Tuesday, June 12, 2007

It feels like I'm paying so much, when I'm actually not paying much at all!

This whole currency exchange rate sometimes throws me off. It is about Q7.5 for every U.S. dollar. When I buy something here it always seems like it is so expensive, but in reality, it is really very very cheap! For example, Q2.65 sounds like a lot for a bottle of water, but in theU.S. that would just be $ .35!!! Just look at how much some of the stuff I've bought here costs in U.S. dollars:

A banana, a 20 oz. bottle of water, and a gallon of water is Q10.20 = $1.33
1 ginormous banana Q.80 = $.11
2 skirts from the market Q140 = $18.30 (for TWO skirts)

It's amazing!

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

wow i wihs it was like that here!!