| View previous topic :: View next topic |
| Author |
Message |
amy1982
Joined: 09 Dec 2004
Posts: 192
Location: Buenos Aires
|
 Posted: Tue Jan 25, 2005 7:24 pm Post subject: question to Twisting... |
 |
|
does your list factor in avg pay?
as in these completely hypothetical examples:
argentina has 3x higher prices than haiti but also 3x higher wages, making them "equal" overall
chile has 3x higher prices but 2x higher wages, making it "more expensive" overall
etc |
|
| Back to top |
|
 |
matttheboy
Joined: 01 Jul 2003
Posts: 854
Location: Valparaiso, Chile
|
| Posted: Tue Jan 25, 2005 7:28 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Oh, i forgot i lived in Ecuador from September-December 2003. About a year out of date but can't imagine it's all changed that much. Prices seemed to have stabalised but you never know in Ecuador.
-Rent-$150-200/month for a room in a large shared house with cable TV, 5 day a week maid and all utilities. Large 2-3 bedroomed flat around $250+utilities.
-Cheap almuerzo $1-2
-Cheap evening meal $2-4
-Transport-all public transport, buses, trams etc 25c, taxis $1 minimum, $2-3 for a slightly longer trip
-Internet 90c/hour
-Pack of ciggies $1
-expensive items-anything sold in the supermarket, guinea pig in a restaurant, most restaurants in Gringolandia (quito) especially the pizza and thai places (unfortunately both delicious...)
-cheap items-anything sold in the fruit markets (except imported grapes from california which were 4 times the price of in the UK), guinea pig with stick up its bum from a street vendor
-new CD-$10
-pirate CD-$1
-a night with my (then) girlfriend, $10 (but only if you could get her away from the prying eyes of her mother and out of the house)
 
Last edited by matttheboy on Tue Jan 25, 2005 7:47 pm; edited 2 times in total |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
gambasbo
Joined: 23 Nov 2003
Posts: 93
Location: Cochabamba, Bolivia
|
| Posted: Tue Jan 25, 2005 7:35 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Sorry my mistake! It's in US dollars.
Mike
| Ben Round de Bloc wrote: |
| gambasbo wrote: |
Ok I will start.
Cochabamba Bolivia
Two bedroom house, large kitchen and a largish living room, bathroom, small garden, 230 dollars a month. (prices have since fallen)
. . .
Pretty much everything is available to buy here and all money quoted is North American. Hope that helps as a start.
Mike |
Would that be in U.S. dollars or Canadian dollars? |
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Guy Courchesne
Joined: 10 Mar 2003
Posts: 9650
Location: Mexico City
|
| Posted: Tue Jan 25, 2005 7:37 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Thanks Matt...awesome info, nice detail. Many will thank you for the input.
| Quote: |
a night with my (then) girlfriend, $10 (but only if you could get her away from the prying eyes of her mother and out of the house)
|
No seas cholo guey...hahaha
Amy...I have a separate list for average and real wages...that depends less on country and more on the emplying school or language center. Good point to make though.
