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What you can buy in Egypt with 10 LEO

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Today I read this post by @filotasriza3 where he wrote about what he can do in his country (Greece) with 10 LEO. The initial idea comes from @fabian98 who introduced the purchasing value of that in Venezuela. In this post, I'll write about Egypt where I moved recently.

At the time of writing this, the price of 1 LEO is $0.53 so having $5.3 at my disposal here in Egypt (which translates to 82.68 Egyptian pounds), I can get the following items when I’m buying from the local bakeries, vegetable shops, etc.:

  • Bread: 16 pita breads ($0.32 per pita bread)
  • Tomatoes: 4 kg ($1.28 per kg)
  • Fresh Farm Eggs: 4.5 dozen ($1.15 per dozen)
  • Buffalo Butter: 0.70 kg ($7.69 per kg)
  • Feta cheese: 3.5 packs of 200g ($1.47)
  • A sandwich wrap from a local shop: 5.5 pieces ($0.96 per piece)
  • Coffee: 4 single espresso coffees ($1.28 per cup)
  • Pizza: 1 pie of 30” diameter ($5.7 per pie)
  • Face masks: 8 pieces ($0.64 per piece)

All of these products, except for the processed feta cheese (and masks), are actually very fresh and full of flavor.

Now, hygiene is a different story – chicken shit on the eggs is a standard; when you watch the veggies being unloaded from the truck you understand very clearly why they need to be washed; and I even found a piece of gravel on the pizza once… But you've got to love this place!