Life in Egypt: practical guides and useful tools
Life and travel in Egypt: documents, cars, transport, mobile service and household tools. Practical guides with firsthand experience, published-rule checks and Sestruha’s explanations.
Egypt electricity calculator
Calculate a monthly bill using the current published tariff of Egypt’s state regulator EgyptERA, effective April 2026. The formula is checked against its public calculator.
Egypt mobile operator codes
Choose your operator. Codes below are supported by publicly available operator documentation; availability depends on your plan.
Phone registration in Egypt
Egypt phone registration without the panic: IMEIs, tourist SIMs, exemptions, blocked service, payments and Telephony support. Sestruha explains it step by step.
Egypt customs guide
A detailed traveler FAQ covering luggage, gifts, duty free, cash, medicines and permits. Sestruha explains the official rules in plain language.
How a foreigner registers a car in Egypt
When I registered a car in my own name in Sharm, the hard part was figuring out where to go next. Here is the route I took, from the sale agreement to the registration card and plates.
Driving licences in Egypt: a guide for foreigners
When I applied for an Egyptian driving licence in Sharm, the education paperwork took more effort than the driving. Here is how it went and what I would check first.
Can you leave Egypt on a charter flight?
People do leave Egypt on charters even when their trip does not meet the published conditions. But nobody can promise in advance that you will be accepted. Both the rules and their inconsistent application matter.
Sharm El Sheikh minibuses: routes and fares
Sharm’s minibuses can look like a transport system with secret rules. In practice, you need a few simple habits: flag one down, name your destination, pay and ask to get off.
Where did your Egypt tourist SIM data go?
Bought a 30 GB SIM, opened the app and saw only three? I explained this in my channel using an Orange example. Let’s add up the package and find the rest.