Shaving cream at 7 bucks a bottle doesn't hurt so much if you make 20 us an hour. Wish I made 20 bucks an hour though. After a class, I would earn enough to both shave and have a night out with Matt's (then) gf.  |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
matttheboy
Joined: 01 Jul 2003
Posts: 854
Location: Valparaiso, Chile
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Guy Courchesne
Joined: 10 Mar 2003
Posts: 9650
Location: Mexico City
|
| Posted: Tue Jan 25, 2005 8:11 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| Thanks Matt...bookmarked the site. I routinely check in with Lonely Planet and Let's Go guides, but they are always about 6 months behind. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
refazenda
Joined: 08 Mar 2004
Posts: 70
Location: El Salvador, Central America
|
| Posted: Wed Jan 26, 2005 4:33 am Post subject: El Salvador |
|
|
| El Salvador must be in between Honduras and Mexico on that list. It is at least a little more expensive than Guatemala, where our dollars to quetzals exchange worked wonders. I've heard that Honduras is cheaper as well. I think it's probably true that all the countries in the middle get muddled together. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Paulie2003
Joined: 29 Mar 2003
Posts: 541
|
| Posted: Wed Jan 26, 2005 12:49 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| If the middle get muddled must we meddle in who muddles the middle or may we make mention of middle meddle muddlers who mostly meddle with the middle? |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Guy Courchesne
Joined: 10 Mar 2003
Posts: 9650
Location: Mexico City
|
| Posted: Wed Jan 26, 2005 3:14 pm Post subject: Re: El Salvador |
|
|
| refazenda wrote: |
| El Salvador must be in between Honduras and Mexico on that list. It is at least a little more expensive than Guatemala, where our dollars to quetzals exchange worked wonders. I've heard that Honduras is cheaper as well. I think it's probably true that all the countries in the middle get muddled together. |
I haven't heard much about El Salvador...any idea on apartment rental costs and teacher pay there? |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Paulie2003
Joined: 29 Mar 2003
Posts: 541
|
| Posted: Wed Jan 26, 2005 5:17 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Livin' 'high on the hog' here, Guy...
Let's say that average university appears to be about 800 dollars a month, with private schools at about 1500 - give or take. Housing is included with private jobs - midrange rent is 450 dollars.
Guy, any more info than this will cost you... |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Guy Courchesne
Joined: 10 Mar 2003
Posts: 9650
Location: Mexico City
|
| Posted: Wed Jan 26, 2005 7:51 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| Quote: |
| Guy, any more info than this will cost you... |
oh, it's already cost me the indignity of having you deliver it |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
refazenda
Joined: 08 Mar 2004
Posts: 70
Location: El Salvador, Central America
|
| Posted: Wed Jan 26, 2005 9:06 pm Post subject: Rent in El Salvador |
|
|
Paying 450 USD will get you a three-bedroom house in a reasonably nice area. You can get it fully furnished for $100-150 more. Of course, there are even more expensive areas for people willing to pay the "gringo tax", or you can pay less if you're not too worried about security (which hasn't been to much of a problem to my ears) or living in an area with lots of expats. Many streets also have vigilancias, which will cost you $25 or so more per month.
As with any other country, stay away from imported products. The $2 bag of Ruffles potato chips will cost ou $6.99 at the local gringo-mart. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Paulie2003
Joined: 29 Mar 2003
Posts: 541
|
| Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2005 1:01 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Wouldn't you know...this school is only paying 450 for rent because the owner is a secretary in the office!!!...She also said she'd sell it for 60-70
THOUSAND (any FOOL GRINGOS out there?) -
A person can buy a nice house in the surrounding mountains for maybe 40
When people are living in tin-roofed shacks...all this dollar talk seems quite ridiculous...note that there will be a national symposium debating the extreme poverty of central America - an unusally high percentage so it is said...
Guy - I broke down and GAVE you the 'free' info - the least you could do would be to buy me a cup of coffee... |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
MixtecaMike
Joined: 19 Nov 2003
Posts: 643
Location: Guatebad
|
| Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2005 1:34 am Post subject: |
|
|
| Paulie2003 wrote: |
| the least you could do would be to buy me a cup of coffee... |
Panhandling-Paulie.
Hey, if you are near the third largest train station in Korea in the next 8 months or so I will invite you to a coffee and a bun.
If you bring me a pack of those chili candies from Mexico or some Diana brand nachos from El Salvador I might even spring to a meal! |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Paulie2003
Joined: 29 Mar 2003
Posts: 541
|
| Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2005 6:07 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| Sorry...but I'm 'kimchi'd' up to my neck...any more and I'd surely be in a pickle... |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
FAQ
Search
Memberlist
Usergroups
Register
Profile
Log in to check your private messages
Log in
