Bottle of water, 1.5 liter: | L£500-1,000 |
Pack of cigarettes, Western brands: | L£900-1,250 |
Chicken sandwich: | L£2,000 |
One whole grilled chicken: | L£7,000 |
Medium size pizza at Pizza Hut: | L£12,000 |
Hrubbes (flat, round bread), 10 pcs: | L£1,000 |
Orange juice , 1 liter: | L£3,000-3,500 |
Argeeley (hubble-bubble) at a café: | S£40 | |
Tea at a café: | S£5-15 | |
Big glass of freshly squeezed orange juice: | S£30 | |
Shwarma: | S£25 | |
Entrance at a museum or tourist site: | S£200 | ; no student discounts |
Shoeshine: | S£10 | |
Taxis: Many taxis have meters, but sometimes they refuse to turn them on; that's a bad sign, find another taxi. If you have to ride without the meter, remember to bargain and to establish a reasonable amount before entering. A 15 minute ride shouldn't cost more than S£20-30.
A bottle of water (1.5 liter): | 300 fils |
Felaffel sandwitch: | 200 fils |
Two rolls of toilet paper: | 400 fils |
The Lonely Planet has a web-site. Although they are a bit slow when it comes to updating their pages, it could be worth a try: They have a section on The Middle East where travellers share their experiences.
factoorra | : | bill (at a restaurant, for example) |
shway | : | little |
shway-shway | : | slow |
salam-'a | : | goodbuy/good wishes |
mouarfa(k) | : | good luck |
yalla | : | let's go |
yalla-yalla | : | clear out |
yamin | : | right |
schmell | : | left |
dorhle | : | straight |
hralas | : | enough/stop/finished |
daimey | : | thanks for dinner |
kee fak | : | unformal - how are you (adressing a man) |
kee fik | : | unformal - how are you (adressing a woman) |
mi(d)r | : | fine |
helou'e | : | beautiful/sweet (feminine gender) |
helou | : | beautiful/sweet (masculine gender) |
In the guidebook, the pronouciation of some of the numbers is described in a strange way, I think. "Two" is actually pronounced 'tneen rather than itneen. "Three" is 'tlateh (stressing the "la") rather than talata.