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Cairo Weather
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More Current Conditions
Feels Like: 76°   Dewpoint: 63°
Barometer: 29.85 in and steady   Wind: NE 5 mph
Humidity: 65%   Sunrise: 5:53 am
Visibility: 6.21 mi   Sunset: 7:58 pm

Local Forecast :

Tonight: Generally clear. Low 71F. Winds NNE at 10 to 15 mph. Tomorrow: Mainly Sunny. Hot. High 97F. Winds N at 5 to 10 mph. Tomorrow night: Clear sky. Low 72F. N winds at 10 to 15 mph. Wednasday: Mainly Sunny. High 97F. Winds WNW at 10 to 15 mph. Thursday: Sunshine. Highs in the upper 90s and lows in the low 70s. Friday: Abundant sunshine. Highs in the upper 90s and lows in the low 70s.

Egypt Standard time zone to GMT is +2hrs

(No Daylight saving time at the moment)

Daily news reports can be found at Egypt Daily News

 

Whale Found in Egypt Desert

Egypt may not be the first place you'd look for whales. Just this week geologist Philip D. Gingerich announced his team had excavated the first known nearly complete skeleton of a Basilosaurus isis. The 50-foot-long (18-meter-long), 40-million-year-old fossil will now be shipped to Michigan, where experts will preserve it. Later they will return the fossil to Egypt along with a complete cast of the skeleton.

 

Egypt-Money and Currency

Currency: Egyptian Pound = 100 piastres. Notes are in denominations of 100, 50, 20, 10, 5,1, 0.5 and 0.25. Coins are in denominations of 50, 25, 20, 10 and 5 piastres.

Currency exchange: Available at banks and official bureaux de change. There are five national banks and 78 branches of foreign banks.

Credit & debit cards: MasterCard, American Express, Diners Club and Visa are accepted. Check with your credit or debit card company for details of merchant acceptability and other services which may be available.

Travellers cheques: To avoid additional exchange rate charges, travellers are advised to take travellers cheques in US Dollars, Euros or Pounds Sterling.

Currency restrictions: The import and export of foreign currency is unlimited. The import of local currency is unlimited. The export of local currency is prohibited.

Banking hours: Sun-Thurs 0830-1400.

 

Useful Contact Numbers

Ministry of Tourism
Misr Travel Tower, Abassia Square, Abassia, Cairo, Egypt
Tel: (2) 684 1707 or 682 8439. Fax: (2) 685 9551.
E-mail: contact@touregypt.net
Website: www.touregypt.net

British Embassy
7 Ahmad Ragheb, Garden City, Cairo, Egypt
Tel: (2) 794 0850-8. Fax: (2) 794 3065 or 794 0859.
E-mail: webmaster@britishembassy.org.eg
Website: www.britishembassy.org.eg

Embassy of the United States of America
5 Latin America Street, Garden City, Cairo, Egypt
Tel: (2) 797 3300. Fax: (2) 797 3200 or 797 2472.
Website: www.usembassy.egnet.net

Canadian Embassy
26 Kamel El Shenawy Street, Garden City, Cairo, PO Box 1667, Egypt
Immigration and visa section: 6 Mohamed Fahmy El Sayed, Garden City, Cairo, Egypt
Tel: (2) 794 3110. Fax: (2) 796 3548.
Website: www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/cairo

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