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In Topic: Kasikornbank Sees Baht At 25 In 2 Years -

2010-11-02 02:49:52

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I'm under the impression that Argentina is still affordable. I knew about Brazil getting pricey.
I'd crank that statement one notch up: Argentina is pretty pricey, Brazil is rediculously expensive (except food in the hinterland where a good meal is only $10).
Ask me again in a couple of months. I'm heading south to Ushuaia now. Since September I've only been to BsAs and north. Patagonia wasn't cheap 5 years ago when the rest of Argentina was a real bargain.

In Topic: Kasikornbank Sees Baht At 25 In 2 Years -

2010-11-01 22:22:17

View PostJingthing, on 2010-11-01 15:31:13, said:

25 per USD is pretty depressing for a lot of us. Oh well. May be time to learn Spanish.
No need to learn Spanish (btw: I do speak it). Latin America won't be an option either. I spend 8 months backpacking south of the Amazon in 2005 and now I'm on a motorbike tour Patagonia-Alaska. Prices here have doubled (in Euro!) in the last 5 years. Since Sept. 2010 I've been in Argentina, Paraguay and Brazil. Price levels in Brazil are more than twice compared to SE-Asia, even Paraguay is at least 50% higher. Maybe Bolivia is still cheaper. And South American currencies keep appreciating just like Asian ones :-(
(e.g. cheap hotels in Argentinian provincial towns are starting at € 16, in Brazil it's € 20, in Paraguay € 12 - And quality of these hotels is rather lower than in THB 500 to 700 hotels in Thailand)

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