discount). But the same tunic would be 150LE in Shebin.
things, everything is much more expensive. Inflation is atrocious.
150LE isn't enough to live on comfortably in Egypt by western standards. Remember if they see a tourist coming (even an expat) the price doubles.
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