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Originally Posted by Izzit
i may have tried to chat 1 of those 2 up on facebook not knowing she was deaf, i gave up because her written english was awful. I bumped into her and that was a awkward experience
Not quite sure, but guess there could be some more of em around
Can tell you her name tho, so we could check out if it was the same chick. But her English writing (we also used pen + paper when I didn't understand something at all) wasn't too bad actually, just a bit hard to read the writing.
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Originally Posted by problemeliminator
As has been said elsewhere, if you're going to be mainly eating Western foods you're going to pay a premium. Here, going to Burger King/MacDonalds costs about 3x what you'd pay going to a local restaurant (and the food is usually better in the local places). Grocery stores are the same. You're paying first world prices (or even a bit higher). So cooking western foods at home may be more expensive than eating out if you can get used to the cuisine. On an $800 budget eating a lot of Western food is going to take a high % of that.
This is based on my experiences, but I believe they're similar in many places in E/SE Asia.
I've just been to the biggest local market in SHV quite early this morning and bought some - let's say - "Western" stuff cause I'm going to cook for the guys at my guesthouse tonight. Actually paid significantly less then for the same products in Germany. That included one of the finest pork pieces (5x more expensive in Germany), some vegetables and fresh 2kg fresh tuna for $2,50 at the fish market where it just arrived when I've been there at around 6pm. Overall way cheaper than in Germany for example. What's a bit more expensive is all the toiletries (shampoo - whatever) they need to import. But still didn't pay more for it than in Germany.
Not eating 3 times a day right now, cause I wanna loose some weight and mainly try to eat a bit more healthy also - currently spending around $10 a day on food and beers (most of it for beers). That's not too bad actually, but sure it's gonna be more some days when going out.