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Filed: Country: Egypt
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Some small tissue packets to carry around in case you need the bathroom outside the house and there's no TP available.

Street children sell those for 75 piesters, much cheaper than buying them and bringing them here.

A small first aid kit, or at least some bandaids. (I'm sure you can buy them here but they came in very handy for me while my hubby was at work one day and I wouldn't have been able to go get them by myself)

Pharmacies sell bandaids and you can buy one or two if you want and they're cheap.

Cables/batteries or anything needed for camera/laptop/etc. - would be a good idea to get any voltage converters in the states before coming if you're bringing things that need to be plugged in. Also plug adapters since the prongs are different and your plugs won't work here without the adapters.

I've never used a converter for anything I have - my phone, my laptop, anything. I just buy the prong adapters from the light store for 1.5 LE each and I've not had one problem, ever.

It very well might be that street children sell tissue but it's also possible they won't be around when/if she needs them. I didn't think it would be that much more of an expense or trouble to bring a couple of packets.

As to band aids, I already wrote that they came in very handy for me. What if her husband is away and she needs one and her Arabic isn't good enough to get by and she can't find the pharmacy? What's the harm in coming prepared with a few band aids? It saved my husband having to take a half hour to come home from work because I brought some with me.

It's great that you never had a problem with your electrical items, but many people do. I would never recommend to someone that they plug their electrical items in without a converter. Maybe your items happened to be compatible with the current that is used here in Egypt, and that's why you didn't have any trouble.

Living with hubby in Egypt, at last.

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Why so arguementative? If she wants to stuff her suitcases and use up her availabe pounds with things she either doesn't need or things she can buy here much cheaper, such as less than a dollar for a prong adapter vs. dollars in the States, that's up to her. If I had it to do all over again, I wouldn't waste my money. But, hey, it's her money and her choice, sah?

Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Egypt
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insect repellant, sunscreen, pepto, tylenol, tampons (if you use them), razors and shaving gel (unless you want the halawa experience), electrical adaptors like someone else mentioned...

LOTS OF TAMPONS!... thank god i thought about this before i went the first time, because you cant find them ANY WHERE in egypt. every time we past a pharmacy i had to check :wacko:

baby wipes, hand sanitizer and good shampoo..... I had trouble finding good shampoo there too, no one in Egypt likes my shampoo :blush:

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Filed: AOS (pnd) Country: Egypt
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i will admit i used the electrical adapters more on my way to Egypt than when I was actually there. it came in handy to charge my ipod when i was in the airport in Amsterdam. :)

my next visit to Egypt will be my longest yet, and my list of things to bring is kind of weird:

Brita water filter (because i am going to be brave and just boil and then filter my water this time)

Ice cube trays (my husband says he has no idea where to buy these?!)

Plastic spatula (why do Egyptians hate plastic stuff so much? Maybe they will be laughing at us as we all die from plastic and microwaves 50 years from now...)

citronella candles

i always bring my own toiletries like face wash, shampoo/conditioner, deodorant, etc. yes, they have shampoo in Egypt, but if you are particular about the kind you use, it's better to bring your own. I saw commercials when I was there last time for Herbal Essences, but I think it was on one of the UAE stations and it's entirely possible that it's not there yet. i also bring pre-packaged wet-wipes for going out, the mini packets of tissues are not a bad idea, but i just got in the habit of grabbing a wad of toilet paper and stuffing it into my pocket before we would leave. if you have a pair of flipflops, you might want to bring them for the bathroom (especially if the bathroom is just a wet-room, with no seperate shower stall or bath tub), but if you don't already have some they are cheap and easy to buy when you're there.

i also always bring tylenol, ibuprofen, pepto, immodium, and any prescription medicines i may be taking, even though most of them are also available in Egypt from the pharmacies. My daughter will be going with me this time so I will be taking those same medications in childrens' strengths for her. The security in Amsterdam gave me a hard time about my huge bag of meds (but then again, what DIDN'T they give me a hard time about?) but I would much rather have the medication that I need when I need it than suffer without it.

Umm, last time I went, I took boxes of macaroni and cheese with me, preparing for my trip this summer with the kiddo. Whoever checked my bags must've thought I was weird.

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i will admit i used the electrical adapters more on my way to Egypt than when I was actually there. it came in handy to charge my ipod when i was in the airport in Amsterdam. :)

my next visit to Egypt will be my longest yet, and my list of things to bring is kind of weird:

Brita water filter (because i am going to be brave and just boil and then filter my water this time)

Ice cube trays (my husband says he has no idea where to buy these?!)

Plastic spatula (why do Egyptians hate plastic stuff so much? Maybe they will be laughing at us as we all die from plastic and microwaves 50 years from now...)

citronella candles

i always bring my own toiletries like face wash, shampoo/conditioner, deodorant, etc. yes, they have shampoo in Egypt, but if you are particular about the kind you use, it's better to bring your own. I saw commercials when I was there last time for Herbal Essences, but I think it was on one of the UAE stations and it's entirely possible that it's not there yet. i also bring pre-packaged wet-wipes for going out, the mini packets of tissues are not a bad idea, but i just got in the habit of grabbing a wad of toilet paper and stuffing it into my pocket before we would leave. if you have a pair of flipflops, you might want to bring them for the bathroom (especially if the bathroom is just a wet-room, with no seperate shower stall or bath tub), but if you don't already have some they are cheap and easy to buy when you're there.

i also always bring tylenol, ibuprofen, pepto, immodium, and any prescription medicines i may be taking, even though most of them are also available in Egypt from the pharmacies. My daughter will be going with me this time so I will be taking those same medications in childrens' strengths for her. The security in Amsterdam gave me a hard time about my huge bag of meds (but then again, what DIDN'T they give me a hard time about?) but I would much rather have the medication that I need when I need it than suffer without it.

Umm, last time I went, I took boxes of macaroni and cheese with me, preparing for my trip this summer with the kiddo. Whoever checked my bags must've thought I was weird.

I use the Brita everytime I'm in Egypt its awesome! :thumbs: Matter of fact, my MIL is so spoiled by the taste of the water using it that on her trip home from here this year she took two Costco sized replacement filter packs with her! :P

Filed: AOS (pnd) Country: Egypt
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I use the Brita everytime I'm in Egypt its awesome! :thumbs: Matter of fact, my MIL is so spoiled by the taste of the water using it that on her trip home from here this year she took two Costco sized replacement filter packs with her! :P

Yeah, I know that the water is technically clean after I boil it, but I'm still not very keen on drinking brown water :blink: Hopefully it will help!

Filed: AOS (pnd) Country: Egypt
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Besides everything people has mentioned, you might want to bring Ibuprofen, tylenol and such medicines like this. When I went I also brought along packets of Crystal Light to mix in my bottled water.

As for the airport, its an easy process, I stopped and buy my visa, which a sticker that went into my passport then I went to pick up my luggage then continued to customs and then in to the waiting my husband.

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Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Egypt
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Are you staying a long time or a short time?

Since we were just discussing it in the daily thread just thought I'd add it here. Bring your *poker face*. :P Everytime I say it I think of that song by Lady GaGa.

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Filed: Country: Egypt
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Are you staying a long time or a short time?

Since we were just discussing it in the daily thread just thought I'd add it here. Bring your *poker face*. :P Everytime I say it I think of that song by Lady GaGa.

It will be a short visit. :(

I have not yet read the daily, will go do that now.

 
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