Benefitting from the strength of a U.S. dollar that has almost doubled in value since he arrived in Egypt a month ago.
The increasingly strong U.S. dollar, sparked by the devaluation of the Egyptian pound, enabled The Idiot to get rooms with a view of the Mediterranean for $7.30 a night, a cup of coffee for as little as 15 cents and this great mixed fruit salad lunch at a Carrefour hypermarket for only 38 cents.
Not such good news for Egyptians who saw the price of gas, transport and other staples rise dramatically in November.
Posted on November 30, 2016 by Joel
in Egypt, Food, Idiotic Musings, Mediterranean Pix, MedTrekking, PR, Style, Turkey, USA, Where is the idiot
About Joel
Joel Stratte-McClure has been a global trekker since the 1970s. He lived in France for over 30 years, working as a journalist, before he turned his attention to a unique life-time-project of walking the shores of the Mediterranean. The first 4,401 kilometers are explored in his inspirational and entertaining first book "The Idiot and the Odyssey: Walking the Mediterranean." The next 4,401 kilometers are covered in the gods-filled sequel, "The Idiot and the Odyssey II: Myth, Madness and Magic on the Mediterranean,” published on Valentine's Day 2013. The last 4,401 kilometers will be discussed in the last book of the trilogy currently entitled "The Idiot and the Odyssey III: Alexander the Great Walks the Mediterranean."
Follow