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Excerpt from Cook's Handbook for Egypt and the Sûdân The cost of a tour in Egypt varies according to its length and the needs of the traveller, and it is futile to estimate the daily cost of living unless the place of abode and the habits of the visitor are known. From 205. To 303. A day should pay for board and lodging in an ordinary way, but carriages and the services of a good and capable dragoman, or Interpreter, are somewhat expensive items if required frequently. There is no doubt that the cost of living comfortably In Cairo has risen, and that servants of all kinds are not satisfied with the gratuities which would have been received gratefully a few 'years ago. It must however, be remembered that it costs more to live among clean surroundings and in comfort than in discomfort, and that the proprietors of large luxuriously furnished hotels, built on sites in the most expensive and fashionable quarters of a town, must charge a higher rate -per day than those who own hotels and pensions which stand in old and insalubrious quarters. The necessaries of life are not dear in Cairo. The electric trams, though the clang of their bells and the overhead wires make the city hideous, afford a very quick and cheap means of locomotion, and they have made readily accessible many parts of the city which formerly could only be visited in a carriage. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state