Sunday, September 12, 2010

Studio for sale Alexandria, Egypt "Kafr Abdou" qualifies for visa registration.

Fifty three meters square of studio space for sale within Egypt and includes a bath and kitchen area,The studio space is Located in Kafr Abdou.This property sells with rights to a portion of the under laying land and can qualify a foreign national to a resident visa based on the investment amount and direct ownership of property after completing the simple registration of the deed in the new owners name.This studio space can then further be used to establish a commercial business operation within Egypt.The American chamber of commerce has  a considerable amount of related business information available online

You can also review the current options available for establishing a business operation within Egypt.Directly from the General Authority For Investment within Egypt

The British Embassy is located very near to this building.The area consist primarily of residential villas and is considered to be part of old Alex.

The studio space is located on the second floor of the building and has been used on a very limited basis over the years when family members were visiting the Alex area. The other spaces available on this floor are all currently commercial in nature and occupied.

This a direct sale by and for the owner no dealers please!

You can contact the owner directly Mohamed kashkoush via mobile at 0127301174
 
The physical address and location is available if you would like to visit and see this space the keys are locally available in Alexandria and can be shown by appointment easily.
 
I can also be contacted with questions related to this subject.

Saturday, September 4, 2010

Get a mobile phone quickly.

Get a Mobile Phone quickly so you can start building that local contact list.You should expect to be asked for your number all the time be diligent about how you hand the phone number out or you may find that you begin to receive un-wanted telephone calls possibly at all hours of the day or night.


If you’re here in Egypt on a permanent basis, I recommend you precede to one of the nearest mobile phone retailers. That belongs to one of the three primary service providers, located within Egypt. The three services providers are (Mobinil, Vodafone and Etisalat) you can obtain a sim-card from any of the service providers mentioned. The cost of sim-cards may be from seven to fifteen Le based on the selected provider.

I recommend buying a second charger for work place use, this will only cost approximately fifteen Le.Be sure you put it away when your done charging the phone.They tend to grow legs in the local work place.

You're then ready for a prepackaged mobile device which should come with an available charger and battery. And only requires three steps to make the device operational. All the steps are straight forward and the retail shop will most likely take care of them during the purchase process.

All three services are sort of competitively priced within reason and offer an assortment of packages. Both Mobinil and Vodafone currently have better overall coverage of Egypt then etisalat when calling a person on one of the other networks. This situation may effectively be corrected over the next year or so when it's corrected. I will then consider switching my provider to etisalat based on pricing alone. But for now I recommend either of the other two services.

You will most likely need to pay attention to the process of charging the phone with a prepaid calling card. These pre- paid cards are widely used across Egypt and readily available from a wide assortment of shops or directly from the service providers. Another general rule is that foreign nationals are not normally given a phone line that results in a monthly itemized statement or bill for the account unless it's guaranteed by a local company, in written form on company letter head which you're being employed by during your stay in Egypt.

The last step you need to perform after you return home, is plug in the charger then charge the battery overnight.

Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Should i drink that tea or coffee, sure if its a hot drink.

I recall being new and really green behind the ears during my first short stay within Egypt. This visit which lasted only about three months took place toward the end of 1993 and was entirely too long for the other six team members.Which came along and were necessary to accomplish our contractual scope of work.

Hot drinks are ok for consumption, but those food items your thinking to purchased from the little wooden carts or from the roadside stands should be avoided.

I could hardly wait to begin to experience Egypt first hand.I roamed the Heliopolis area at night time alone, sampling the local foods and drinks at random from shops as they were discovered. By the third day i had the worst case of strep throat since child hood.The other six guys got a real charge out of this as i had been poking plenty of fun at them the "girls" for their fear of discovering Egypt.

I recalled passing by a pharmacy during one of my walks and decided to visit and see what was available for my sore throat, infection and fever.The pharmacist was direct and to the point He asked if i was new to Egypt and how long I had been in country. I replied to his questions and he began to gather numerous boxes of medication from the assorted shelf's located around the shop while making a pile on the counter directly in front of me. At this point I began to think I was going to die while watching the pile grow into a small mountain.

He quickly pulled a single box of antibiotics from the pile he made and informed me it would begin to clear up the throat problem by tomorrow. I began to open the box to take the first dose of medicine with a soda the pharmacist had one of the workers get from the store next door.He took the time and explained why first time visitors often get ill and what other travelers type illness we would come down with at some point over the next couple months. He took the time and explained to me about all the other medications he placed on the pile.

Time proved he knew exactly what he was speaking about as almost everybody became ill at some point over the next three months.But we were now semi prepared to cope with it do to the kind and helpful pharmacist.

He introduced me to a couple of my best new friends "antinal,eurocarb and electrolytes" for combating the revenge of the Pharaohs along with and antiseptic mouth wash to use twice a day.He also explained that lemon is useful in helping with rehydration issues.

Expat re-locating to Egypt For the long term.

Upon arrival to Egypt, following your successful clearing of customs you will likely transition to a hotel for some period of time.

The hotel industry by design caters to the regular business needs of firms and to the vast amount of tourist traffic generated within Egypt.All contacts established at this interface should be considered suspect,over priced and commercial in nature, until they prove other wise.

This understanding should be either confirmed or disproved based on your own powers of direct observation and interactions with the individuals.It's important you understand upfront that hotel salary's are often low and that many of the people working within the industry "need" and have learned how to supplement their normal income through the use of the daily exposure process to travelers they encounter.Via some form of commissions and or finder fees related to almost anything especially for apartments,car rentals, gifts and souvenir items from outside of the hotel itself.

These items and services which were recommended may appear cheaper to you at first look and they will be when measured against the hotel rates or fees for similar items or services. you need to understand it may still include some cost element for the recommending person and it could be a substantial amount.

I Suggest you use any trusted established contacts you have,from outside of the hotel for confirmation on cost of goods or services that have a large monetary value.

I highly recommend you apply due diligence principles and methods to all of your undertakings while being based in a hotel.Most of us learn this lesson the hard way, with it often being an expensive one.