Can You Egypt

An affordable way to spend a vacation: go to a developing nation. The people are nice, food is cheap, people are friendly, and the food is cheap...along with everything else. The first thing that srikes anyone as they enter the country is that Egyptians won't accept their own currency. As you enter the country, before getting your passport stamped, your required to buy a visa, good for 30 days. Thinking ahead, I exchanged some money at JFK. I tried to pay the gentleman who was selling these visas in Egyptian pounds, but he wouldn't budge. "I don't accept Egyptian pounds." He exclaimed, as if I was the one being unrealistic. "Am I in Egypt?" I thought to myself. "Did I go to the wrong country? I guess it's possible, I didn't really check my ticket...come to think of it, the guy next to me on the plane kept talking about how great the food is in the Philipines." As I suspected I did in fact fly to Egypt...and finally agreed to pay the man in U.S. Dollars. The second thing your likely to notice after you've officially entered the country is that there are no traffic laws...or laws of any sort. The first time you enter a vehicle in egypt may be the last time you enter a vehicle. And if you're lucky enough to exit the car, via the door, and not through the windshield or out the door without first opening it with your hands you may just consider walking everywhere else you have to go...or riding a camel or the more common donkey.