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"What $1 buys around the world




Jane Nethercote

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At Lonely Planet, we’re big fans of the travel bargain. After all, the first
guide we produced was Asia on the Cheap – and then
Southeast
Asia on a Shoestring
. Just recently we’ve had articles about
countries
that can still be travelled on the cheap
and
how
to cope in Copenhagen
if you’re down to your last krone.

Little surprise then that we loved Contemporary Nomad’s blog post about
what
$1 can buy you in the Philippines
. The answer? A lot. In fact, it’s a little
like the world is your $1 shop; by handing over a buck, you can get everything
from a haircut to 45 kikiam (fried fish).

So we thought we’d ask
Lonely
Planet’s Facebookers
, what can you get for US$1 where you are? Here’s just a
taste of the possibilities:


Chester,
England
: US$1 (63
pence) gets me half a loaf of bread. As for Philippines, one of the best things
you can get with $1 is a big bag of sweets to keep in your backpack, to hand out
to kids. – James


Vienna
: a dollar
would buy you a freshly baked Kornspitz (a kind of bread roll), but wouldn’t be
enough for a salty pickle from a street market or a short-distance public
transport ticket. However, with the change from that Kornspitz, you can visit
the museum of applied art (
MAK
) on a Saturday since it’s
free of charge. – Dilyan


Tenerife
,
Canary Islands: it will get you a good cup of coffee in the capital, Santa Cruz,
but in the tourist areas of the South you will be lucky if it gets you half a
cup. – Linda

South India: it will give a unlimited servings of rice with rasam, sambhar,
curd, papad, 1 piece sweet on a banana leaf. – Tarun


Cebu
,
Philippines: $1 can get 30-45 minutes of a glorious foot massage –
Dexter


Nepal
: you can get momo (ten
units of dumpling) and a 250ml of coke. – Niraj


Croatia
:
a big scoop
of ice-cream. – Morana

The UK: 60 pence buys you about 3/4 litre of milk, half a litre of
petrol/diesel for your car, 2 cigarettes (that’s two single ones, not a packet),
3 apples, 2 days supply of the Sun tabloid newspaper, a small portion of fries
from Maccy D’s or a can of coke from my office vending machine. –
Alex


Denmark
: you can get a
litre of milk, a ciabatta bun in the Godthaabsvej Bakery, a stamp for a
postcard/letter with receiver in Denmark, a cucumber or maybe a chocolate bar. 1
dollar = 5,5 danish kroner – Sandra


Budapest
: 1 scoop
of ice cream/4 small apples/1 plain hamburger at McDonald’s/1 postcard/1 daily
newspaper/30 minutes parking in the downtown area – Csaba


Canada
: Nothing! Haha.
Blame it on Canadian taxes – Ashley


Faroe Islands
, a
pack of chewing gum, 2 apples at the supermarket, some candy probably, hardly
anything – Bjarki


Vietnam
: you can buy
either 1 hat, 1 or 2 magazine(s), 1 DVD, 3 pairs of flip sandals, 5 instant
noodle packages or snacks, 1 meal in some cheap food courts. ALOT, rite? –
Lynn

In middle Italy: a litre of cheap wine or 1kg Spaghetti or 6 bottles of
mineral water and just about one tablet of Ibruprofen which you might need if
you drank the cheap vino!!! – Robert


Chiang
Mai
: The question is, what can’t you get in Chiang Mai for US$1? Street food
doesn’t usually cost more than that. I even get a cooked to order vegetarian
lunch delivered to my office everyday for that price. – Sheila


Bogotá
, Colombia:
A cup of coffee and 2 fresh baked cookies. Or an arepa with some spicy home made
aji salsa! – Andrew


Seoul
: one
subway or bus ticket and a mask pack for your skin. – Yun


Egypt
: you could buy a
koshary plate which is an Egyptian dish which basically includes spaghetti,
rice, lentil and fried onions on the top. Another choice would be about ten Fool
(beans) sandwiches maybe even some falafel or in other parts of Cairo just a
donut. – Aly


India
:
‎1USD = around
50 Indian Rupees which can get you a hearty meal of boiled rice, dal,
vegetables, pickles, chutney and papads in a Kolkata ‘basa’ …and it’s usually
eat as much as you want! – Priyanka


Costa Rica
: you can buy
one papaya, one watermelon, one pineapple… and perhaps a cup of coffee of decent
quality. – Luis


Los Angeles
: one
hour of street parking – Christina



Paris
: about 40% of
an espresso at Starbucks. – Michael


Dubai
:
a dollar will get you a ‘Jabal Al Noor’ shawarma. – Ineke





Portugal
: 1 espresso
coffee. Except if you are in the airport
–
Nuno


Australia
: a scratchy
(lottery ticket) with the chance of getting enough cash together for your next
trip – Kin

So if you’re looking to make one dollar go further, as William says on our
Facebook page, ‘Indonesia, Thailand, and India are the winners’!"