well, before Feb 2011 it was like...
Before the events of February 2011 most have seen on the news, cost of importing vehicles varied significantly according to your status and to an impossible to understand bureaucratic process characterized by arbitrary and tightly-knit profitable decision making. Have things changed this far, not sure for having been twice at the responsible service in Cairo. As much as I feel being missing a lot, I'm somehow glad not to understand and speak Arabic because I would have gone mad by now, and probably put in jail, I mean dealing with all this is a REAL PITA. I might have been lucky some years back not paying more than 10% to import a 6 years old bike in the country, I would not do it again. Do yourself a favor, fly to Egypt and rent a KTM in Sharm or a DR in Bahareya, or if you're just as sick minded as I am, do get a Carnet to travel Egypt and drive safely, there are seriously dangerous people on the road. But if your dream is about traveling the continent, you may wish shipping your bike directly to Addis or Nairobi and start from there...
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