Living in Egypt

[propertywatch1]

next time i pass a pharmacy i will ask.
but im sure ive seen the adverts for them here.
we can every kind of prescribed drug her..without prescription.
including ventolin etc.
As a matter of interest karen lost half her tooth so went to the dentist here.
It cost 400 le to repair the tooth with the white filling(note most of her tooth had gone)
A porcelaine crown will cost 800 le.
A check up would have cost 50 le and a normal amalgum(silver) filling costs 100 le

[propertastic]

Yes, my girfriend fell over and smacked her head while we were there (watch those kerbstones, everyone!) and she went to one of the little private foriegner hospitals. Although it was really nothing serious, she had a doctor, nurse and orderly looking after her in a private room for a whole day.

It only cost EUR50 (and we had insurance in any case).

Finally I will be someplace where I can afford to get ill!

[propertyborders]

Originally Posted by propertastic

Yes, my girfriend fell over and smacked her head while we were there (watch those kerbstones, everyone!) and she went to one of the little private foriegner hospitals. Although it was really nothing serious, she had a doctor, nurse and orderly looking after her in a private room for a whole day.

It only cost EUR50 (and we had insurance in any case).

Finally I will be someplace where I can afford to get ill!

Hopefully you will not need the hospital. Your more likely to get ill with tansillitis, a nice sun TAN LOL lucky you.

[propertastic]

Originally Posted by propertyborders

Hopefully you will not need the hospital. Your more likely to get ill with tansillitis, a nice sun TAN LOL lucky you.

Ironically, I'm not a sea, sun and sand person at all. Bores me silly.

I feel very guilty about this as I know that there are thousands of people who would move to Hurghada in an instant if they could only find a way of making a living there so they can enjoy all of the advantages of 365 days a year of summer.

And here's me that will be happily sitting inside all day with the curtains drawn and aircon set on max bashing away on the keyboard like I've been doing everywhere else.

Pearls before swine!

[Peter Mitry]

I'm really looking forward to moving over! At these prices I can afford a whole new mouthful of pearly whites!!

[awahee123]

Egypt certainlt ticks most of the boxes for living,I wouldn't imagine there would be a massive problem for anybody to get work at the moment as long as they weren't thinking of earning a mass working for somebody.
To be honest other then that it's looking good.

[propertastic]

Originally Posted by awahee123

Egypt certainlt ticks most of the boxes for living,I wouldn't imagine there would be a massive problem for anybody to get work at the moment as long as they weren't thinking of earning a mass working for somebody.
To be honest other then that it's looking good.

I agree totally.

Anyone looking for a well-paid 9 to 5 in Egypt is going to do well to get a salary much better than an Egyptian would unless they have some very special skills that are needed.

Hurghada is a small town though, so I don't see any great demand there for B2B type skills.

However, I was taught that the key to making money is to "find a need and fill it"

Everywhere I look in Hurghada I see unfulfilled needs. We've already discussed the need for a good rental agency, the need for more excursion type activities, a good English/Irish pub, somewhere that sells English type groceries (including bacon!). I could add to that a free English-language newspaper/What's On Guide (the Russians have theirs already).

I could go on - everywhere I looked I saw another opportunity - but there are only so many hours in a day to explore them all.

The English-speaking expat population is still tiny at the moment, but you can see from this forum alone that more and more people are thinking of going over there. As it expands, so more opportunities present themselves.

Can someone open an English-language bookstore please? That's the one thing that I know I'm going to miss.

Anyone with a little capital and entrepreneurial spirit should do OK in Hurghada if they do a bit of homework, work hard and take precautions against getting ripped off.

[awahee123]

Hi Nick,

I totallly agree, mass opportunity here without trying too hard to be honest.
some common sense and you could be on your way to a good living,the door is wide open,lets hope all our developemnts get finished soon so we can all start to enjoy.

[queenie40something]

Hi - this is where Sharm, in my opinion, is a little more advanced. We already have a pork butchers that is doing very well. It has started to supply pork products to Papa's outlets who now have full english breakfast and ham,egg and chips on their menus. There is a new bookstore that has opened which is on a bring and buy basis. Take in your books that you have read whilst on holiday sell them to the owner and then buy others cheaply. How many of us leave our read books in our hotel rooms or in the hotel lobby??

We also have Sharm women website that has sections for jobs, wanted, for sale and a forum and whats on guide.

On arrival at the airport tourists are given free info packs which contain a fab little book called Hello Red Sea. This is also distributed in Dahab and Nuweiba. It is full of useful info such as know it, do it, speak, it, taste it, etc etc. There is also a small section on ' own it ' that gives some advise and there is only 1 advert for holiday homes from Delta Sharm. There are no Real Estates advertising in this great little book that is given out to thousands of tourists.

There is another free book called the Mix which has monthly issues and can be picked up from restaurants, bars, supermarkets etc. There are 7000 copies distributed monthly. Again a great read but has more info on buying. It also has a directory of names, addresses and phone numbers for shops, restaurants, real estate etc ( they run your news and listings FREE of charge )

Queenie

[Peter Mitry]

Anyone who has visited Spain or Portugal regularly will know that in every area where the British are living there is a network of British owned businesses which have been set up to supply the (dare I say it!) lazy British ex pats who can't or won't learn the language. In Egypt learning arabic is even harder so there is a great opportunity for an ex pat 'safety net' of businesses that speak our language and understand our needs.