[Nepenthe]

I'm going to Cairo next week! I have my list of costumeries to check out thanks to Meissoun and Amity and other people who have lists on the web.

I am wondering
a) do you have to pay cash, or do they take credit cards? Do they take US dollars or Egyptian pounds?

b) What's the approximate price of various costume items, so I'll know what to bargain to?
- a bedlah
- a two-piece costume
- a dress
- a galabeya (like the kind Nancy Ajram wears in the Ah W Noss video)
- a hipscarf (I have plenty but just in case my mom wants one or something)
- a meleya for meleya leff...

Any other tips for shopping and bargaining?

I was planning on checking out Mahmoud's and any one else in the Khan. I think we're on our own for transportation that day (I was going to take the Metro from Giza into town?) - so I didn't think I could get out to Pharaonics, and besides I already have a lot of Pharaonics costumes. I'm hoping to find something really unique when I'm there, something I couldn't buy on Dahlal.