Sticker Shock

The prices here have really induced some sticker shock. It started with the all you can eat buffet I mentioned in the last post. That set us back US$3.50. Since I've whetted your appetite. 2 bags of groceries with a bag of bread with ube (purple tuber) mixed in like a marbled rye, 4 canned drinks of tropical fruit juice, a box of soymilk, 3 cans of coffee, peanut butter, 2 cans of tuna, a roll of paper towels, a package of dried mangos, and tea...and I swear I'm leaving something out, all of that for US$12.50. With prices like that I thought about Rob and asked what some domestic help would cost. Seems that someone to come over, clean, cook, watch the kids will run about$50-100 per month. The private driver that has been taking us around makes around US$12.50 a day from the person who arranged our vehicle and driver. Apparently that is good money since he's been working for the guy for 8 years.