July 29, 2003.
Location: Egypt
Diesel Price: 0.4 L.E. 0.06 $
Petrol Price: 1 L.E. 0.15 $
Local Currency: L.E. = Egyptian Pound
Current Exchange rate: 1 $ = 6.42 L.E.
Petrol prices are for 90 octane fuel which is available pretty much every where with the exception of Farafra Oasis and some small town on the Red Sea.
95 octane petrol fuel is available in few gas stations in Cairo and Alexandria and costs 1.6 L.E.
Dirty fuel is less of a problem nowadays, but you better carry a couple of Injection Cleaners bottles.
Since June fuel must be sold in the vehicle gas tank only. To fill jerry cans, gas stations are instructed to take your ID or passport information and turn it over to the police. This is a rather new, and needlessly annoying, security measure and it remains to be seen how it will be enforced. This might be a problem when filling up a large amount of jerry can for a desert expedition. I will find out when the season starts this Autumn.
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A.B.
OasisPhoto.com – Images from the Magical Sahara.
ShortWheelbase.com – Jeep preparations.
[This message has been edited by A.B. (edited 29 July 2003).]
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A.B.
OasisPhoto.com – Images from the Magical Sahara.
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