exchange rate: $1US = 9 birr
Mailing a letter to the States ------ 3 birr 45 cents
horse cart ride 10 kilometers ----- 5 birr
minibus ride 4-5 km in city ------- 1 birr 20 cents
an hour on the internet ------------ 20 birr
an hour on internet @ the Hilton - 109 birr (!!!)
doctor visit -------------------------- 5 birr
renting a VCD (like a dvd) ------- 2 birr
cup of coffee ------------------------ 1 birr 50 cents
a pound of coffee ------------------- 30 birr
steak dinner ------------------------- 30 birr
watering can ------------------------ 45 birr
cell phone --------------------------- 600 birr
packet of tissues (called 'softs') - 1 birr
bottle of Coke ---------------------- 3 birr
can of Diet Coke ------------------- 45 birr (!!!)
sunglasses --------------------------- 15 birr
2 comments:
Quite interesting. Pretty similar to China (or the part where I lived, anyway - not to Beijing, of course). We didn't have such an inflation on the Diet Coke (or Coke Light, as they called it), though. The nutrisweet's no good for ya, anyway, so it's just as well. : )
wow...could you send me some softs? because i'm crying because i miss you : (
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