January 27, 2010

I'm rich...


 ...well, not really. But the 5 to 1 exchange rate certainly helps. Pictured above is an assortment of  جنيه مصرى (Egyptian pounds) and piasters. Pretty simple...100 piasters to a pound. The designs on the currency are really interesting. On one side, it's in Arabic, and usually some significant Islamic building or monument is depicted. The other side is in English, and displays something from Egypt's antiquity...in other words, its "tourist history."

 Everything here is fairly cheap. You can get a decent meal for 4-7 pounds, which is under 2 dollars. Not too shabby... good thing too, because I want to save my money up for travel.

2 comments:

  1. That's pretty cool that you aren't going to go poor buying meals for yourself. Japan is pretty darn expensive from what I've heard.

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  2. Yah, ill bet it is...just had another heaping of koshari for 5 pounds (1 dollar).

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