I've been to Egypt before. I lived here for two months last summer. My program took me to all of the usual tourist places, and some that weren't so usual.
At pretty much every place, it cost less for Egyptians to do things than Americans or Europeans. I don't just mean that cabs are more expensive (they are), but I mean that the sign at the pyramids reads that Egyptians pay an Egyptian pound, Americans pay fifty, and Europeans pay sixty. Those numbers are just off the top of my head, but you get the picture. To see the mummy exhibit in the Cairo Museum costs Egyptians only a pound, and anyone else one hundred pounds. Seriously.
So last night I went to the local train station to buy tickets to Cairo, and the price I paid last year was nearly doubled this year. I couldn't believe it, but I need to go so I paid for the tickets. I got home and one of the dorm supervisors saw us walking in with our tickets and yelled at us, "How many times do I have to tell you? If you are a foreign student, the tickets are half off!"
For reals?
How many times does he have to tell you? Excellent question.
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