I know the managers of the Dive Centres in El Gouna keep to this rule unless it is work experience. We also have the oil fields 90 minute drive further north and all the oil guys prefer to live in El Gouna rather than in a camp at the site. They all say they have to employ ten Egyptians for every foreigner and so they employ one to operate the photocopier, one to fill it with paper, one to replace the ink, one to carry the paper

The average Egyptian wage is 50 pounds sterling per month I believe. Even some Europeans working in bars here earn only LE50 for a day. I am lucky that I get my income from my house rented in the UK. Any work here is very long hours and small wages. Unless you are selling property to Brits! One of the guys selling real estate in Hurghada has often offered me work at ridiculously high wages. But he works 24/7, he never switches off from selling to people. I am sure he must be very rich but the stress, wow. It's Egypt and things don't happen like they do in Europe and certainly never on time. And just the thought of having to drive on that road between El Gouna and Hurghada everyday is enough to put me off with all the accidents. But I am very lucky that I am in the position I am.

I don't want to keep adding negative things to this forum I just want to tell it like it is. With the recent price rises in fuel, etc. the rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer. This makes for a lot of unhappy people in Egypt.

For a couple of years I was dog sitting for people when they had to return to Europe for a holiday. It is so difficult to know what to charge. European prices or Egyptian prices? They are earning Egyptian wages too. I was charging LE50 per day. This goes a long way in Egypt. Unless you want to go to a bar and then it buys you just two glasses of Egyptian wine. I loved doing this job at first because it was just now and then. After two years I could have taken care of someone's dog every day and every week. And a lot of them used to be ex-desert (wild) dogs which are wonderful dogs in the house but take them out and they are so nervous and aggressive when they meet anyone. I was isolating myself so I didn't go near any other dogs or people to avoid any conflict. Plus all the constant sand being brought into my house after the dogs have enjoyed swimming in the lagoon. And the continual stress about whether they are going to eat some poison and the thought of having to call the owner to tell them their dog has died. Thankfully this never happened while the dogs were in my care but many dogs I have cared for and loved to bits died in the owners care through eating poison. So all this stress for LE50 per day? Needless to say I gave it up

Hi Georgina - Im still laughing from your 1st paragraph with the vision in my head LOL. Dont worry your are not coming across as giving out negative comments and we welcome to hear these comments from expats living in Egypt. I agree with you about the wages and the Egyptians working in a purpose resort like Sharm rely on the tips and Im sure they do very well out of it. Eg the cleaners normally get a tip of around £10 for each hotel room they clean and if a min of 20 vacate the rooms each week they clean that is a whooping £200 a week which is very good compared to the low cost of living - even though prices have gone up. Alot of workers we have met do really on the tips which they send home to their families to survive.

Hello, i´m looking for a job in sharm el sheik. I´m bellydancer i´ve been dancing for 10 years. I studied physical education in the university and i´ve been working as gym teacher too.I have experience in many kinds of dance and physical activities like brazilian dance, aerobics, pilates, samba, swimming etc.
Do you know some places to send my CV, like hotels or job agency.
Thank you
Valquiria

Hello Valquiria,

Wecome to the forum.

Are you moving to Sharm?. We have many members now that have bought property there and several of them are moving out to live permanently quite soon.

Alison (queenie40something) is very knowledgable on the Sharm area but unfortunately she's having problems with her internet connection and has been offline for a few days. I'm sure she'll reply as soon as she's able but meantime other Sharm members might be able to help. We have a few threads for people buying property there and maybe if you introduced yourself on this thread: http://www.totallyproperty.com/egypt...ctions-39.html, it's possible that you would get more replies

Best wishes

Linda

Welcome Valquiria! We don't get too many belly dancers on the forum and it will be interesting to see the replies that you get. You could try contacting Elias Michael the Chairman of Palmyra Group. They have a brand new four star hotel in Nabq Bay and also own the Three Corners Hotel, Nabq Bay. Elias mobile number is (002) 01239 999 259. Email: elias@palmyragroups.com.

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welcome Valquiria and wish you find your dream job in Sharm may be you open you own center for training
Regards
Goerge

Great idea George!

I think she have great chance in this as she is professional and not lot are existed in sharm
I think you miss me for last 2 days

I did. I wondered where you'd been. Have you just returned from Alex?

I'm still in Alex and will be back by next week