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  1. J

    Boats in Egypt - hurghada

    Thanks for your reply Georgina, I am fast running out of time on this trip but have a couple of people checking it out for me :)
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    Boats in Egypt - hurghada

    Hi can anyone help with this question. I am looking at buying small speedboat have somewhere to keep it but have been told that non egyptian nationals cannot register ownership of a boat. Is this correct? Thanks in advance Jo
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    Hurghada taxi fares

    Great to see humour alive and well. I tend to pay 10le just about anywhere and usually pay 40 from the airport to Three Corners area
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    General questions about life in Egypt

    Hi Stuart, I bought in El Dahar area - I'd stayed there previously (I had also stayed in Sekalla - and where the promenade now is but wasn't when I stayed there years ago! - Hope that makes sense) Its a lovely friendly place to be and when I'm there I feel really welcomed home!:)
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    General questions about life in Egypt

    I purchased a 2 bedroom flat earlier this year in Hurghada from a private developer who has a number of properties. I have met a lot of others who have bought from him and he made the whole process as simple and straightforward as possible. I did have a personal introduction to the seller but...
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    Oil spill off Hurghada

    Credit where credit is due. The oil was definately on the beaches around the 20th June and a big effort was being made to clean it up. Reports from Hurghada this week are that it is virtually all clear on the beaches now.
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    Confused about Residents Visa - Help Please

    Visas As far as I am aware you are correct in that the Residents Visa is necessary for the POA for your lawyer and also in order to buy the multiple entry visa which is a different one altogether. When I recently completed my purchase I got the Residents Visa for one year but didn't get the...
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    Furniture in Egypt

    Many thanks ......I have indeed arrived and have had nothing but good experience in Hurghada from getting my Egyptian sim and mobile internet connection on the very first day to moving into my new apartment on day 3! Furniture to borrow for this week and an introduction to the carpenter who...
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    Furniture in Egypt

    Ideas ....thanks to everyone for their help and to the above for the second blinding idea!Check bags weigh next to nothing! Alas my own reference was to the process of putting your belongings into the hands of the airline and paying extra for the privelage......you've certainly solved my...
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    Furniture in Egypt

    Carpenters Hi and thanks. That sounds like a plan - are there a good selection of wood types available? I want to have made an attractive box (like a blanket box) to lock up with personal bits in so that one day in the future when I have stopped lugging bits over there I can do away with the...
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    Furniture in Egypt

    Hi - I will be coming out to Hurghada in a couple of weeks time and don't want to spend all my time shopping! How can I get to see your catalogue Julia. Also does anyone know where I can get some kind of large locking box from or am I best off bringing photos of a blanket box and getting a...
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    £ to EGYPTIAN POUND

    Looks like its a little better now 8.17-8.20. It was bound to suffer around the time of the election. Trouble is when it dips and recovers it never seems to go back quite as high!
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